9-Year-Old Called for Jury Duty for Second Time

[Are_grits_groceries]

For the second time in his life, 9-year-old Jacob Clark was recently invited to join a jury of his peers.

But that jury wasn’t congregating on the elementary school playground: Clark was summoned to appear in Orleans District Court in Massachusetts on April 18 for jury selection.

“I looked at it and said, ‘This is ridiculous!’” Jacob’s grandmother, Deborah Clark, told ABCNews.com.

The Yarmouth, Mass., third grader was summoned to jury duty once before, when he was 2 years old.
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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/03/9-year-old-called-for-jury-duty-for-second-time/

Let him serve. He can't be dumber than some peope who do.

[Mass]

1. It's no big deal - An obvious error, that is all.

I wonder why the media consider this is newsworthy. I have been called for duty twice even though I was not eligible. There was a place on the convocation to answer and a whole bunch of possibility were offered. I answered. That was the end of the story,

But the media would prefer to spend time on these useless stories rather than to talk about real stories that matter.

[maddezmom]

2. for a minute I thought this was going to be a META topic

[Cirque du So-What]

3. I've seen instances where the opinion of a 9-year-old

would be preferable to the snark that some jurors feel compelled to inject into their decisions.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. +1!

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. I loved how, on the end of the story I saw he said,"Next time I think I'll be ready...

as long as I'm 18."

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. +1

[Duer 157099]

6. That's what he gets for registering to vote n/t

[slackmaster]

8. That's only Tier 2 ridiculous

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-01-17/entertainment/27087837_1_jury-duty-cat-feline-friend

[DefenseLawyer]

9. Can he get my 8 year old off the terrorist "do not board" list?

Cause he's been on it since he was 4 and man, is it a drag.