Good morning, Bill... Bill Anderson wrote:
> On the other hand, a friend of mine is an Idaho native. She refused to > register to vote on account that she figured it'd keep her off of the > Jury pool rolls. Well, she lost that excuse last month. Yup, she got a > summons while not being registered to vote. Of course, since she favors > quite a bit of government intervention I oppose, I haven't exactly > encouraged her to register and vote anyway. ;) I just stuck my tongue at > her and poked fun at her when she got her summons anyway. :^) That's what makes this business of being called for jury duty such a tedious, painful business, because how and when they choose jurors for the pool is determined by the Court. Some places, such as Spokane County, Washington, they use the local voters' registration, while across the border in Idaho, in some places they use the Department of Motor Vehicles Registrations. There are rumors, even, that in some areas the Court uses some random method which, to this date, remains a mystery. My humble wife, for example, was called three times in two years. I was never called. I believe that is because I have told everyone within an arms reach, that if I were ever put on a jury, I would vote NOT GUILTY, regardless of the crime, regardless of whether or not they were, indeed, guilty. The alternative to that method is to state I would encourage other jurors to flip a coin to determine the guilt or innocence. My theoretical process of intimidation to avoid being selected on a jury seems to be working. Of course, in real life, the fact I wrote several hundred pages, caged in the most contemptuous terms imaginable, about the police and prosecutors ludicrous behavior during the arrest and trial of Ralph Benson, the man responsible for killing the late Roger Erdman, might be part of the reason. The fact that these documents, which detailed how the police perjured themselves, and the prosecutors let it "fly by", all were put on a public web page, probably hasn't hurt, either. [laughing to myself] No, I don't think I will be called as a potential juror in Washington State anytime soon. But I *DO* get frequently pulled over by police to see if I have committed any *new* infractions of the law that they might want to know about. Thus far I haven't told them any. Dave -- Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The Used Kharma Lot Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 11/24/2004 Usenet news server : news://news.kharma.net Fortune Random Thought For the Minute If the shoe fits, it's ugly. _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
