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Woman sentenced to indefinite jury duty after making racist remarks on a questionnaire
Daily Mail UK ^ | April 6, 2011

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 ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; US: New York
KEYWORDS: black; fdnyfirefighterquota; juryduty; psychojudge; quota; racism; thoughtcrime
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To: MrB
Notice the tolerance exhibited by this leftist judge for people with viewpoints different from her own...

The elite in this country are so removed from the ground-level nitty gritty racial issues in this country, they can't believe that some of the plebians still harbor impure thoughts.

41 posted on 04/06/2011 7:30:30 AM PDT by triumphant values (Never criticize that to your right.)
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To: dfwgator

People who annoy you- NAGGERS?


42 posted on 04/06/2011 7:32:04 AM PDT by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: samtheman

A judge is just a lawyer with too much power.


43 posted on 04/06/2011 7:32:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: theDentist


44 posted on 04/06/2011 7:33:16 AM PDT by StACase (Global Warming is CRAP!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Now I’m scared to death to answer the question honestly: Obama, Pelosi and Reid.


45 posted on 04/06/2011 7:33:55 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: dennisw

Like I tell my wife, if you don’t want to hear the answer, don’t ask the question. Would the Judge have liked it better if she lied and then they had to throw the conviction (if any) out when someone complained later?


46 posted on 04/06/2011 7:34:46 AM PDT by Americanexpat (Everytime I see that guy's face ot)
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To: triumphant values

There is an exchange that often goes like this:

Lib: You can’t be intolerant of others!
Con: Really, isn’t that intolerant? Are you tolerant of Christian values?
Lib: We don’t have to tolerate bigotry and intolerance.
Con: How do you feel about Islam? Game. Set. Match.


47 posted on 04/06/2011 7:34:59 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: skaterboy

“ONLY WHITES CAN BE RACIST”

Obviously not in this case. The woman was oriental.


48 posted on 04/06/2011 7:35:03 AM PDT by spaced
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To: JimRed
People who annoy you- NAGGERS?

Good answer, Je$$e won't have to come over to your house.

49 posted on 04/06/2011 7:35:26 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: joe fonebone

Which could backfire when the juror automatically votes guilty when a black is a defendant.


50 posted on 04/06/2011 7:35:35 AM PDT by goldi (')
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To: Americanexpat

Why have questionnaires anyway, you’re probably better off picking 12 people completely at random, without having to know anything about them. It would get rid of the whole juror picking nonsense. Just pick 12 people and get on with it.


51 posted on 04/06/2011 7:37:00 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Life lessons are often painful the first time, but much more so if we need to repeat them.

Every day we see examples of the corruption of American Absolute Power, some minor like this judge, some major like the ATF and their Project Gunwalker stonewalling/cover up or obama/Reid/Pelousy"Care" and how it was enacted.

Morality is a good first line of defense, especially if backed by the fear of consequences. Apparently, they are no longer afraid, assuming they ever were.

52 posted on 04/06/2011 7:37:38 AM PDT by GBA (Those who die with the most liberty...Win! Ever Vigilance: For the children.)
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To: JimRed

You’re smarter than Mr. Marsh.


53 posted on 04/06/2011 7:38:26 AM PDT by xone
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To: JimRed

Obviously it’s “naggers” - what else could it be?


54 posted on 04/06/2011 7:38:26 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: Former Proud Canadian
Are we at war with Eurasia or Eastasia? I can’t remember.

We've always been at war with Fantasia, Citizen.

55 posted on 04/06/2011 7:38:26 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 804 of our national holiday from reality. - That 3 AM phone call? Voicemail...)
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To: DManA
What’s worse, an individual racist or institutional tyranny?


I will take institutional tyranny for $200 Alex!

56 posted on 04/06/2011 7:38:26 AM PDT by Nat Turner (I can see NOVEMBER 2012 from my house....)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

IMHO this is out of proportion reporting.

I think the judge felt this was an attempt to not serve and so he left her on the list so she had to appear each day anyway. He did not send her back to be chosen again for another jury.

Sometimes the simple answer is the right one??


57 posted on 04/06/2011 7:41:08 AM PDT by 3D-JOY
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
“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.’ “

She should have said: “There were only 3 choices. Had there been 4; “judge” would have been choice number 4”

58 posted on 04/06/2011 7:42:02 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Yes We Can, have smaller government)
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To: pgkdan

My wife threatens to do something like this when called for jury duty. This is what is known as a smart alec response and can piss off a judge to no end. Just fill in the box about “Is there any thing else we should know?” with, “I will find it hard to overcome my prejudices about [ethnic group here] people.”


59 posted on 04/06/2011 7:42:10 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing its idiot)
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To: theDentist

Union Leaders, tree-huggers and PETA members or broadcasters from MSN, NBC and CNN


60 posted on 04/06/2011 7:42:28 AM PDT by coloradomomba (BO stinks!)
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