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Article #190Re: How Can I Avoid Jury Duty in Oakland?
From: Don Klipstein
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:12
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:12
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In article <L1C59.97752$D36.89639@rwcrnsc53>, Larry Alpert wrote: > >During a recent murder trial that I was on the jury for, the accused not >dispute he pulled the trigger (6 times), but that it was in self defense. >It was already an accepted fact (according to the instructions from the >judge) on both sides that the defendant did indeed pull the trigger. The >prosecutor then proceeded to take 3 days and multiple witnesses to prove >that the defendant was the man who pulled the trigger. We did not openly >discuss the matter, but it was easy to tell what we were all thinking... >the man took 20% of the length of a trial to prove a point that was not >disputed. The defense attorney asked very few questions, and waived his >cross examination for many witnesses on that point. Reminds me of the OJ Simpson trial. The prosecution took a tremendous amount of time, including with irrelevant testimony such as the testimony from one witness about his dreams. The defense was much more concise. I'm sure we all know which side won, and I think excessive time spent by the prosecution was a factor. Twelve jurors apparantly put a cap on that prosecutor's career. If she won, she would probably be in elected office by now. - Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f6c48,49e347cf0e6b9d88 X-Google-Attributes: gidf6c48,public X-Google-Thread: 11582c,49e347cf0e6b9d88 X-Google-Attributes: gid11582c,public X-Google-Thread: f824f,49e347cf0e6b9d88 X-Google-Attributes: gidf824f,public X-Google-Thread: 106595,49e347cf0e6b9d88 X-Google-Attributes: gid106595,public X-Google-Thread: 107518,49e347cf0e6b9d88 X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-11 16:16:30 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-xfer.newsread.com!bad-news.newsread.com!netaxs.com!newsread.com!grr!news.misty.com!don From: don@manx.misty.com (Don Klipstein) Newsgroups: sbay.general,ba.general,ba.consumers,misc.consumers,misc.consumers.frugal-living Subject: Re: How Can I Avoid Jury Duty in Oakland? Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:12:38 +0000 (UTC) Organization: MGT Consulting Lines: 22 Message-ID: <slrnalds2c.gv8.don@manx.misty.com> References: <309e7c98.0208091319.2baa4b6b@posting.google.com> <756bd789.0208092005.77260e85@posting.google.com> <uT159.21224$X5.2459029@news2.telusplanet.net> <aj2uob$khu$1@slb5.atl.mindspring.net> <oj5alu4hgfmu4621bnkucfgsv6tgl4esas@4ax.com> <756bd789.0208101924.5602650b@posting.google.com> <slrnalbpbb.9s0.don@manx.misty.com> <3d5702f8.1168173@news.supernews.com> <slrnalbuso.anj.don@manx.misty.com> <qaadluc24qca8f5sb3ofi8qls5ectseltl@news.supernews.com> <L1C59.97752$D36.89639@rwcrnsc53> NNTP-Posting-Host: manx.misty.com X-Trace: news.misty.com 1029107558 11270 198.137.254.20 (11 Aug 2002 23:12:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@misty.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:12:38 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.2 (SunOS)