Re: How are criminals arrested

On 6/20/2025 3:31 PM, Shadow wrote:

On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:41:43 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote, for some reason:
 

When was the last time you served on a jury?

  Anyone with an IQ higher than a cockroaches' usually manages
to get off a jury....
You will very rarely see someone with a higher education
serving in a jury here in Brazil.

I was called for jury duty three or four times. Every time except the last one, I explained that jury duty would interfere with my teaching and class schedule. I was immediately absolved.
The final time, I was retired and in the jury pool, in a room of maybe 30 other prospective jurors. At the last minute the judge (with whom I've been on local committees) announced that the perp accepted a plea deal.
So I have no direct experience; but I too have heard that lawyers prefer those on juries to be, um, less than brilliant.
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- Frank Krygowski