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For Potential Juror, 'Honest' Response to Judge Backfires (Outrageous!)
NY Times ^
| 7-2-05
| ANDREW JACOBS
Posted on 07/02/2005 10:17:58 AM PDT by veronica
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:17:59 AM PDT
by
veronica
To: veronica
Yet another judge gone berserk.
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:19:52 AM PDT
by
Coop
(In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
To: veronica
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:20:18 AM PDT
by
Turbo Pig
(...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
To: Coop
They think they are Gods. This is beyond the pale.
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:20:36 AM PDT
by
veronica
(The clowns are now in meltdown mode. LOL...)
To: veronica
freedom of speech alive and well in NY - shame you can't call a scumbag a scumbag anymore
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:20:45 AM PDT
by
gtee03
To: veronica
Boy, that judge is a scumbag...
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:21:18 AM PDT
by
Future Snake Eater
(The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.)
To: veronica
Better to lie, I guess...
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:21:40 AM PDT
by
fhayek
To: gtee03
"Mr. Caruso seemed shaken by the experience and said he never intended to insult anyone. "I'm a little disillusioned with the whole legal process right now," he said afterward. "I feel like I'm being punished for being honest."
In addition to being the victim of two armed robberies while he was a college student in New Orleans, Mr. Caruso, 27, said he was riding a public bus there when it was held up by a gunman.
The trial, which involves a man accused of pushing someone into a car at gunpoint, "just brought up a lot of emotions and memories," he said, explaining his unfortunate choice of words."
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:22:09 AM PDT
by
veronica
(The clowns are now in meltdown mode. LOL...)
To: Coop
Easy... I'd like to see a replay. Making an ourtrageously biased statement could very easily be taken as a way of avoiding jury duty.
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:23:03 AM PDT
by
dangus
To: veronica
Potential jurors are treated worse than the perps.
This guy doesn't even get a jury trial of his own, and will probably spend more time in jail than the kidnapping perp.
To: veronica
..."That is an insult not only to him, but to the other people in the room and me," Judge Wetzel said... Translated: "That is an insult to me," Judge Wetzel said.
Pompous ass.
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:23:47 AM PDT
by
FReepaholic
(When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading)
To: veronica
I'd like to know what this guys entire statement was, but so far, I agree that this looks quite outrageous. If everything is as reported, the judge should face some consequence for this.
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:23:50 AM PDT
by
inquest
(FTAA delenda est)
To: Coop
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:24:18 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: veronica
Well .. he could have said the same thing by saying it would be difficult for him to be impartial because he'd been held up 3 times. But .. to continue and disparage the "criminal" .. not good.
People need to understand .. we're dealing with idiots who love the criminal.
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:24:56 AM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(President Bush: "America is the greatest nation on the face of the earth")
To: veronica
Inelegant, but honest. Simply dismissing the potential juror would have been sufficient, imho.
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:25:32 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(Grant no power to government you would not want your worst enemies to wield against you.)
To: veronica
Another case of the Emporer's clothes...or Judicial Tyranny.
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:25:56 AM PDT
by
Ramonan
(Honor does not go out of style.)
To: dangus
Making an ourtrageously biased statement could very easily be taken as a way of avoiding jury duty.Especially if you really mean it.
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:26:58 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(Grant no power to government you would not want your worst enemies to wield against you.)
To: inquest
If everything is as reported, the judge should face some consequence for this.LOL, yeah sure.
The only time a judge feels any "consequences" is when he says something politically incorrect about women.
To: veronica
This "Judge" should be held in "Contempt of Common Sense" - he's an idiot!
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:28:31 AM PDT
by
26lemoncharlie
('Cuntas haereses tu sola interemisti in universo mundo!')
To: dangus
Randolph N. Jonakait, a professor at New York Law School and the author of "The American Jury System," agreed.
The purpose of voir dire, a French term meaning "to speak the truth," is to find out whether potential jurors may be biased. He said he had never heard of a juror being held in contempt for using candid, although, crude language. "It's hard enough to get people to voice their opinions honestly in front of other jurors," he said. "When a judge intimidates prospective jurors from speaking their mind, I think it harms the jury system."
I agree...would seem to be a good way to get out of jury duty...but what the judge did will increase the likelihood of getting jurors who will not listen to evidence and go into trial with a bias.
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posted on
07/02/2005 10:29:15 AM PDT
by
flixxx
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