They're blunt over there
Here's a rather direct pitch to be excused from jury duty, as filed in Belgrade, Montana.
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Comments (10)
Here's hoping the presiding judge has a sense of humor and invites the fella AND HIS DOG to sit in the jury room for an afternoon.
Posted by Mike (the other one) | June 8, 2009 3:17 PM
I cringed when I read it, and while a lawyer surely can't address the court like that, the more I think about it as a plain old citizen everything he said is protected by the 1st Amendment.
Posted by G Joubert | June 8, 2009 3:19 PM
So, was he excused from jury duty?
Posted by A Hopeful | June 8, 2009 4:13 PM
I note it did not state whether he had been excused or not.
Posted by godfry | June 8, 2009 4:14 PM
What he said is protected by the 1st, but failure to appear for jury duty is not. My guess is that his approach will get him hauled before the judge.
There was a case a couple of weeks ago in MC about a guy who got bored with jury duty and left. The judge issued an arrest warrant and hauled his butt back to the courthouse.
Posted by Miles | June 8, 2009 4:40 PM
I don't care who you are, that was a riot !!
Git R Done !!
Posted by Fonzi | June 8, 2009 8:23 PM
Do ya think the Sheriff's deputies were fighting to see who gets to haul that yokel into court.
Posted by mp97303 | June 8, 2009 8:25 PM
Sounds better than "I don't think I can be fair."
Posted by dg | June 8, 2009 9:15 PM
If you don't want to be on a jury, just say, "I can tell whether a person is guilty or not just by looking at him."
Posted by Jack Bog | June 8, 2009 9:21 PM
The rest of the story:
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/05/02/news/mtregional/news11.txt
Posted by dman | June 8, 2009 10:06 PM