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For the first time in my <strike>long</strike> young life, I got called a few months ago. They brought my group in for voire dire and interviewed us individually but never got to me. At 5:00, I could go home. Not empaneled. No drinking or laughing at lawyers required.

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More likely, she realized that she has nothing whatsoever to say. This is a woman who was sequestered even before she was sequestered, and "How I missed out on the whole Trayvon Martin thing" isn't going to sell well.

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Ignorance of the case is what qualified her. Always a problem with high-profile cases, as Mark Twain <a href="http:\/\/faculty.cua.edu\/pennington\/Law508\/RoughingIt.htm" target="_blank">hilariously complained. </a>

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With spanking?

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All I know - we've got to change what's happening. Something good could happen.

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Welll, I'm glad the Florida courts can handle cases like this without bias.

The case of the hoodlum black teen who shot the neighborhood volunteer watchman, and claimed "self defense", with identical evidence, would surely also have ended with a "not guilty" verdict.

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It's twice as effecive when combined with homepathic medicines.

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Remember not to pound his head on the pavement, so that when he's tried for your killing, he'll have a harder time proving self-defense. You get the last laugh that way.

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"Not reading newspapers" goes pretty far back, no question.

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He only told you not to talk about the case... surprisingly easy, when the whole crowd knows the rules.

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These were the most promising candidates in the pool -- which is largely drawn up from voter registration lists. Scary thought, innit?

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best juror story ever. you should talk to sharlene.

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...lemme get this straight, a gun wielding <strong>RACIST</strong> follows me in a vehicle at night for no reason and then shoots me dead and I share 50/50 responsibility for my death?! So I am responsible for being a black guy?!

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People brag about getting out of jury duty. They define our justice system as much as those who serve.

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Hooray! This leaves room in the book market for my unpublished novel: <i>My Year in College</i>

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"space lawyer" sounds like a easy gig at least until Newt becomes moon emperor or becomes so fat he has his own gravitational field.

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