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‘It smelled of onions and mustard,’ Border Patrol officer hit by sandwich in DC testifies (www.cnn.com)

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“He did it. He threw the sandwich.”

That’s how the defense counsel for Sean Dunn, the man who threw a sub-style sandwich at a Border Patrol officer in Washington, DC, this summer began the federal trial against him Tuesday morning.

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[-] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago

They don't serve food to juries. If you're lucky, they give you enough to offset the parking costs.

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Yeah, off topic, but it really seems like the court system has adapted over time to disincentivize the lower class from serving on juries.

[-] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago

But you can’t opt out, you legally must serve.

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 7 points 1 month ago

I was called up for jury service a few years ago. I was actually really excited to get someone off, but I wasn't even put into a pool.

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

True, but there are ways to get out pretty easily.

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

My personal favorite is "the defendant didn't show up". It's worked for me twice now.

[-] RaoulDuke85@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

Just say you hate cops, which is probably true anyway.

[-] eestileib 6 points 1 month ago

The jurors in the FTX case got pizza ordered for them when they were doing final debate.

[-] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Well that's not the norm

[-] eestileib 3 points 1 month ago

I think they said they'd probably be able to wrap it up that night if they got dinner and the judge was like "hell yeah order up".

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