Fiat Justitia Ruat Cælum
Sample Jury Questions:
14. Where were you born ?
Near the Atlantic Ocean.
39. While in school, what was your favorite subject ?
Eng Lit.
40. What was your least favorite subject ?
Maths.
49. Spouse-partner’s place of birth ?
N/A — also the compound ‘spouse-partner’ makes me think of mice.
142. Have you ever had any personal interaction with a celebrity ( such as writing a celebrity a letter, receiving a letter or photograph from a celebrity, or getting an autograph from a celebrity ) ? Yes? No ? If yes, please explain:
As a child I once wrote to an author. Got a form reply too.
145. Please name the person for whom you are a great fan and describe why you are a fan of that person ?
Are you hitting on me, or something ?
161. Do you have any affiliation with professional sports ?
Define affiliation; define professional; define sports; define never in a million years.
162. Have you ever experienced domestic violence in your home, either growing up or as an adult ? Please describe the circumstances and the impact it has had upon you.
Hit as a kid. No impact by now. The ashes cool.
172. Do you think using physical force on a fellow family member is sometimes justified ?
Certainly; s’pose they come at you with a knife ?
184. How do you feel about interracial marriage ?
Wholly uninterested.
186. Have you ever dated a person of a different race ? Yes ? No ? If yes, how did you feel about it ?
No.
191. When you were growing up, what was the racial and ethnic make-up of your neighborhood ?
The Celto-Saxon branch of the Nordic Race; white English. Prot in a catholic school.
193. Before the Simpson case, did you read any book, articles or magazines concerning DNA analysis ?
Of course.
201. Do you have a religious affiliation or preference ? Yes ? No ? If yes, please describe. How important would you say religion is in your life ? Would anything about your religious beliefs make it difficult for you to sit in judgement of another person ? Yes ? No ? Possibly ? How often do you attend religious services ?
a/ No.
b/ Faith informs but does not dictate.
c/ Not in the least.
c/ Annually.
202. What is your political affiliation ? ( Please circle ) 1. Democrat 2. Republican 3. Independent 4. Other ( please specify )
[4] Absolute monarchist by hereditary primogeniture [ Legitimist ].
203. Are you currently registered to vote ? Yes ? No ?
Dunno.
204. Did you vote in the June, 1994 primary elections ? Yes ? No ?
I have never voted. Voting is bad.
205. Do you consider yourself politically: Active ? Moderately active ? Inactive ?
Inactive.
211. Have you ever provided a urine sample to be analyzed for any purpose ? Yes ? No ? If yes, did you feel comfortable with the accuracy of the results ? Yes ? No ?
No. *coldly*.
212. Do you believe it is immoral or wrong to do an amniocentesis to determine whether a fetus had a genetic defect ? Yes ? No ? Don’t have an opinion ?
Never thought about it. Seems a good idea.
213. Have you or anyone close to you undergone amniocentesis ?
No.
215. Did you take science or math courses in college ?
See 40. above.
222. Do you have ( please check ) Security bars ? Alarms ? Guard dog ? Weapons for self-protection ?
a/ No.
b/ No.
c/ No.
d/ Various items coyly scattered here and there, [ However if threatened by an intruder I would instantly use what is to hand until they stopped twitching and life itself had fled. Prolly not my computer monitor, though, as it weighs 60lb. ]
230. Have you ever seen a crime being committed ( other than where you were the victim ) ? If yes, how many times and what kind of crime(s) ?
Never.
244. What type of books do you prefer ? ( Example: Non-fiction ? Historical ? Romance ? Espionage ? Mystery ? )
Yes.
248. Have you ever written a letter to the editor of a newspaper or magazine ? Yes ? No ? If yes, what was the subject matter of your comment:
a/ Yes.
b/ Pointing out that the use of the stunningly correct phrase ‘Let Justice be done though the heavens fall‘ was being verminously interpreted into an utterly opposite meaning to it’s true reality. Which is that you should go to the max, never blink, and damn the torpedoes.
249. Do you watch any of the early evening “tabloid news” programs ? Such as “Hard Copy,” “Current Affair,” “American Journal,” etc.
*blinks* I think we have very different interests.
251. Which television news shows do you enjoy watching on a regular basis ?
Old Clinton era American sitcoms on my computer. Nothing else.
252. What are your leisure time interests, hobbies and activities ?
This and that. Might I ask why you want to know ?
254. What accomplishments in your life are you most proud of ?
Nothing. Pride is a vanity utterly beneath me. Every day in every way I grow more and more supercilious, though.
255. What groups or organizations do you belong to now or have you belonged to for a significant period of time in the past ? ( For example, bowling leagues, church groups, AA, Sierra Club, MECLA, National Rifle Association, ACLU, YWCA, PTA, NAACP, etc. )
Some Stuartist interest societies, and some wargames organisations. I was never a member of the Party.
257. Are there any charities or organizations to which you make donations ? Yes ? No ? If yes, please list the organizations or charities to which you contribute:
a/ Sometimes.
b/ Certainly not.
265. Are you a fan of the USC Trojans football team ?
You made that name up, right ?
270. How many hours per week do you watch sporting activities ?
-1.
271. Name the last three sporting events you attended.
Does school count ?
273. What are your favorite sports ? Why ?
Anything which involves sportsmen and spectators being quietly and painlessly killed en masse. Or at least quietly.
274. Name the most significant sport figure, sport program, or sporting event scandals you recall.
Back in the twenties I believe there was a baseball team in Brooklyn who threw matches or something. There was a film about it. A very dull film.
275. Does playing sports build an individual’s character ? Yes ? No ? Please explain your answer whether you answer yes or no:
About as much as does habitual masturbation.
276. Do you seek out positions of leadership ? ( Please check answer ) Always ? Often ? Seldom ? Never ?
Always if offered.
277. Please name the three public figures you admire most.
You’re joking, aren’t you ?
281. Do you own any special knives ( other than for cooking ), such as hunting or pen knives ?
Yes. But not for stabbing ex-wives with.
285. Would you like to be a juror in this case ?
Boredom is the most integral part of life; so why not ?
Back many, many years ago, there was a celebrated case of a sportsman accused of murdering his wife and her friend; I would refrain from uttering any opinion as to his guilt or innocence, because, frankly, how the hell would I know ? If the affable Mr. Simpson visited, I guess I might hide the knife-drawer though, as we say in my country. Anyway, he was tried and acquitted; various white racialists vocally forming the idea that this was due to the vast majority of the jury being black — which is dubious at best: the main reason undoubtedly being that an equal majority were women; with a strident female prosecutor of doubtful ability. It was after all, a case difficult for a prosecutor to lose.
Among other loopy American law procedures — such as judges being elected from the community of those who are liable to be judged; or insane sentences that exceed life-length by a factor of 10 or more [ outdone by the similar Spanish who hopefully sentence terrorists to 40,000 years ] — is the odd idea of Voir dire whereby both prosecution and defence have the extraordinary power of selecting/rejecting putative jurors; packing juries has an old and honourable history in most jurisdictions, but only in political cases: in ordinary trials you take what you are given. In this case the procedure took 250 potentials and two months. To aid the winnowing, the prospectives were issued with a book of questions. It is a sobering thought that had I been there and answered these thus I might have been chosen. Were I black, female and mentally retarded of course.
There were 294 of these ridiculous questions.
