[WestVirginiaRebel]

"You might be a redneck if you go to court and you and your lawyer are the only ones wearing ties."

[SLB]

I had jury duty here in the Bluegrass (Commonwealth of Kentucky) last fall. Of the 75 or so in the jury pool the only men wearing clothes I would have considered appropriate for court were myself and a retired colonel who is now a local bank VP. There were a few retired folks who did a little better than the average, and considering they were more than likely on a fixed income, that is okay. However, the majority were dressed like crap for being in a court room. They looked like they were just out of bed, had not shaved in two days, clothes had not seen a washer in a week, didn't know the purpose of an iron. The list could go on and on.

[19th LA Inf]

"You might be a redneck if you go to court and you and your lawyer are the only ones wearing ties."

The Dallas Morning News just finished a long series about factors affecting jury duty in Dallas County. One of the "gems" was that a man, 35 or older, wearing a suit, has "zero" chance of serving on a jury. Another, which applies to me, is that the prosecutors have dossiers on about two million former jurors and automatically reject anyone who has served on a jury that has produced an acquittal. (What ever happened to "reasonable doubt"? We got a stiff lecture from a really PO'd prosecutor, thanks a lot, citizens.)