Reuters: Politics: California governor vetoes bill to let non-citizen legal immigrants serve on juries

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California governor vetoes bill to let non-citizen legal immigrants serve on juries Oct 7th 2013, 21:17 Mon Oct 7, 2013 5:17pm EDT (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill on Monday that would have allowed many non-citizen legal immigrants living the state to serve on juries. Brown said he could not support the bill, one of several passed by the legislature as part of a rapid expansion of immigrant rights in the state, because jury service is an obligation of citizenship. "This bill would permit lawful permanent residents who are not citizens to serve on a jury," Brown, a Democrat, said in his veto message. "I don't think that's right."

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