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Originally posted by Mabus
The sources listed are trustworthy to any of you off the bat?!
Were there any witnesses outside the reporters who can says that the famous person was right there with them on the jury for a case? Why is it those key ppl are missing?
1.May 1st,
2008
5:21 pm Isabella Rosselini was in my jury pool. Neither of us were selected for a jury, though…
— Posted by Melissa
2.May 1st,
2008
5:25 pm Actually a few years ago I did serve on a jury with Jerry Seinfeld. He and my brother were childhood friends so we had a great time reminiscing about the old neighborhood (Massapequa). By the way one day a few of us went with him to Chinatown for lunch. And no, we did not have to wait long for a table!!
— Posted by Barry
4.May 1st,
2008
8:35 pm Bill Clinton has also been called in NY for jury duty. Every state and city should enact Chief Judge Kaye’s changes so that the jury pool is truly democratic everywhere…
— Posted by Seth
7.May 1st,
2008
10:07 pm Matthew Broderick was in my jury pool. When they called his name, I thought, “Wow, there are two Matthew Broderick’s?”…I was happy to see him there and to learn that celebrities were not excused from this civil duty.
— Posted by Melissa
9.May 2nd,
2008
8:01 am I was part of a venire including Dan Rather. He was selected for the jury, I was not. It was rather amusing to watch as they asked him his name and what his occupation was.
— Posted by K T
Originally posted by Mabus
I'll just ask you two questions and see if I aint the only one who noticed...
1. Have any of you in your rational and awake life time (yeah, where it counts) ever learned after a court hearing/trial that someone famous served jury duty?
2. If you never learned of this to your knowledge, then what does that say about the judical system on the claimed random jury selection ASPECT that's supposed to be in place here in the U.S.
According to something I came across in the Anti-Christ bible it is apparent to me that "the" court period (at least here that I can attest to if that's the correct word) is a standing corruption. This I think I exposed (not coincidentally on 8-8-08) is consistant in revealing what makes it corrupt.
Do buy the bible then do the math... Ask famous stars, not when they werent famous, if they had to serve a jury duty since having been famous. I'm talking top stars on a national or globe level of fame. Plus, ask 'em if jury service from a summons, if they ever even got one while famous, was called off. Big stars in the movie related world and athlete related world (maybe even news media related world) can all be considered super stars of the famous. No where in the rules for who makes a jury does it state a no famous person or no super star person rule. So ask yourself what is actually in place if the so-called random select isnt what it actually and honestly is.
I bet you not a single super star will tell you that they served on jury duty since being a star. That alone tells you the court is technically corruption.
[edit on 8-8-2008 by Mabus]
Originally posted by Slothrop
it took about 15 seconds on google to find a blog that lists the following celebrity jurors:
uma thurman, regis philbin, herny kissinger, tom wolfe, ivana trump, kathleen turner, harvey keitel and calvin klein. in fact the article (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com...)mentions that the list of celebrity jurors in nyc alone is far longer than that.
i consulted lex-nex and confirmed that each juror i listed did, in fact, serve on a jury.
so yeah. not really an issue and not really too tough to research.
Originally posted by Mabus
I'll just ask you two questions and see if I aint the only one who noticed...
1. Have any of you in your rational and awake life time (yeah, where it counts) ever learned after a court hearing/trial that someone famous served jury duty?
2. If you never learned of this to your knowledge, then what does that say about the judical system on the claimed random jury selection ASPECT that's supposed to be in place here in the U.S.
According to something I came across in the Anti-Christ bible it is apparent to me that "the" court period (at least here that I can attest to if that's the correct word) is a standing corruption. This I think I exposed (not coincidentally on 8-8-08) is consistant in revealing what makes it corrupt.
Do buy the bible then do the math... Ask famous stars, not when they werent famous, if they had to serve a jury duty since having been famous. I'm talking top stars on a national or globe level of fame. Plus, ask 'em if jury service from a summons, if they ever even got one while famous, was called off. Big stars in the movie related world and athlete related world (maybe even news media related world) can all be considered super stars of the famous. No where in the rules for who makes a jury does it state a no famous person or no super star person rule. So ask yourself what is actually in place if the so-called random select isnt what it actually and honestly is.
I bet you not a single super star will tell you that they served on jury duty since being a star. That alone tells you the court is technically corruption.
[edit on 8-8-2008 by Mabus]
Originally posted by jimmyx
yup your right...but lawyers and police officers rarely serve. i was in a jury pool for a murder trial in 2007 and there must have been at least 15 people in those positions and all of them were dismissed. "the famous" cause undue distraction and possible undue persuasive power in an otherwise serious, and deliberative venue. this actually avoids your stated corruption of the court.
[edit on 9-8-2008 by jimmyx]