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Polls Archive / Re: DS characters as trial lawyers
« on: November 22, 2005, 01:09:13 AM »If you want to go with the negative stereotypical lawyer traits -- sleazy, under-handed, money-grubbing, etc., then maybe 1897 Quentin might do well in the courtroom.
Plus, if all else fails, he might at least win over the female jurors.
Well, Quentin might have had a very long wait for that to happen because women weren't allowed on juries in 1897. In fact, even though a handful of states decided to allow women on juries as early as the 1920s after the passage of the 19th Amendment (though in a limited capacity), the battle of women to be allowed to take part in jury service continued on into the 1970s. (And that wasn't just the case in this country - for instance, Canada didn't see the first woman on a jury until 1972!)