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

[Christophe Barry]

Andy, time to say only one word

ban


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "peter.west410" <peter.west410 at ntlworld.com>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
<gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Jury Duty Dilemna! Help Help Help!


> 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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