[nfb-talk] mistake made in jury duty pool; would like advice

[Joshua Lester]

Ray, here's the deal!
If you could have the doccumentation E-mailed to you, you could read
it in Braille, if you have a notetaker, with a Braille display, or you
could Braille it out, with an embosser, if you have one.
I'd prefer not to do the whole jury thing, based on the visual questions.
I could do civil cases, but stuff like murder trials, where everything
is visual, I wouldn't even do it!
JMHO!
Blessings, Joshua

On 3/27/12, Ray Foret Jr <rforetjr at att.net> wrote:
> Frankly, I feel like shit.  I really screwed up.  I won't bore y'all with
> every detail of what happened; but, it boils down to this.
>
>
> 	The judge started asking question, and everything was going well.  Then, he
> asked if we could all read and write the English language.  Here's where I
> fucked up.  YOu see, if your answer was yes, you kept your hand down;  if
> no, you raised it.  forgetting that for the moment, I raised my hand.  The
> judge then confirmed that I was blind and had counsel approach.  I was then
> dismissed.  didn't even get a chance to explain how I could handle stuff.
> So, I tried to save the situation by having it officially entered in to the
> court records that I wished for my name to remain in the potential jury pool
> for next summons.  My only recourse, now, as I see it, is to write the judge
> a letter explaining how I would deal with things like that as a blind
> person.  When I said to the judge, "I want to make it clear that I do NOT
> want to have my name removed from the potential jury pool!", the judge said,
> 	"I will certainly not have your name removed.  I wish more people had your
> attitude.".
> 	that's why a well written print or typed letter might, I feel, make an
> impression on the mind of the judge.  e-mail will just simply not do; and, a
> phone call would be even worse.  What I would like to know is this.  Given
> the circumstances, such things as the KNFB reader are just not feasible
> because I don't have nor can afford one.  Human readers seem doubtful
> because one would have to be sworn to the trial before dealing with
> documentation and other visual evidence.  Would it be possible for other
> blind people who have successfully served on juries before give me advice on
> what I can do to convince the judge of our competence?  I suspect that with
> the right approach, the judge might be willing to consider what I have to
> say.  It seems that it always hangs on the visual question.
>
> So, there's my sucky day.
>
> Oh if only I had kept my damn hand down!!
>
>
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>
> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
>
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