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People summoned to give testimony should not be allowed to get paid for it at all. It's enough to cover their expenses. It should be a duty.
by simbalion 10y ago
People summoned to give testimony should not be allowed to get paid for it at all. It's enough to cover their expenses. It should be a duty.
- icebraining 10y agoThat's both counterproductive and unfair. Counterproductive because unless you'd start arresting and forcing people to testify, you'd just mass evasion, just like there already is for jury duty. The only "experts" willing to come would be self-promoters trying to get their name on the newspaper. Unfair, because that "duty" would be almost exclusively levied on the most capable and productive members of society. If you think expert testimony is a social duty, then it should be imposed on the whole of society, by getting the State to finance it.