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[matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>]

On Jul 6, 2004, at 10:49 AM, Marcia wrote:

> > > I don't know much about the jury selection process
>
> Me neither, and my guess is, neither do they!
>
> I was called for jury duty last year, but I'm not a US citizen!  I'm a 
> legal
> resident, and a tax payer, so I thought since I may need the justice 
> system
> some day, they could ask me to serve it too.  But I did call first, to 
> make
> sure.
>
> The lady told me I didn't have to go, the "invitation" had been a 
> mistake.  So
> I asked where they got my name from, and she said they get people's 
> names when
> they register to vote.. so I said I'd never registered to vote, I 
> can't vote
> here!  She didn't know what to say.
>
> Marcia

They must have gotten your information from the InterNetWorkers list.
I mean, heh, "Where else could they have gotten it from?!?!?!"
d ;)

> Quoting Jim Allman <jim AT ibang.com>:
>
> > On Jul 6, 2004, at 9:47 AM, Shea Tisdale wrote:
> > > For at least 4 of the people on
> > > that jury, that meant making a decision that would find their 
> > > employer
> > > guilty.  And in 2 cases, that entity was the major client of a 
> > > business
> > > owned or operated by the juror.  So even with some concern for
> > > potential
> > > reprisal, they made the decision they felt was appropriate given the
> > > facts
> > > of the case.
> >
> > Interest. I don't know much about the jury selection process, but I
> > would've guessed these people would be ineligible due to conflicts of
> > interest.
> >
> >    =jimA=

Sounds like jury/judge tampering to me...