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Title: Judge gives 'Juror No. 799' indefinite jury duty after she makes racist remarks on questionnaire
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http://www.nydailynews.com
URL Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local ... acist_remarks_.html?r=ny_local
Published: Apr 6, 2011
Author: John Marzulli
Post Date: 2011-04-06 12:34:01 by freepatriot32
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Keywords: Judge, indefinite jury duty, Juror No. 799, jackbooted thugs
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An incensed federal judge sentenced a racist Brooklyn woman to indefinite jury duty on Tuesday after she trashed the NYPD and minorities. "This is an outrage, and so are you!" Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis told the woman, holding up her bile-filled juror questionnaire. Juror No. 799, an Asian woman in her 20s who said she works in the garment industry, was up for jury duty in the death penalty trial of Bonanno crime boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano. It didn't take long for her to start looking worse than the defendant. Asked to name three people she least admired, she wrote on her questionnaire: "African-Americans, Hispanics and Haitians." When the judge asked why she answered the question that way, she replied, "You always hear about them in the news doing something." She also declared that cops are all lazy, claiming that they sound their sirens to bypass traffic jams. Garaufis flipped forward several pages in her questionnaire. He landed on the page where she had said she had a relative who was a member of the Chinese Ghost Shadows gang in the 1980s, convicted of murder and still in prison. "Why didn't you put 'Asians' down also?" the judge asked sarcastically, referring to her list of least-liked people. "Maybe I should have," she said. Assistant U.S. Attorney Taryn Merkl requested that the woman be disqualified from the Vinny Gorgeous case because of her "inappropriate" comments. The motion was granted. It is not unheard of for people to try to get out of jury service by making ridiculous statements concerning their views. It was unclear Tuesday whether that was this woman's motive. And if it was, it didn't work. Indeed, the woman was going to be seeing a lot of Brooklyn Federal Court. "She's coming back [today], Thursday and Friday - and until the future, when I am ready to dismiss her," Garaufis said. One thousand prospective jurors have filled out questionnaires for the Basciano case, approaching the Eastern District of New York record of 1,089 summoned for the late Gambino boss John Gotti's trial 20 years ago. Nearly half of the jurors are struck before they even get to court for questioning due to language barriers, fear of the Mafia or their extreme views for and against the death penalty. The panel members that do get selected for the trial will be anonymous and transported to the courthouse by U.S. marshals to thwart any possibility of jury tampering. jmarzulli@nydailynews.com
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#1. To: All, *libertarians*, *Humor-Weird News* (#0)
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The judge is stupid. This is going to make her even angrier.
They have given us into the hand of new unhappy lords. Lords without anger and honor, who dare not carry their swords. They fight by shuffling papers; they have bright dead alien eyes; They look at our labor and laughter as a tired man looks at flies. - G.K. Chesterton
Nominated by Clinton. "Recently Judge Garaufis presided over the NYC Firefighters Hiring Case. He ruled 'that out of every five entry-level hires, the Fire Department must agree to reserve two hires for black priority applicants and one for a Hispanic priority applicant until 293 qualifying minority candidates have been offered a position.' This ruling is intended to 'compensate minority applicants who took discriminatory entrance exams, which were used from 1999 to 2002.'" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Garaufis
"Judge gives 'Juror No. 799' indefinite jury duty after she There, fixed it. No charge.
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
I wonder if she knows about jury nullification. now that would be hilarious! .
#2. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
#3. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
#4. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
makes racist remarks tells the truth on questionnaire".
#5. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
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#6. To: freepatriot32 (#0) (Edited)
Regardless of the racist comments by the potential juror , the judge has committed a crime by sentencing her with out a charge. You can not give indefinite jury duty to a citizen as a sentence of punishment just because someone is racist. Citizens have a right to their beliefs no mater how everyone else may disagree or agree with them. I think I am gonna write this judge. After some quick searching I found this Office Address: United States Courthouse Room 1416 S 225 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn, NY 11201 Phone: 718-613-2540 Fax: 718-613-2546 But no email addy... I am gonna have to break down and waste a stamp on this fool. Still It will be worth it.
#7. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
I would've answered jews, israelis and zionists. (JIZ)
Asked to name three people she least admired, she wrote on her questionnaire: "African-Americans, Hispanics and Haitians."
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
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#8. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
"She's coming back [today], Thursday and Friday - and until the future, when I am ready to dismiss her," Garaufis said. Way to go China Doll. Deadlock each and every case the asshats deliberate. I've been urging this forever!!!!
Indeed, the woman was going to be seeing a lot of Brooklyn Federal Court.
#9. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
Notice she didn't say "Blacks." She might have a much different opinion about Blacks in the U.K. or Canada, etc. "Why didn't you put 'Asians' down also?' the judge asked sarcastically" Pretty stupid question for a federal judge. Does he expect her to condemn a whole race just because she knows one Asian that was convicted of murder? He should have asked the judge to disqualify himself too.
"Asked to name three people she least admired, she wrote on her questionnaire: 'African-Americans, Hispanics and Haitians.'"
"...she said she had a relative who was a member of the Chinese Ghost Shadows gang in the 1980s, convicted of murder and still in prison"
"Assistant U.S. Attorney Taryn Merkl requested that the woman be disqualified from the Vinny Gorgeous case because of her "inappropriate" comments."
#10. To: titorite (#6)
Absolutely right. As for jury nullification, She'll never actually get on a jury. At least not in that judge's court room. It's a clear abuse of power. Also, such punishment will deter future jurors from answering the questionaire truthfully, so it's counter productive from the judges perspective anyway. But she could at least have some views aired before other jurists, like jury nullification. That'll get her dropped like a hot potato.
You can not give indefinite jury duty to a citizen as a sentence of punishment just because someone is racist. Citizens have a right to their beliefs no mater how everyone else may disagree or agree with them.
#11. To: PSUSA (#5)
She should ask the judge in front of a courtroom full of attorneys and potential jurors to "please explain the concept of jury nullification in great detail". She'll get the bum's rush in a heartbeat.....
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#12. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.
"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
#13. To: Turtle (#2)
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.
"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
#14. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
So this f*ckwit judge still believes in slavery, and that rightly he is the slave master. NWA was right ...f*ck the police and the judges too.
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