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I was summoned once for a big federal drug case, because of a personal emergency I misread and didn’t show up. I was threatened with arrest...I called the number and explained my mother had had open heart surgery and had a staph infection and was in the hospital for months and I was an emotional wreck. I apologized and asked her what I could do, she put me on hold and came back on telling me to write a letter explaining my situation and I would be excused as if I had served. This would mean I wouldn’t be called again for years. I have never been summoned since.

My mother’s roommate in the hospital...her husband was the DA there.....he advised me to tell the judge when asked that I think all drug dealers should get 20 years in jail.....it would allow the judge to pull me for being biased and not force either side to use one of their chances to pull someone. He told me federal drug cases can put me at risk. He thought I was too distraught over my mother to serve anyway, which was why he advised me to do this. He told me it is not unheard of for jurors in cases like that to be threatened...he really, really did not want me to serve. Kind of blew my mind, but I never had to go.

“None of this surprised me,” said Anthony’s ex-sister-in-law Pam Plesea. “When my son was 4 years old and we threw him a birthday party, Casey was just days or weeks old. Cindy showed up at my home and put the infant Casey up in my face and said, 'What a shame you will never know how it feels to have your own child.' I was mortified. My son was adopted, but he is my child and she then said, 'Oh, I meant that you never will have a girl, and it’s the best thing for a mother. She’s my life now.' Well, 25 years later, I see she is willing to possibly perjure herself for her daughter.”

Go here for the entire interview from ex-sister-in-law and Rick's wife Pam:

http://www.facebook.com/notes/justice-for-caylee-marie-anthony/cindys-ex-sister-in-law/229257350438440

I have been called only 3 times in more than 50 years —twice in Texas and once in Wisconsin, despite having lived many places. Each time, the case was settled before we went to trial and I was never seated.

The only time I was called in Wisconsin, it was for a whole month. I had to be ready every day to show up in case they needed me, but none of the cases ever made it to trial.

My mother is 98 and has only been called once. She and my uncle were both called the same week when they were both about 90. They both begged off, which I thought was a disgrace. My mother was scared to death to be a juror in California. Her friends (all retired school teachers) told her that she’d be a marked woman and the criminals would come after her.

She would have been disqualified anyway because she has a Master’s Degree.