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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Judge reams out people avoiding jury duty
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 14:27:13 -0000 (UTC)
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danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> writes:
>>BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

>>>>. . . 

>>>When I finally returned home, I found a long-expired summons for
>>>jury duty in my accumulated mail. I called the number on the summons
>>>and explained what had happened. The woman looked up the number on
>>>my summons and said it was no problem, they'd just cancel it in the
>>>system and issue a new summons for me since I was home now and being
>>>retired had no work conflicts with serving. And a few days later,
>>>a new summons showed up. I went and got eliminated the moment both
>>>sides discovered I was a lawyer.

>>Wouldn't stating that you intend to apply common sense after listening
>>to arguments have disqualified you as well?

>"I'm a firm beliver in Jury Nullification" 

Hah