Jury duty

[karl_1052]

Originally Posted by Racerboy

Enter time number 3. I was called in immediately, spent the bulk of the day in the voir dire getting drilled about my past, work history, drinking history, etc. It turns out the case was a Vietnamese man who had a translator with him who was charged with Vehicular Manslaughter. When it came down to the very end of the day, I was one of the jurors selected. They then asked us if we had any questions. I did. If this man was a licensed driver in the state of Florida who only speaks Vietnamese, how is it that he was able to become a licensed driver in a state that does not offer the testing in anything other than English, Spanish and French/Creole??

No one said a thing for like 10 seconds.

All of a sudden there is a commotion and a buzz in the court room, the lawyers talked to the judge and we were all dismissed. The guy started speaking English, no longer needed a translator, and copped a plea while we were in the jurors waiting room. It was very cool.

Have not been selected since.

Best jury story ever!