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foreign [Music] hi my name is Steve Jensen and I serve as Chief Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court thank you for being here today our country and state were founded on the principle that disputes would be settled under the law in a courtroom not by citizens attempting to take the law into their own hands by appearing for jury service citizens play a vital role in fulfilling our Founders intentions that the rights and liberties we enjoy are protected through right to trial by jury your service here today as a potential juror means that you are directly participating in our constitutional form of government first your appearance ensures that a fair cross-section of the community is represented to potentially consider the case before the court secondly if you are selected as a juror you will work together with the judge to see that the case is properly decided under the law and the facts during the trial the judge will determine the law to be applied to the case while you as jurors