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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
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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>Apparently I'm lucky.  It is a significant number of years between 
>notices for possible jury duty for me and I live in a "1 day or 1 trial" 
>county so usually if I even have to show up the courts only have 1 day 
>to put me on a jury.

>Last time it was a slip and fall civil case.  The defense attorney was 
>asking us if we would consider the size of the plaintiffs monetary 
>demand in finding his client liable.  I responded asking aren't we 
>supposed to not consider that until _after_ we had found there to be any 
>liability.  The judge said I was correct and shortly thereafter I was 
>the first potential juror excused.

It's outrageous that the defense could ask such a question during voir
dire. It's like the prosecution asking if the juror favors the death
penalty in a capital case, which suggests that the potential juror might
already be inclined to find the defendant guilty.