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carpetbagger

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13. In the end, I think the prosecutor didn't want a doctor with an elderly practice on the jury

Tue Apr 11, 2023, 06:16 PM

Apr 2023

I read about the case after getting dismissed from the jury pool. Took them 9 years to get this old guy declared somewhat-not-insane to stand trial for murder.

In the end, I put down Quaker, the last few times I went to a church-like thing it was with my Quaker girlfriend. It's about as close to Zen Buddhism (if I had a choice in the hospital I'd probably ask for a Zen priest) as one can get without enticing people to proselytize.

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Required to answer what religion on TX juror questionnaire? [View all] carpetbagger Mar 2023 OP

I was in jury selection last year in TX, no one asked that question. Thomas Hurt Mar 2023 #1

It's a question on my Kerr County questionnaire. carpetbagger Mar 2023 #4

Mine wasn't close to any holidays, so you could be correct. Still seems sketchy though. Thomas Hurt Mar 2023 #6

Don't want to serve ? dweller Mar 2023 #2

My half-sister being a cop should do the trick. carpetbagger Mar 2023 #7

... sheshe2 Mar 2023 #9

Check out this link.... walkingman Mar 2023 #3

Thanks, but that's federal. carpetbagger Mar 2023 #5

My employer doesn't allow me to say Tetrachloride Mar 2023 #8

Texas is one of those "shithole" places where religious tests are baked into the constitution. RockRaven Mar 2023 #10

My goal is to lay low. carpetbagger Mar 2023 #12

I have never been asked that question Skittles Mar 2023 #11

In the end, I think the prosecutor didn't want a doctor with an elderly practice on the jury carpetbagger Apr 2023 #13