[kj] OT: Jury Duty Dilemna! Help Help Help!

[Alexander Smith]

"When your country called you Alex,Where were you ?"


I was about five months old.

Serving in the military and serving on jury duty are two decidedly 
different things, and you're an idiot to suggest otherwise.

Alex in NYC


On Thursday, September 16, 2004, at 12:58 PM, peter.west410 wrote:

> Just dont start complaining when politicians come up with feeble 
> excuses for
> not going to serve their country ,Those soldiers (some with pregnant 
> wives)
> go to fight to defend the democratic law & order system ,That you were 
> so
> unwilling to participate in.
>     When your country called you Alex,Where were you ?
>
>       PW
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alexander Smith" <vassifer at earthlink.net>
> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
> <gathering at misera.net>
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 5:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Jury Duty Dilemna! Help Help Help!
>
>
>> I haven't the slightest regret for the way that turned out (other than
>> that it was a needlessly  prolonged process), and had an entirely
>> legitimate reason for needing to be excused from jury duty. Under any
>> other circumstances, while it may be a hassle, I dutifully perform my
>> role as a juror. When my wife's pregnant, that's a different story.
>>
>> Go fuck yourself, Peter.
>>
>> Alex in NYC
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, September 16, 2004, at 11:51 AM, peter.west410 wrote:
>>
>>> "NEEDEDHOW DO I ENSURE MY DISMISSAL FROM THIS JURY?"
>>>
>>> Just tell them Alex,That you judge people without hearing their side
>>> of the
>>> story,And once you ve heard their side of the story and find out that
>>> they
>>> are innocent,You still think they should be punished.
>>>     As this is so absurd they proberly wont believe it,But you could
>>> give it
>>> a try.
>>>             PW
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Alex Smith" <vassifer at earthlink.net>
>>> To: <gathering at misera.net>; <gathering at misera.net>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:47 PM
>>> Subject: [kj] OT: Jury Duty Dilemna! Help Help Help!
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I posted this on ILM, but I'm in need of brainstorming, so have at 
>>>> it,
>>>> Gatheruzzz....
>>>>
>>>> Alright. So, the tentacles of the system tapped my shoulder once
>>>> again,
>>> and
>>>> I dutifully reported for jury duty yesterday. A huge hassle, as I'm
>>>> sure
>>>> everyone here knows, I managed to excuse myself off of one voir-dire
>>>> yesterday due to my involvement in a prior lawsuit that my then 
>>>> co-op
>>> board
>>>> (on which I'd been serving as secretary) was involved in. Today,
>>>> however,
>>> I
>>>> was called into to be panelled for a case that they expect will take
>>>> as
>>> long
>>>> as TWO MONTHS and that involved no fewer than twenty lawyers!! They
>>>> asked
>>> if
>>>> anyone believed they had serious problems with being able to serve
>>>> this
>>>> amount of time. Predictably, nine tenths of the panel raised their
>>>> hands,
>>>> myself included. Individually, they brought us into a small room (in
>>>> front
>>>> of the judge and all twenty lawyers) to hear why we might have
>>>> problem. I
>>>> explained that my wife is pregnant, and...to a lesser extent..that 
>>>> it
>>> would
>>>> be highly inconvenient for my department at work to cover for me for
>>>> such
>>> a
>>>> long stretch. I was also typically surly and scowly (in a black
>>>> Killing
>>> Joke
>>>> t-shirt, of course). No dice. They asked me to come back on Thursday
>>>> for
>>> the
>>>> official round of voir dire.
>>>>
>>>>        This doesn't mean I'm definetely on the jury for this case,
>>>> but I
>>>> really wanted...fuck that, NEEDEDHOW DO I ENSURE MY DISMISSAL FROM
>>>> THIS
>>>> JURY? I'm going into work to have my boss draft a letter explaining
>>>> what a
>>>> hardship it will be for my department to lose my services for such a
>>>> potentially lengthy period. My wife is very much indeed
>>>> pregnant....I'm
>>>> somewhat shocked that didn't sway them in my favour. Just shy of
>>> threatening
>>>> to be a distracted, non-compliant and potentially disruptive juror
>>>> (which
>>>> might land me in "contempt of court" trouble), what do I have to do 
>>>> to
>>> make
>>>> sure I don't get picked?
>>>>
>>>>        Should I dust off my most offensive Pussy Galore t-shirt?
>>>> Maintain
>>>> that Charles Manson was a criminally misunderstood genius? Wet my
>>>> pants
>>> and
>>>> walk into the interview with a big yellow stain? WHAT MUST I DO?
>>>>
>>>> - Alex in NYC
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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