Read the following excerpt from "The Jury's Out" and answer the question below: -- Steven Ainsley in a recent commentary rightly observes that "making the conscious decision to avoid jury duty has immediate ramifications, all of them negative." He insists that "the message we send to our children is that civic responsibility is a trivial part of our lives, easily dismissed, and that there is little value to the notion of the importance of community." These worthy sentiments notwithstanding, what we need in this case are broad systemic reforms to encourage jury service, not calls for more civic engagement and responsibility. We need to address the corrupting practice of "peremptory challenges," for instance, in which lawyers picking a jury are allowed to dismiss up to fifteen potential jurors without explanation. Through this process, some of the most qualified jurors are often weeded out at the start. We also need to reassess the growing dependence among lawyers on jury consultants. These are scientific experts skilled at selecting jurors predisposed toward one verdict or another. Their criteria are routinely based on gender, class, and racial stereotypes. So long as specialists manipulate the jury process, there is precious little an individual can contribute to a fair trial. -- Give one example of how the author uses persuasive text from the very first word of the sentence chosen and explain your reasoning.