Re: OT: Jury duty scam

[Frank Olson <use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

tourman wrote:
> On Dec 21, 11:46 am, Frank Olson
> <use_the_email_li...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Crash Gordon wrote:
>>> damn that reminds me I have jury duty on the 23rd....pita!...but I won't
>>> know for sure until I call after 430pm on the 22nd...double pita !
>> I once watched a guy get out of jury duty by telling the court he was a
>> "neo-Nazi" and hated women, black people, Jews, and Indians (only using
>> the most derogatory references I've ever heard of with frequent
>> associations to the "F" word).  I agree it's a PITA, but I found the two
>> times I've served on a jury to be quite rewarding and much less painful
>> than I thought.  Both cases resolved in less than two days when the perp
>> pleaded out after being confronted with overwhelming evidence against
>> him.  I also got "tagged" for what wound up to be the Picton trial, but
>> by the time they got to me, they'd already picked the jurors and alternates.
>
> RHC: Wow, it's good to do your civic duty, but that one would have
> cost you at least two months out of your job / work schedule...it was
> and is one of the biggest trials in our country. You lucked in
> there.......


I know I did...  The 20.00 bux a day they offered for the first two
months wouldn't have paid for the gas to get to the courthouse.  After
two months, they "up the ante" to $100.00 a day.  The trial lasted 10
months I think.