Subject: Jury-selection Process
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Mon Nov 27 2000 - 09:00:02 EST
"Husband"
"I'm ashamed of the way we live," a young wife
said to her lazy husband who refused to find a job.
"My father pays our rent. My mother buys all of
our food. My sister buys our clothes. My aunt
bought us a car. I'm just so ashamed."
The husband rolled over on the couch. "You
*should* be ashamed," he agreed. "Those two
worthless brothers of yours never give us a cent."
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"Jury-selection Process"
As a court clerk, I am well-versed in the
jury-selection process. First a computer
randomly selects a few hundred citizens
from the entire county to report for jury duty
on a particular day. Then another computer
assigns 40 of those present to a courtroom.
Then the 40 names are placed in a drum,
and a dozen names are pulled.
During jury selection for one trial, the judge
asked potential Juror No. 1 if there was any
reason he could not be a fair and impartial juror.
"There may be," he replied. "Juror No. 12 is
my ex-wife, and if we were on the same jury,
I guarantee we would not be able to agree on
anything."
Both were excused.
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