[Alberta's Child]

Best jury story I heard involved a relative who was called for jury duty in New York City. He was included in the jury pool for a very high-profile case that made headlines for months. If I mentioned it here, most Freepers would probably remember the case.

While he was sitting in the courtroom before jury selection, one guy on the prosecution team recognized him as a college classmate. The guy said to him quietly: "If you get called, tell the judge you know me. You don't want to be on the jury for this circus trial." LOL.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

A friend of mine got stuck on the anti-cigarette civil case in LA a few decades back. He got to hang out with some hot blonde heiress also on the jury but the trial length tried everyone’s patience. The jury ended up recommending the maximum penalty by multiplying the number of people in the class action by the max award allowed per person. It amounted to billions.