Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 15, 2009

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    SaintRCat  over 15 years ago

    Can’t argue with that logic.

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    John Reiher Premium Member over 15 years ago

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

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    rayannina  over 15 years ago

    You beat me to it, keda!

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    yyyguy  over 15 years ago

    isn’t that the Michael Vick jury?

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    RussellNash  over 15 years ago

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

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    LordDogmore  over 15 years ago

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

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    madKanga  over 15 years 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  over 15 years ago

    ITS NOTHING BUT THE DOG IN ME

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    Jaws2z  over 15 years 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  over 15 years ago

    This trial has gone to the dogs.

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

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    ozzimandius  over 15 years 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  over 15 years 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  over 15 years ago

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

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    pbarnrob  over 15 years 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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    lewisbower  over 15 years 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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    lazygrazer  over 15 years 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  over 15 years ago

    Cat people beware.

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    Lurah  over 15 years ago

    I agree, my dog always knows best!

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    vexatron1984  over 15 years 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  over 15 years 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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    bmonk  over 15 years 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  over 15 years 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  over 15 years 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  over 15 years 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  over 15 years 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 Premium Member over 15 years ago

    wagging tails equal ‘not guilty’

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    jamadison4  over 15 years ago

    . I think horses make more sense………..

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    stonehenge1951  over 15 years ago

    Horses? They always vote “neigh”! ;p

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    prasrinivara  over 15 years 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  over 15 years ago

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

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    treered  over 15 years ago

    would you rather have 12 Danaes on jury?

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    KarklinsKid  over 15 years ago

    I think a cat would be a good Judge….

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    kfaatz925  over 15 years ago

    Who let the dogs out??

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    teeterman  over 15 years ago

    Character? Since when is a trial about character?

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    TMO1 Premium Member over 15 years 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.

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