Originally Posted By Shooba <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/23/kerry.juryduty.ap/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITI CS/11/23/kerry.juryduty.ap/index.html</a> BOSTON (AP) -- Sen. John Kerry's public profile and prosecutorial past didn't spare him from performing that most mundane of civic responsibilities -- jury duty. Kerry was not only chosen this week to sit on a jury in Suffolk Superior Court, but also was elected foreman. The case involved two men who sued the city for injuries suffered in a 2000 car accident involving a school principal. The Kerry-led jury rejected their claim Tuesday, and his fellow jurors said the state's junior senator was a natural leader. "I just found him to be a knowledgeable, normal person," said Cynthia Lovell, a nurse and registered Republican who says she now regrets voting for President Bush in last year's election. "He kept us focused. He wanted us all to have our own say." The former Democratic presidential candidate reported for duty Monday and none of the lawyers in the case objected to putting him on the jury. "I was a little surprised," Kerry said of being selected for jury duty. "I enjoyed it," he said. "It was very, very interesting and very instructive."
Originally Posted By Elderp I wonder if when he arrived in the court room he saluted and stated, "This is John Kerry, and I am reporting for duty!"
Originally Posted By Beaumandy Can you imagine having to work with that guy? The horror!! I hear he was in Cambodia during christmas one year.
Originally Posted By barboy I, now, have a newly found respect for the guy since he led a team that rejected the plaintiff's claim. I'll bet that slippery punk Edwards would have sided with these two money hungry leeches.
Originally Posted By woody >>"I just found him to be a knowledgeable, normal person,"<< This escaped me during the election. >>Cynthia Lovell, a nurse and registered Republican who says she now regrets voting for President Bush in last year's election.<< I wonder how she would feel if Bush served in a jury. This report make everything into a political argument. I can't believe the bias!!!
