Would We Lie?: Jury duty need not be onerous

September 16, 2004

Jury duty need not be onerous

Good news for drunks and other addicts:
A judge has ruled that it's OK for jurors to be drunk or high while in the box.
The ruling came on an appeal by a firefighter who had been convicted of stealing souvenirs from Ground Zero. The defendant, Samuel Brandon, 61, had been informed that a juror was drunk during his trial.
Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Ellen Coin refused to set aside the guilty verdict, even though she called such behavior by a juror "reprehensible."
She cited a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which we strongly suspect was made when most (if not all) of the justices were in their cups.
Brandon faces up to one year in jail.

Posted at September 16, 2004 11:43 AM

Comments

If the constitution guarantees a trial by a jury of your peers, then a petty thief should have a drunk on the jury.

Posted by: beverly jackosn on September 20, 2004 12:58 PM

Hear, hear, Ms. Jackosn. If your name is actually Jackson, we apologize. We're sure this is not the case with you, but back when we drank, we often misspelled our names. But we never got the opportunity to serve as a drunken juror.
Thanks for your note, and please keep reading.

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