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To: allmendream

Lol! That is sweet!


83 posted on 07/17/2008 2:02:00 PM PDT by rawhide
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The line “EVERY member of my family? EVERY time they were arrested?” apparently made the courtroom laugh and the judge get mad, and made the prosecuting attorney's head spin; he couldn't get my dad out of there fast enough.

Myself I figured I would just cut out the middle man and quote “Hang em’ High”....”If we don't hang em and hang em high, then people will say there's no justice in this here town and take the law into their own hands.” That would get me out of jury duty! ;)

Actually my boss served on jury duty a few years ago. He is a very busy guy, but takes his civil responsibilities seriously. I was relieved they had an employed and intelligent member of the jury to depend upon. They returned a guilty verdict on manslaughter charges.

My dad said nothing like spending a little time in jail to make you a die hard hang em high Conservative. EVERYBODY there is guilty. Perhaps not for the crime they were charged with, but certainly for something, and most of them know they belong there. My dad figured he didn't want to belong there anymore and so began to live his life accordingly.

90 posted on 07/17/2008 2:14:04 PM PDT by allmendream (If "the New Yorker" makes a joke, and liberals don't get it, is it still funny?)
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To: rawhide
The line “EVERY member of my family? EVERY time they were arrested?” apparently made the courtroom laugh and the judge get mad, and made the prosecuting attorney's head spin; he couldn't get my dad out of there fast enough.

Myself I figured I would just cut out the middle man and quote “Hang em’ High”....”If we don't hang em and hang em high, then people will say there's no justice in this here town and take the law into their own hands.” That would get me out of jury duty! ;)

Actually my boss served on jury duty a few years ago. He is a very busy guy, but takes his civil responsibilities seriously. I was relieved they had an employed and intelligent member of the jury to depend upon. They returned a guilty verdict on manslaughter charges.

My dad said nothing like spending a little time in jail to make you a die hard hang em high Conservative. EVERYBODY there is guilty. Perhaps not for the crime they were charged with, but certainly for something, and most of them know they belong there. My dad figured he didn't want to belong there anymore and so began to live his life accordingly.

91 posted on 07/17/2008 2:14:14 PM PDT by allmendream (If "the New Yorker" makes a joke, and liberals don't get it, is it still funny?)
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