Capital What?

"Capital Punishment"*

*Mrs. Spiegel 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.

The public defender liked her thoughtfulness, 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. Spiegel, "I'll serve. I guess I
could be wrong about capital punishment after all!"
Received on Tue Jan 26 07:11:30 2010