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Woman gives judge earful, lands in jail (Jury Pool Member)
Star-Banner (Ocala, FL) ^ | July 15, 2008 | Suevon Lee

Posted on 07/17/2008 12:56:53 PM PDT by buccaneer81

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To: MortMan

I’ve never been in the position of having to call off of jury duty. haha.

Neither has my wife.

We’ve both been called multiple times in 18 years (which actually begs the question for me, did they MISS some folks and get me several times? In 18 years I’ve been called something like 8 times now, and my wife 5 or 6)


141 posted on 07/18/2008 8:41:18 AM PDT by Rick.Donaldson (http://www.transasianaxis.com - Please visit for latest on DPRK/Russia/China/et al.)
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To: buccaneer81

“That did not deter Muller, who re-entered the line and this time, threw in the claim that she was “a racist,” in efforts to cast herself as someone unable to be a fair and impartial juror.

“I just didn’t want to do jury duty. That’s the best excuse there was,” Muller said later.”


That reminds me of the Sarah Silverman joke:

“I had jury duty, and I wanted to get out if it, so they told me to write something racist on the jury form like “I hate Chinks,” so I’d get excused, but I didn’t want to be hateful, so I wrote “I like Chinks.”


142 posted on 07/18/2008 8:49:35 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (Fred Thompson appears human-sized because he is actually standing a million miles away.)
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To: buccaneer81

Let me get this straight — This woman is 23 years old, broke, unemployed and applying for Social Security disability because of a (supposed) heart ailment. Yet, she has the strength to stand in line (twice) and the temerity to curse at a judge. Sorry, no sympathy here. Get a job!


143 posted on 07/18/2008 8:58:58 AM PDT by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: contemplator
IMO we all have the same level of civic responsibility, how that responsibility affects us financially and personally is a result of our own personal life choices and talents and doesn’t factor in to whether or not we should be able to ignore our responsibilities.

I served in the military for six years at a time when we had an all-volunteer service. I've also served on two juries, one of which I was a foreman.

I've served enough time to satisfy anyone's sense of so-called civic responsibility.

I can understand exemptions for lawyers and judges. Those types of people bring a lot of personal relationships and prejudices into the situation which could adversely skew the results.

It's contradictory to say a judge cannot be impartial on a jury, but can be when they adjudicate a case.

I can even understand exemptions for certain professionals whose skills are required elsewhere where it may be a matter of life and death such as Doctors and Surgeons.

That's why they have alternate jurors who sit through every minute of the case.

144 posted on 07/18/2008 9:04:50 AM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (While the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power.)
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