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Ya, but what kind of freak show put him on jury duty a week after his wife got a life sentence? Ya, he's a piece of work, but you have to think that whoever is in charge of selecting people for jury duty is also a piece of work.

Having recently done my own jury duty, I can tell you that the jury pools here in Houston are usually picked several years in advance. No one was cruel enough to pick him with his wife on trial, that's just how the numbers came up, and since he got his notice ages ago, why didn't he just call them to reschedule?

Yates is an inconsiderate twit.

In Texas, the pool is chosen out of anyone with a driver's license. (Up until recently the jury pools were chosen from registered voters, but that is a subject worthy of a separate discussion). Nobody actually "chooses" you -- your number just comes up eventually and randomly if you are otherwise qualified (no felonies, etc.). And his summons in no way meant that he was being asked to serve on a jury -- only that he was in a pool of people that might get chosen for a jury. Given his specific circumstances, all he had to do was make one phone call -- the instructions for doing so are clearly spelled out on the notice -- and he would have been exused from appearing. He just doesn't think the rules apply to him. How arrogant.