From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jul 30 2002 - 09:38:33 MDT
--- John K Clark <jonkc@att.net> wrote:
> "Lee Corbin" <lcorbin@tsoft.com> Wrote:
>
> >I believe that even bad and stupid laws ought
> to
> >be obeyed.
>
> I was called for jury duty once, the conversation
> went like this:
>
> LAWYER: So Mr. Clark will you listen to the judge
> when he explains the law
> to you?
> ME: Yes.
> LAWYER: And will you will do whatever the judge
> tells you to do?
> ME: Yes, within reason.
> LAWYER: What do you mean "within reason"?
> ME: Unless it was something obviously insane.
> LAWYER: Your honor I ask that Mr. Clark be excused
> from this jury.
> JUDGE: Agreed. Thank you Mr. Clark you are excused.
You know, I've been thinking for a long time that
there should be some mechanism by which jury
candidates can challenge being dismissed. Any jury
would obviously benefit from John's intelligence, and
one of the big problems with the justice system is
that lawyers and judges seem to prefer having juries
full of complete idiots.
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