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   SaintRCat said, 5 months ago

   Can’t argue with that logic.

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   John Reiher, Jr said, 5 months ago

   And they may have a higher average IQ than your typical collection of jurors too.

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   rayannina said, 5 months ago

   You beat me to it, keda!

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   yyyguy said, 5 months ago

   isn’t that the Michael Vick jury?

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   RussellNash said, 5 months ago

   Next time I go to court, I’m taking a pocket full of hamburger.

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   LordDogmore said, 5 months ago

   Besdies if your convicted, they can just drag you out and bury behind the courthouse.

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   madKanga said, 5 months ago

   If they were, they would automatically attack all the lawyers!

   (Sorry, I know I shouldn’t attack a whole class of people because there are a few unscrupulous ones, but I couldn’t resist the cheap shot!)

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   casper6307 said, 5 months ago

   ITS NOTHING BUT THE DOG IN ME

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   Jaws2z said, 5 months ago

   I always worry about being judged by 12 people who are too stupid to get out of jury duty.

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    pouncingtiger said, 5 months ago

    This trial has gone to the dogs.

    The defendant is done for if he’s a cat lover.

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    ozzimandius said, 5 months ago

    Here Here Jaws2z, I once worked as a corections officer for a smaller town Jail. When they forced me into Jury duty a few years after haveing moved on from that job, I was asked if I knew the defendant dureing the questioning part of selecting Jurors. They had already aproved 6 or so folks and I stated I’m not entirlly certain but I think he was in Jail for B&E when I was working there. Talk about some upset folks. I was out as were the other folks that now had heard my responce. I’ve never been aproached for jury duty since.

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    DesultoryPhillipic said, 5 months ago

    If you’re to stupid to stay out of the defendants chair, then I’d say they were a jury of your peers.

    Point taken prasrinivara.

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    prasrinivara said, 5 months ago

    No DesultoryPhillipic, they would actually be the defendant’s superiors intellectually!

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    pbarnrob said, 5 months ago

    Here’s a prime pair of videos to consider, that I just watched: (http://www.thisistrue.com/blog-dont_talk_to_the_cops.html) by a law professor and a veteran cop. Thank the Founding Fathers for the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights!

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    Lewreader said, 5 months ago

    Juries are composed fo senior citizens and the unemployed. Who else would be bred to death for what the state pays them?

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    grazer said, 5 months ago

    Wouldn’t work—-wagging tails and slobbering would be a dead giveaway as to who’s case is prevailing.

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    Carmy said, 5 months ago

    Cat people beware.

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    Lurah said, 5 months ago

    I agree, my dog always knows best!

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    vexatron1984 said, 5 months ago

    I dunno, the way dogs forgive and forget, I think too many people would walk away free! Then again, if you had cats instead no one would walk away at all!

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    pearlandpeach said, 5 months ago

    jury duty is one of the USA’s “freedoms”. We do juty duty to serve and protect. Justice only seems blind, the jury are her eyes.

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    elbeck said, 5 months ago

    This is so close to the truth that it almost escapes laughter. Having once been called in for jury duty, the assistant prosecutor was trying to seek out the truly clueless - I suppose they would be easier to sway. Those of us who provided thoughtful answers were dismissed. What a sham, but if you want to skip jury duty, just make an intelligent response to the PA’s questions.

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    bmonk said, 5 months ago

    @elbeck, that’s my experience too. A jury of dogs might be nice for one side, but surely the other attorney would object.

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    Garrulous said, 5 months ago

    It is common to hear folks profess their dislike for jury duty. And yet reality style TV shows are very popular. What could be more real than watching a trial from the juror’s box? Plus you are on the panel of guest judges involved in deciding the verdict.
    
    It just seems inconsistent.

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    Sternvogel said, 5 months ago

    A jury trial is seldom wrapped up within an hour.

    You see all the boring parts – they aren’t edited out.

    When I served, there were no hot chicks on the panel or in the witness box.

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    Garrulous said, 5 months ago

    Thanks for clearing that up Sternvogel. People don’t really want reality. They’re after mind numbing entertainment. It’s like crack TV.

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    aerwalt said, 5 months ago

    I was excused from a drug selling case when I revealed I had retired from the pharmaceutical industry and had strong views on the kind of case that was being tried.

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    nighthawks said, 5 months ago

    wagging tails equal ‘not guilty’

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    pookid54 said, 5 months ago

    and this is the drool of jurors

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    jamadison4 said, 5 months ago

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    I think horses make more sense………..

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    stonehenge1951 said, 5 months ago

    Horses? They always vote “neigh”! ;p

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    prasrinivara said, 5 months ago

    A little off-topic question. If someone who has dual-citizenship with another country (I don’t, as I actually renounced Canadian citizenship–but I did have dual-citizenship for about three years), would that person be able to get out of it by showing the passport pertaining to the non-US country?

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    treered said, 5 months ago

    prasrinivara, i don’t think so….. i think if you are a dual-citizen you get DOUBLE duty!

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    treered said, 5 months ago

    would you rather have 12 Danaes on jury?

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    Karklins Kid said, 5 months ago

    I think a cat would be a good Judge….

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    Burgundy2 said, 5 months ago

    I sure know that my dogs are better judges of character than most people.

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    olfart said, 5 months ago

    Thank you, pbarnrob, for that important and ABSOLUTELY CORRECT link. Anyone who skipped it should watch it now. Watch it twice. Take notes. By all means make sure that your children understand it. Don’t tell those whom you dislike. Let them go to prison!

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    kfaatz925 said, 5 months ago

    Who let the dogs out??

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    teeterman said, 5 months ago

    Character? Since when is a trial about character?

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    TMO1 said, 5 months ago

    They’d be better jurors than many we’ve seen in Texas - witness the Candace Montgomery trial, the Cullen Davis trials, and the Walker Railey trial.