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New Mexico Court Rules Non-English Speaking Citizens Can Serve On Juries
CBS Las Vegas/Associated Press ^
| August 13, 2013
Posted on 08/13/2013 1:02:09 PM PDT by grundle
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To: Pearls Before Swine
How did they become citizens while not able to speak any English? Hmmm? Why is this allowed.They were born here, either descendants of original Spanish settlers (residents of lots of areas in northern NM speak Spanish but most now are bi-lingual) or as anchor babies who have grown up with just a passing knowledge of English. In my recollection most are women who stay in the home or don't work in areas requiring English proficiency.
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posted on
08/13/2013 1:29:35 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
(Trayvon Martin history: The MS media is in love with burglars and thugs in training.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
There are 10.4 million students from immigrant households in public schools, accounting for one in five public school students. Of these students, 78 percent speak a language other than English at home.
Overall, one in four public school students now speaks a language other than English at home.
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posted on
08/13/2013 1:30:30 PM PDT
by
kabar
To: Buckeye McFrog
The constitutional provision only applies to Spanish speakers - if the court decision is meant to apply to any non-English speaker, the judges were out of line, but that could be reasonably expected with the libs making up the bench these days.
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posted on
08/13/2013 1:32:55 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
(Trayvon Martin history: The MS media is in love with burglars and thugs in training.)
To: grundle
What a great idea.
Why not an ALL-non-English speaking jury??
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posted on
08/13/2013 1:33:45 PM PDT
by
Elpasser
To: boop
"murder and other crimes in the bludgeoning death of his girlfriend and a subsequent armed robbery and stabbing." Gee, did this guy think this is acceptable behavior in ANY FREAKING COUNTRY ON EARTH?Did you read the article? (a) That wasn't his defense; and (b) the Court affirmed his conviction.
To: DoughtyOne
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posted on
08/13/2013 1:58:17 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
To: DoughtyOne
So how does an interpreter go in the deliberations room?
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posted on
08/13/2013 1:58:38 PM PDT
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: grundle
So I have to learn mexican (non-english) so they are my peers?
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posted on
08/13/2013 2:16:28 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
( Concerning bo -- that refers to the president. If I capitalize it, I mean the dog.)
To: forgotten man
Alzheimers —
I’d rather put my life in their hands, I think.
We are both on the sunset side of life, anyway.
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posted on
08/13/2013 2:17:46 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
( Concerning bo -- that refers to the president. If I capitalize it, I mean the dog.)
To: grundle
A jury of my peers would be American citizens and speak English. They would also have some understanding of the Constitution and the law.
A non-English speaking jury would in all likelihood contain people who were none of the above.
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posted on
08/13/2013 2:32:36 PM PDT
by
Gritty
(This war against Islamism is being lost because it cannot even be acknowledged- Mark Steyn)
To: grundle
This may be a New Mexico thing as both English and Spanish are the official languages.
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posted on
08/13/2013 2:36:31 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: CedarDave
Like I really, really want a non-english speaker sitting in the exit row of the airplane (sarc.)
To: reg45
So! Will we be having multi-lingual trials with all the extra costs and confusion now?I was a juror in a civil trial involving some Koreans. All the testimony had to be translated for us, so basically it took twice as long.
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posted on
08/13/2013 2:38:22 PM PDT
by
Bubba Ho-Tep
("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
To: grundle
How will they understand the evidence? Or does that matter?
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posted on
08/13/2013 3:05:19 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: grundle
How does someone come to the USA & then become a citizen without speaking English?
I thought that was a basic requirement.
IF I were a defendant in that court, I would demand a mistrial & a new jury of MY PEERS.
MY PEERS all speak English- and write it & read it!!!!!
To: andrew1957
“How do you pass a citizenship test, if you dont speak English?”
Register Democrat?
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posted on
08/13/2013 4:05:14 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Red Badger
“The melting pot ceased to be about 35 years ago. Now we are a tossed salad...................”
I think a better analogy is like a vegetable platter, everyone in their own little space.
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posted on
08/13/2013 4:07:05 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: reg45
So courts will have to provide translators for non-speaking jurors at taxpayers expense now?
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posted on
08/13/2013 5:21:46 PM PDT
by
Engedi
To: stephenjohnbanker
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posted on
08/13/2013 5:46:38 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(This post coming to you today, from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
To: autumnraine
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posted on
08/13/2013 5:46:58 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(This post coming to you today, from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
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