
01-20-2005, 02:21 PM
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Loungin' Around
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: West Coast
Posts: 30,587
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Sometimes life is funnier than art.....
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) -- Defense attorney Leslie Ballin called it
> the "jury pool from hell." The group of prospective jurors was
> summoned to listen to a case of Tennessee trailer park violence.
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> Right after jury selection began last week, one man got up and left,
> announcing, "I'm on morphine and I'm higher than a kite."
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> When the prosecutor asked if anyone had been convicted of a crime, a
> prospective juror said that he had been arrested and taken to a
mental
> hospital after he almost shot his nephew. He said he was provoked
> because his nephew just would not come out from under the bed.
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> Another would-be juror said he had had alcohol problems and was
> arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer. "I should
have
> known something was up," he said. "She had all her teeth."
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> Another prospect volunteered he probably should not be on the jury:
> "In my neighborhood, everyone knows that if you get Mr. Ballin (as
> your lawyer), you're probably guilty." He was not chosen.
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> The case involved a woman accused of hitting her brother's girlfriend
> in the face with a brick. Ballin's client was found not guilty.
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