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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
https://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/18/shallow.jury.pool.ap/index.html
Attorney meets the 'jury pool from hell'
Sex, drugs and bias -- prospective jurors acknowledge all
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) -- Defense attorney Leslie Ballin called it the "jury pool from hell."
The group of prospective jurors was summoned to listen to a case of Tennessee trailer park violence.
Right after jury selection began last week, one man got up and left, announcing, "I'm on morphine and I'm higher than a kite."
When the prosecutor asked if anyone had been convicted of a crime, a prospective juror said that he had been arrested and taken to a mental hospital after he almost shot his nephew. He said he was provoked because his nephew just would not come out from under the bed.
Another would-be juror said he had had alcohol problems and was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer. "I should have known something was up," he said. "She had all her teeth."
Another prospect volunteered he probably should not be on the jury: "In my neighborhood, everyone knows that if you get Mr. Ballin (as your lawyer), you're probably guilty." He was not chosen.
The case involved a woman accused of hitting her brother's girlfriend in the face with a brick. Ballin's client was found not guilty.
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And I'm the same species as these people?
https://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/18/shallow.jury.pool.ap/index.html
Attorney meets the 'jury pool from hell'
Sex, drugs and bias -- prospective jurors acknowledge all
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) -- Defense attorney Leslie Ballin called it the "jury pool from hell."
The group of prospective jurors was summoned to listen to a case of Tennessee trailer park violence.
Right after jury selection began last week, one man got up and left, announcing, "I'm on morphine and I'm higher than a kite."
When the prosecutor asked if anyone had been convicted of a crime, a prospective juror said that he had been arrested and taken to a mental hospital after he almost shot his nephew. He said he was provoked because his nephew just would not come out from under the bed.
Another would-be juror said he had had alcohol problems and was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer. "I should have known something was up," he said. "She had all her teeth."
Another prospect volunteered he probably should not be on the jury: "In my neighborhood, everyone knows that if you get Mr. Ballin (as your lawyer), you're probably guilty." He was not chosen.
The case involved a woman accused of hitting her brother's girlfriend in the face with a brick. Ballin's client was found not guilty.
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And I'm the same species as these people?
-Mike
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Mand's Girl....and The Not So Shy One
2,723 posts
Location: Calgary, Alberta Canada
Mand's Girl....and The Not So Shy One
2,723 posts
Location: Calgary, Alberta Canada
Posted:
Oh. My.
First rate citizens, they are!
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or not.
Oh. My.
First rate citizens, they are!
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or not.
Solitude sometimes speaks to you, and you should listen.
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(the person actually known as Chris Bailey)
544 posts
Location: Austin, TX, USA
(the person actually known as Chris Bailey)
544 posts
Location: Austin, TX, USA
Posted:
I know what you mean. Where do some of these people come from? I can't even watch day-time television cause its so horrible. When somebody's sleeping with their ex-lovers mother and their gonna have a baby but the daughter already has two kids by the guy and for some reason this guy Bubba fits into the equation it makes me disgusted. I can't beleive people like this exsist or even if its all fake go on tv and make themselves look like such trash. It makes me sad to be a human.
I know what you mean. Where do some of these people come from? I can't even watch day-time television cause its so horrible. When somebody's sleeping with their ex-lovers mother and their gonna have a baby but the daughter already has two kids by the guy and for some reason this guy Bubba fits into the equation it makes me disgusted. I can't beleive people like this exsist or even if its all fake go on tv and make themselves look like such trash. It makes me sad to be a human.
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Certainly confused
121 posts
Location: Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
Certainly confused
121 posts
Location: Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
Posted:
LMAO @ 'she had her own teeth'
Shows up the potential vulnerability of the 'trial by jury' idea, but at least they fessed up!
LMAO @ 'she had her own teeth'
Shows up the potential vulnerability of the 'trial by jury' idea, but at least they fessed up!
My Mummy Says Im Special
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
actually, I'd be willing to bet they were all normal people.
first - it was right after jury selection began - as in these people were not actually on the jury . These people got summoned, didn't want to be there, and found an excuse to be able to leave.
I've gone to jury duty and said I was an advocate of the death penalty (I'm not), sympathetic to people who abuse their spouses (I'm not), and other lies to get out of it.
These people were all doing the same thing.
actually, I'd be willing to bet they were all normal people.
first - it was right after jury selection began - as in these people were not actually on the jury . These people got summoned, didn't want to be there, and found an excuse to be able to leave.
I've gone to jury duty and said I was an advocate of the death penalty (I'm not), sympathetic to people who abuse their spouses (I'm not), and other lies to get out of it.
These people were all doing the same thing.
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
i see what you're saying van - i have an aversion to the police force based on my family's past experiences with them, which handily excuses me from ever serving on a jury.
but i'd find it hard to come up with excuses as good some of those.
for example, i've never asked a policewoman if i could pay her for a shag (no matter how many teeth she might have had) and shooting at your nephew because he was hiding under a bed doesn't seem much like 'normal people' to me
respect to the morphine guy though - i might use that line to try and get off work early on friday...
i see what you're saying van - i have an aversion to the police force based on my family's past experiences with them, which handily excuses me from ever serving on a jury.
but i'd find it hard to come up with excuses as good some of those.
for example, i've never asked a policewoman if i could pay her for a shag (no matter how many teeth she might have had) and shooting at your nephew because he was hiding under a bed doesn't seem much like 'normal people' to me
respect to the morphine guy though - i might use that line to try and get off work early on friday...
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
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UnNatural Scientist - Currently working on a Breville-legged monkey
757 posts
Location: Bath Uni or Shrewsbury, UK
UnNatural Scientist - Currently working on a Breville-legged monkey
757 posts
Location: Bath Uni or Shrewsbury, UK
Posted:
George Carling did a sketch on how to get out of jury duty.
Tell 'em "I can tell a guilty man from 100 yards, it's all to do with how close together his eyes are"
George Carling did a sketch on how to get out of jury duty.
Tell 'em "I can tell a guilty man from 100 yards, it's all to do with how close together his eyes are"
Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I can beat the world into submission.
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Pasta of Muppets
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Location: in the interwebs..., United Kingdom
Pasta of Muppets
2,722 posts
Location: in the interwebs..., United Kingdom
Posted:
LMFAO@Domino
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