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To: texson66
I got off regular federal jury duty honestly by questioning a SCOTUS decision relevant to the case - I genuinely believed that it allowed double jeopardy in certain cases, and it would affect my ability to impartially judge the evidence. Of course, it also didn't hurt that my ex-wife had clerked for the federal prosecutor in the case (don't think you'll be able to try that approach, that's why I didn't mention it).
5 posted on 12/30/2002 8:13:04 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy
Of course, it also didn't hurt that my ex-wife had clerked for the federal prosecutor in the case (don't think you'll be able to try that approach, that's why I didn'tmention it.

I managed something similar when faced with a juror background questionaire that asked *occupation* to which I answered, quite accurately *newspaperman/ syndicated columnist.*

The next question stated *describe duties of employment position.* Barely resisting an urge to fill in the blank with *attempt to appear awake* I wrote in *reportage and research into political corruption, to include judicial misconduct and favoritism and judicial impropriety investigations by Commission on Judicial misconduct, impeachment, and/or disbarment*

Guess who did not have to serve on the jury...but who DID cover that trial as a newspaperman. A year or so thereafter, the prosecuting attorney who'd brought the case was arrested on federal charges, convicted and jailed, and oh yes, disbarred. 20 felony counts, including forgery indictments related to charges of defrauding some 14 former clients of a total of at least $790,000....

For some reason, those in the judge's office didn't care to play any more after that....

-archy-/-

27 posted on 12/30/2002 9:51:14 AM PST by archy
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To: dirtboy

Of course, it also didn’t hurt that my ex-wife had clerked for the federal prosecutor in the case (don’t think you’ll be able to try that approach, that’s why I didn’t mention it).

Except for you did mention it lol


35 posted on 03/23/2017 11:07:21 AM PDT by ladycop8885
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