I agree with most of what you said and laud the support of constitutional justice. It would be great if more people on juries actually knew about the proper role of government (insert appropriate rant about public schools &#x2F; indoctrination).<p>Some scholars assert that jury duty is actually forced servitude by the state and we would have better outcomes by paying jurors for their time instead of compulsory service.<p><i>&gt; prosecutor with just police evidence to convict anyone of anything</i><p>Should we increase general surveillance from the State in order to gather non-police evidence? Who else would be doing a criminal investigation to gather proper evidence than the police? Are you including detectives&#x2F;FBI in &quot;police&quot;?<p><i>&gt; Have the defendant locked up for more than a week without trial? Violates the constitutional guarantee of a speedy trial. Defendant goes free.</i><p>Did you really mean <i>trial</i> in this case? Often both sides need lots of time to prepare for trial. We had an article on HN a little while back about the bail bonds racket, so there is lots of liberty to be regained in this area.<p><i>&gt; The police stopped the car because the driver failed to use a turn signal?</i><p>I would push to remove frivolous laws from the books. There are WAY too many criminal penalties in the law. I&#x27;m especially disturbed by felony-level penalties imposed by non-elected agencies in the bureaucracy, e.g. felony copyright infringement[1]<p>Bonus side-note: Government officials receiving fines rather than felony convictions [2]<p><i>&gt; A police officer killed an unarmed person? Deliberate, unprovoked, unexcusable murder. Life or the chair.</i><p>Just as a non-officer should have the right of self-defense, I wouldn&#x27;t lay down this sort of absolute statement. There are plenty of scenarios that justify the use of lethal force even if the aggressor is unarmed. We shouldn&#x27;t advocate revoking the basic right of self-defense to anyone. Is this what you&#x27;re advocating?<p><i>&gt; The police have tracked mud all over our Constitution, and it&#x27;s long time since that was way too much.</i><p>All branches of government at all levels have shredded the Constitution, not just the police.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.unc.edu&#x2F;~unclng&#x2F;copy-corner66.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.unc.edu&#x2F;~unclng&#x2F;copy-corner66.htm</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dallasnews.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;state&#x2F;headlines&#x2F;20150705-texas-game-warden-wounded-while-illegally-hunting-avoided-felony-charges-kept-job.ece" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dallasnews.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;state&#x2F;headlines&#x2F;20150705-texa...</a>