The Lockhorns by Bunny Hoest and John Reiner for February 19, 2025

Divorce by jury? That’s an interesting concept.

Aren’t there “fire walls” around courthouses that prevent cell phone use?

jury duty for criminal cases is inconvenient enough, but for civil cases = pure BS

They’d throw me off too.

Two feet facing!

I’ve been dismissed from jury duty twice. The first was because a judge had a thing about cigarette smokers. When I informed the judge that I smoked I was dismissed. As I was leaving the prosecuting attorney got the judges to call me back to prove it by showing my cigarettes. Dumb judge. The second was a civil suit against a doctor. When I informed them that my wife had been a patient of the doctor with no problems they said bye bye.

“They considered my facial age spots as henpeck marks.”

Try to make this short. Had a paycheck drawn on Bank Of Boston. Was out of town and went to Bank of Boston to cash the check, they wouldn’t cash it. Years later, jury duty, get Voir Dired. B-o-B is suing a guy for something. Lawyer asks me what I think of B-o-B. “It’s a r*i*n*k*y d*i*n*k outfit!!”, state I. Cause a stir because I’m not shy about voicing my opinion. I explained why and said they don’t even trust their own paper, what kind of outfit are they? They are no longer in existence so I guess not a very good one. I got excused of course. I did see the defendant wear a big smile when I made my statements.

They have juries for divorce actions?

My wife got selected for a jury for a slip and fall suit. The woman claimed she was bedridden. The husband was also suing for “loss of services.” The attorney asked my wife if she had any issues with the suit. She said “If I was bedridden, my husband wouldn’t leave me alone!” She got excused.

Leroy you were probably pro divorce

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

Cases in divorce court almost never involve jury trials, of course, which means that Leroy lied to Loretta about having jury duty and convinced her to accompany him to the courthouse just so he could do this bit. Ironically, this just shows that he’s willing to put in the work to keep their dysfunctional marriage fresh and interesting.

It was a split decision. :)

I’ve never been selected, came close but nope.

lol

It’s hard to find a jury of the appropriate peers in divorce court. Especially from people that’s been divorced.

I thought they’d be impressed. Leroy was feverishly taking notes when the defendant detailed how he killed his wife.

A divorce by jury ?