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Penny Arcade - Comic - Jury Rig
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Penny Arcade - Comic - Jury Rig
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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As a jury we were instructed to review the evidence presented, which meant that because the public defender never even attempted to establish that the test might be faulty (and thus gave zero defense for the defendant, who was not fluent in English) we were forced to convict. The majority of the jury had apparently been selected for our vehement dislike of substance abusers, so we were all pretty pissed that we were basically forced to cooperate in this stacked deck sham instead of getting to convict someone who actually seemed guilty. We spent all of our deliberations sending notes to the judge complaining about it.
And that's my story of how I got to participate in American justice and send a poor Czech immigrant to Tent City for a year.
If you don't know much about Joe Arpaio and Tent City, here's a first hand account
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/08/26/the-year-i-spent-in-joe-arpaios-tent-jail-was-hell-he-should-never-walk-free/
Hence probably why I was asked to not be on the only jury I've been called for. Either that or the crimes.
Judge would not look too kindly on that.
Last two times I was still a contractor, so wrote a polite letter saying this would be a hardship for my family. Excused both times no problem.
Frankly, it is a pretty fine way to avoid work if they are paying for your time to be there (public institution). Though, those were the days when you had to be on-prem. Now its all check the website...