Subject: Jury Duty
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Thu Aug 07 2003 - 07:59:24 EDT
"True Story:"
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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"Jury Duty"
Mrs. Hunter was called to serve for jury duty,
but asked to be excused because she didn't
believe in capital punishment and didn't want
her personal thoughts to prevent the trial from
running its proper course. But the public defender
liked her thoughtfulness and quiet calm, and tried
to convince her that she was appropriate to serve
on the jury.
"Madam," he explained, "this is not a murder trial!
It's a simple civil lawsuit. A wife is bringing this case
against her husband because he gambled away the
$12,000 he had promised to use to remodel the
kitchen for her birthday."
"Well, okay," agreed Mrs. Hunter, "I'll serve. I guess
I could be wrong about capital punishment after all."
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