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Related: About this forumGeorgia Court Reportedly Lists 'Slave' As Juror Occupation Option On Questionnaire
TRENDINGNEWSCLIPZ·Published on Nov 26, 2013
A Georgia court is struggling to explain a report that it listed "slave" as an occupation on its juror questionnaire.
On Monday, a prospective juror in Dekalb County told local NBC affiliate 11Alive that he typed the letter "S" for "Sales" on the online questionnaire and said the word "Slave" popped up instead.
Court Administrator Cathy McCumber told the station that the online form is a month old but was derived from an older list that's been used to survey jurors for 13 years. The web development company that the court contracted to make the form says the occupations are user-generated.
McCumber told 11Alive she's not sure if someone added "Slave" after the court put the questionnaire online or if it had always been listed among the other occupations.
The Dekalb County Court did not respond to our request for comment.
Some online commenters speculated that the incident was a bad joke or a prank by a disgruntled employee. Others simply expressed outrage that such a thing could even happen.
USA Today reader Peggy England called it a "low down dirty shame," while Dallas resident Peter Klepinowski declared the following on 11Alive's website: "The court needs to apologize and investigate."
- The Annual Idiot States Sweepstakes are in full swing. Get out the popcorn, I think Texas or Florida's up next.....
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Georgia Court Reportedly Lists 'Slave' As Juror Occupation Option On Questionnaire (Original Post)
DeSwiss
Nov 2013
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. It's there for the jury pool citizens who work at WalMart, McDonalds, et al.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)4. You know.....
...when one truly considers the distribution of wealth (Earth's est. annual income is approx. $70 trillion per year) versus the planet's population:
[font size=4] $70 trillion / 7 billion people = $10,000 per person[/font]
- We all could use the term ''slave'' to describe our occupations......
Turbineguy
(37,324 posts)2. Oh! It was 13 years old!
Well, it's OK then.
Loudly
(2,436 posts)3. That choice was specifically included for Wal-Mart employees. n/t
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)5. Considering it's Georgia.....
...I'd say they have a number of additional choices to consider.
- Sherman burned down Atlanta for a reason. Just sayin'......