My dreams of having a front row seat to the inner workings of the American justice system....are gone. Unfortunately, I was not picked for jury duty. And since I have no amusing tales from the courtroom to share, I will have to borrow one from one of WD's numerous trips to court.
One day, WD pulled over a young guy on a motorcycle for speeding. WD estimated his speed at 90 mph. He was not running radar at the time so he gave the guy a ticket for careless driving (as opposed to a speeding ticket). The guy argued that while he may have been going 10 mph over the limit, he was not going 90. So off to court they went.
Judge: Do you play college football?
Defendant: Yes, sir, I do.
Judge: Do you agree that when you practice something over and over again, that you get pretty good at it?
Defendant: Yes.
Judge: So would you agree that if this officer catches speeders on a daily basis, that he would get good at picking out which vehicles are speeding?
Defendant: Yes, I guess so.
Judge: Well, then, you've already admitted to going 10 mph over the limit, do you want to plead guilty to speeding or do you want to have a trial?
Defendant: I'll just plead guilty.
And with that short exchange, WD collected 2 hours overtime and went on his merry way.
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You are probably the only person I know that was dissapointed that they didn't get jury duty! :) I got excused today, so it looks like neither one of us will be able to bring someone to justice for the next two years!
ReplyDeleteI had bought new outfits and everything! And I was really looking forward to getting paid, too.
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