[SmithL]

This trial was not about the Chauncey Bailey assassination, but it does set a precedent for bringing Your Black Muslim Bakery to justice.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Some of the excuses I’ve heard to avoid jury duty were amazing!

[Grammy]

I have had jury duty twice. It was interesting. One time I swayed the entire jury from a quick non-thoughtful “guilty” to a thoughtful “not guilty”.

Now, Mr G has been called for federal jury duty. He informed them he was the sole breadwinner in our household, so they reduced it from a month to a week..... although if he gets on a trial it could last longer than a week.

[GVnana]

In an interview last week, Stokes said that Oaklanders, despite a natural and valid fear of the Beys and their followers, have a responsibility to judge them.

"It is really important for this city," she said. "Being willing to pass judgment is different from being judgmental. What is hypocritical is to judge someone and not have the same rules applied to yourself."

Her jury judged Lewis' actions "not his value as a person," she said.

She did her job. Thank God.

[CORedneck]

It is a shame that people try to get out of jury duty and jury duty is one of the means to keep tyrannical gov’t in check.

[Scotsman will be Free]

“Stokes said she was a liberal “who approaches things intellectually.”
That’s an impossibility and will give the defense an excuse for an appeal based on her being a liar.
I’m surprised they got a guilty verdict what with her frequent comments about feeling empathy, etc for the defendant and the guy that hung him out to dry on a plea bargain.

[JoeFromSidney]

I was called for jury duty only once. They kept jerking me around, postponing the trial, until I moved to another town. I have no idea how the trial ever came out.

I actually wanted to be on the jury. I'd been on a Court Martial once, and I wanted a chance to compare the two.

My wife did serve on a jury, but it was a one-day thing. Not a long trial.