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"Jerry Duty"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 06.17.2012 | Comedy
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Jerry Zezima

It was an offer I couldn't refuse: Report to jury duty for a mob trial or wake up next to a horse's head. My wife, Sue, who wakes up every morning next to the other end of a horse, said it would be safer to do my civic duty than to end up on trial myself.

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No Mistrial In Brutal Connecticut Home Invasion Case

AP | Posted 12.03.2011 | Crime
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By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A judge denied a defense motion for a mistrial Monday after a supporter of the victims...

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Louisiana Supreme Court Sees Problems With the Confederate Flag, but Allows It to Wave for Now

Anna Arceneaux | Posted 11.09.2011 | Politics
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Anna Arceneaux

In 1951, in response to the burgeoning civil rights movement, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, defiantly raised a Confederate flag outside the entrance to its courthouse. It flies there today.

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Doubt Desensitized: Reasonable Doubt Takes on New Meaning in the Postmodern Era

Caroline Presno | Posted 09.06.2011 | Media
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Caroline Presno

Today we walk around with a trail of endless possibilities, clouds of uncertainty, and a perpetual sense of doubt. Would a guilty verdict for Casey Anthony have been more likely with a jury from the 1950s?

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To Be Or Not a Juror: It Ain't Easy to Be Selected

Michael Russnow | Posted 08.20.2011 | Comedy
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Michael Russnow

It's interesting to be in a group representing so-called peers, which is the whole point of a jury, yet, looking around and listening to conversations, for the most part they're people with whom I have little in common. But maybe that's a good thing.

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Silent Jury, Speaking Public

Hemanshu Nigam | Posted 07.31.2011 | Media
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Hemanshu Nigam

Highly publicized jury trials are nothing new. What is new is the instant online feedback from the public -- the speaking jury -- that can enlighten us all.

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Blagojevich Trial: Lawyers Face Decision Time On Jury

AP | MIKE ROBINSON and MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors and Rod Blagojevich's attorneys prepared Monday to take the stage for what promises to be a dramatic first act of ...

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No Race Card This Time in O.J. Verdict

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Even if there were blacks on OJ's jury, it wouldn't have changed the fact that this time around there was no race card to play.

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