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Jury Duty and Friends: Swear not!
A good 13 or so years ago, I got called for jury duty. I was never empaneled, but I got a taste for what a Quaker faces when the bailiff swore us in. "Uh-oh." I had to ask the bailiff to make an accommodation for me, since I will not take oaths. Apparently the courts are agreeable about asking jurors to swear OR affirm that they will tell the truth, and the bailiff was happy to make the language adjustment for me.
Not so with a hostile attorney during the voir dire. He grilled me on…
ContinueAdded by Paula Deming on 12th mo. 31, 2011 at 3:09pm — 37 Comments
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