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An incensed federal judge sentenced a racist Brooklyn woman to indefinite jury duty on Tuesday after she trashed the NYPD and minorities. "This is an outrage, and so are you!" Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis told the woman, holding up her bile-filled juror questionnaire.
Juror No. 799, an Asian woman in her 20s who said she works in the garment industry, was up for jury duty in the death penalty trial of Bonanno crime boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano.
I would love this kind of duty. anything that I can do to mess up the federal goverment would be a godsend, and with the federal legal systems blessing too.
By the same token, don't ask the question if you don't want to hear the answer. No one would want to be among the 3 she chose.
I remember a seminar I was forced to attend at work 20 years ago. I had already heard from a good source that it was a waste of time, nothing but hype and buzzwords. We were asked to complete a questionnaire at the end, whether it was helpful or not. Instructor said, "give your honest opinion, no wrong answers here". I wasn't nasty, but wrote that I didn't think it was relevant to any of our problems at the time, and believe me, we had lots of problems. The instructor stopped me as I was leaving and scolded me for criticizing his class. My supervisor also called me in next day, asking why I ticked him off. So much for straight answers to simple questions.
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Rule # 2 - Don't pisz off a juror.
yes, she could claim she is claustrophobic and that she goes into racial rants when confined in small court rooms
god damit,,!! that beach is freakin guilty, i tell ya there all guilty!! guilty!! guilty!!!that fat lady killed that little skinny guy.!!! i tell ya it was the fat lady, she did it.. im sure she did it..and that stupid red head helped her do it..
Totally agree. The judge should be removed from the bench. Its not illegal to be racist & forcing this woman to serve jury duty is not a good idea esp if the one on trial is of another race.
Totally agree. The judge should be removed from the bench. Its not illegal to be racist & forcing this woman to serve jury duty is not a good idea esp if the one on trial is of another race.
Why are you assuming that this prospective juror was being truthful on the questionnaire? The juror also sassed the judge, according to the article, when the judge asked her about her answers. Lying on a court document and talking back to a judge (yes, the way her answer reads comes off as backtalk) are two good enough reasons for a judge to hold her in contempt and order some form of punishment, here, having to spend more time on jury duty.
I'm no legal expert, but I don't believe he can actually "sentence" her to serve jury dutyfor any length of time, let alone indefinitely.
I think a judge can find a potential juror in contempt and compel them to serve for the duration of the trial at hand. I think mob trials tend to take longer than average, so this could be awhile.
She was definetly trying to get out of jury duty by putting absurd answers to questions! I read a longer article about this and it was really obvious from her (not very serious) answers. I'm pretty sure it's ILLEGAL to try to get out of jury duty this way, hence the judge's anger.
You just have to be more creative in trying to get out of jury duty.
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