DA confronts Jury Pool from Hell

[GCP]

OMG this is the funniest thing ever. Red state values!


MEMPHIS, Tenn. - 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. 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."

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.

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."

More here: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=1&u=/ap/shallow_jury_pool

[Spinzonner]

1. I guess pimps don't provide very good benefit plans

[Elidor]

2. Some pretty good excuses

Filing them away for future use. Imagine having to top these guys! "I just remembered–I left a girl handcuffed to my motel bed three days ago. See y'all."

[NorthernSpy]

3. yeah, the proles are always good for a laugh

Of course, it's not just people in trailer parks who get into fights, use drugs, buy sex, and try to get out of jury duty. But when they do, it's funny.

Oh, and that bit about trailer park people with missing teeth? Also funny!

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