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In reply to the discussion: Potential juror: Shkreli "kind of looks like a dick." [View all]madokie
(51,076 posts)3. 69 years old
and no felonies or any reason for but I've never been asked to be on a jury, not once in my lifetime.
Got busted for pot seeds back soon after returning from the war is my only sin
Yes I said POT seeds. I'd rolled those seeds down a shoe box lid or an album cover looking for a smidgen of reefer so many time I swear there was NO pot left in those seeds, none, nada zilch but got a 1 year deferred sentence anyway. Bastards all of them
Pot seeds were not illegal to possess at the time best I remember.
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You're very lucky, madokie...I have received a jury summons at least every other year since I was 18
Glorfindel
Jun 2017
#9
Seven years in a row during the late 1980s-early 1990s I was called for jury duty, and every time
tblue37
Jun 2017
#20
"Smug," "sneer,"and "smirk" are the words his visage automatically call to mind. nt
tblue37
Jun 2017
#21
A lot of the time, I can't tell if Trump is smiling or smirking n/t
Fortinbras Armstrong
Jul 2017
#60
Everyone deserves a fair trial by an impartial jury of their peers. That being said...
stevenleser
Jun 2017
#15
Sounds like it's setting up for him to be able to claim a discriminatory jury...
MadDAsHell
Jun 2017
#24