Personally, we believe that the FBI or the Department BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, one of nine justices on the U.S. high court in Washington, walked Even the Marlborough court’s presiding justice, Thomas Sullivan, didn’t Despite, or perhaps because of, his credentials, Breyer was not chosen Breyer, who owns a home in Massachusetts and studied and taught law from Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Despite being registered to vote since the day we turned 18 and fifty years of felony-free citizenship in this great country, the Dowbrigade has never been called to Jury Duty. Not once. Our dissolute teenage son has been called. Dogs … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/nrey.jpg\")
Despite
\n being registered to vote since the day we turned 18 and fifty years
\n of felony-free citizenship in this great country, the Dowbrigade has
\n never been called to Jury Duty. Not once. Our dissolute teenage
\n son has been called. Dogs get called to Jury Duty. As the recent
\n acquittal<\/a> of Joseph Cousin for the murder of 10-year old Trina Persad
\n because five of the jurors lied about their criminal backgrounds shows,
\n many people with real criminal records get called. But not
\n us.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n of Justice maintain a secret list of people judged, through incidental
\n contacts
\n with authority in one of its many manifestations, as just too buck
\n wild loco to be entrusted with this sacred civic responsibility. A
\n threat to the continued functioning of the criminal justice system,
\n and therefore best kept as far from courtrooms as possible. Actually,
\n we wouldn’t have it any other way. Like comments on our postings,
\n Jury Duty is something only someone denied
\n it would
\n seriously desire.
\n Or someone
\n with
\n a
\n passing
\n interest
\n in the law,
\n like a Supreme Court Justice…<\/em><\/p>\n\n
\n Breyer reported for jury duty this week in Massachusetts, where he is
\n a part-time resident, but was not picked for a trial.<\/p>\n
\n into the Marlborough, Massachusetts district court house on Tuesday unnoticed,
\n officials said.<\/p>\n
\n recognize the tall and balding Breyer before discovering his name on
\n a list of potential jurors, one court official said.<\/p>\n
\n for a case. He was called to sit on one jury, but a defense attorney
\n had Breyer excused from the panel.<\/p>\n
\n at Harvard University, said through a Supreme Court spokeswoman he
\n did not
\n view the day of jury duty as a burden. "Jury duty is an important
\n civic duty because juries decide guilt or innocence," spokeswoman
\n Kathy Arberg quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n