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Oh, it’s a pain, but going to jury duty is sure a way to feel just like one of the founding fathers, if they were too dumb to get off jury duty. And it’s your civic duty! Let’s see what’s in store for jurors on one case in Delco:
“What he did to those children - those infants - is every parents worst nightmare,” said Michelle T. Rotella, lead prosecutor with the the U. S. Attorney’s Office, during opening statements. She called the photos graphic, repulsive, and shocking. “They are images you will never forget.”
When the 12 jurors and four alternates, whittled down from a pool of 250, had their first look at the photos, they appeared visibly shaken. Some looked away quickly, others pursed their lips and shook their heads.
Well, I mean, it’s not like it’ll damage them for life or anything, right? Attorney Mark Cedrone, what do you think?
“Your lives will be forever altered as a result of your jury service,” Cedrone said.
Yeah, I think I have a hardship that prevents me from doing jury service that will forever alter my life.
A million ‘worst nightmare’ images await jurors in child-porn trial [Daily News]
At Delco pornography trial, woman testifies she was abused [Inquirer]
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This is horribly depressing. I’m avoiding jury duty at all costs in the future.
FYI, this case is in federal court in Philadelphia. The jury pool comes from, essentially, southeastern Pennsylvania. So, I am not sure you can call it a “Delco jury.”