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Martin Shkreli has been jailed following a peculiar Facebook post:
Martin Shkreli, the former pharmaceutical executive who is awaiting sentencing for a fraud conviction, was sent to jail on Wednesday after a federal judge revoked his bail because he had offered $5,000 for a strand of Hillary Clinton's hair.
Mr. Shkreli, who was free on $5 million bail while he awaited sentencing, had made two Facebook posts offering cash to anyone who could "grab a hair" from Mrs. Clinton during her book tour.
At the hearing in Federal District Court in Brooklyn, Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto said that Mr. Shkreli's post could be perceived as a true threat. "That is a solicitation to assault in exchange for money that is not protected by the First Amendment," she said.
(Score: 2) by digitalaudiorock on Saturday September 16 2017, @04:10PM (3 children)
The irony is that actually getting on a jury...once...seems to be the best way to get out of jury duty. I think that pushes you to the back of the line for like life. I ended up as a juror on a criminal case in the 80s and haven't heard a peep from them since.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @04:45PM (1 child)
It probably doesn't. Most jurisdictions hand the assignments out randomly. I've been called 5 times and been actually available 2. The only thing that gets you out of being called is if your name doesn't appear in any of the databases they use for the selection. IIRC, around here it's mostly voter registration and drivers licenses.
Even just having served in one court doesn't get you off the hook for serving at another. You could potentially have to serve jury duty at the city, county and federal level in the same year as serving on one doesn't get you a pass for the others.
But, in my view, the biggest issue is the pay. An increasing number of people can't afford time off for jury duty because there's an increasing number of people making minimum wage or working for companies that don't pay for jury duty.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @09:20PM
It just depends on your population and rate of criminal trials.
Where I lived a few years ago. Everyone I knew it was 2 years like clockwork (the min amount of time between times you can be called). I think they literally ran through the whole list any time they could. My dad who has lived in a similar sized city in a different part of the country with a much different crime rate has been called up once in 70 years. My mom has never been called. My sister was called once and dismissed because she is a lawyer.
It really just depends on where you live.
(Score: 2) by deadstick on Saturday September 16 2017, @11:07PM
In my county you can be called once a year max, and being seated on a jury gives you the next two years off.