Posted on 04/06/2011 7:14:11 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
A female juror in a high-profile American mafia murder trial was sentenced to indefinite jury duty after giving racist answers to a court questionnaire.
The Asian woman in her 20s was asked along with hundreds of others to provide answers to the survey prior to serving on the jury for the trial of crime boss Vincent Basciano.
But the woman enraged a Federal Court judge in New York by answering the question, 'Name three people you least admire', with the answer: 'African-Americans, Hispanics and Haitians.'
When asked by a judge at Brooklyn Federal Court to explain her answer, she replied: 'You always hear about them in the news doing something.'
The woman, known only as 'Juror No. 799', went on to claim all police officers are lazy, and only use their sirens to bypass traffic jams.
Lawyers in the case successfully requested she be removed from jury duty in Basciano's trial due to her 'inappropriate' comments.
A furious judge, Nicholas Garaufis, held up the woman's questionnaire in court and told her: 'This is an outrage, and so are you!' Referring to her racist answers, Judge Garaufis sarcastically asked the juror: 'Why didn't you put Asians down also?'
The woman replied: 'Maybe I should have.'
Jurors in America have been known to try to escape jury duty by providing outlandish answers to jury questionnaires.
But the Asian woman's views evidently backfired, as she has since been told she will serve on the jury until the judge deems her ready for release.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Looks that way.
Nope but since when does having a differing opinion than the judge constitute contempt? The woman answered the questions, there was no contempt.
She’s not white.
So now its an ad homin from you. Why is this story so damn difficult for you people to understand?
No, she is not being punished in any way. It is simply not the reward that this bitch thought she was going to get -- being sent home.
Instead, she will spend the next few days sitting in a courthouse with a bunch of other potential jurors mostly all being bored out of their minds. But those other people are serving honorably and have not attempted to game the system the way she did.
They understand they are serving the Constitution of the United States. She apparently does not give a damn about the Constitution.
She will not be selected for another jury now, or ever. She will just sit and sit until her duty is completed.
Yes, I cheer this judge. If more judges did this when people try to game themselves out of their duty, perhaps people would take it more seriously.
Excellent.
Best post on this thread. Period.
Well done.
Debate closed.
Judges don’t have to “craft” laws. For a judge it’s more like, “if there’s an itch, I’ll scratch it”.
She told the judge she noticed some patterns while watching the news.
One of the worst things you can do in 2011 America is notice patterns while watching the news and then speak about what you noticed.
Conservatives judge each person as an individual. Apparently you, and this woman, like to judge people by race and don't really give a damn about the individual.
I call that stupidity and ignorance, not conservatism.
You’re stretching.
Sadly, you’re correct.
So you finally got around to admitting that you don't think she was lying, but you want her sanctioned for her views. Took long enough. Why didn't you just say so in the beginning?
What sanction is she under?
Why would a judge want anyone like that on a jury?
Apparently not...
No more moving the goal posts. You already showed you were arguing disingenuously this whole thread.
Well the one poster who was continuing the debate already showed he was arguing in bad faith. So I would say the debate is closed.
Maybe.
Maybe he legitimately believes she lied.
Or maybe he’s an idiot.
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