[Stylist] Jury duty Re: Stylist Digest, Vol 177, Issue 6

Thu Jan 10 18:26:29 UTC 2019

Agree. It just perpetuates the idea that being blind in-and-of-itself is a reason, an excuse that we aren't capable of doing things. We do far more harm by perpetuating this, serving a great injustice. Not everyone is thrilled with the prospect of serving on a jury, but to allow blindness to be the reason why, it places us 100 steps backwards in achieving equality and fair treatment.

Bridgit

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Subject: Re: [Stylist] Jury duty Re: Stylist Digest, Vol 177, Issue 6

I am just wondering, how can being blind be a justified reason to get out of jury duty?

On 1/10/19, Kishia Mason via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Any reason I could have for justifying getting out of jury duty I 
> would take it. I’m sure that if most people could use something as an 
> excuse to get out of jury duty they would and since blindness has been 
> established to be justifiable to not be considered for jury duty, 
> that’s good enough reason for me to avoid it.
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>> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 16:04:08 -0500
>> From: "Chris Kuell " <ckuell at comcast.net>
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>> Hey Vejas,
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>> I just read your article in the Braille Monitor and wanted to 
>> congratulate you on a great job. Your description of your experience 
>> was clear and concise and well written.
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>> On a side note, I'm one of those rare individuals who actually wants 
>> to be on a jury. I got called in the fall and was so excited. I knew 
>> I could get to the courthouse by bus, and I had my son bring me 
>> inside one day so I could investigate it and learn where the rooms of 
>> interest were, where the bathrooms are, and I even met a blind vendor 
>> who was selling coffee and sandwiches, so I was psyched to get called.
>>
>> I called the night before and was told to report. I did, but right 
>> away they told us they didn't need us and dismissed us.
>>
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>> Maybe next time.
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>>
>>
>> Chris
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>> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 15:24:21 -0800
>> From: Vejas Vasiliauskas <alpineimagination at gmail.com>
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>> Subject: Re: [Stylist] Vejas - jury duty
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>> Hi Chris,
>> I'm so glad you enjoyed my article. (I have another that should be 
>> out soon).
>> That's unfortunate that you didn't get called but very encouraging 
>> that there was a blind vendor. I think that their choice not to 
>> ultmimately have me as an alternate was for two reasons. First, since 
>> my teacher was also one, they were probably concerned I'd be 
>> influenced by her even though I clearly stated I would not be. The 
>> other reason was because of an honest response to a question that I 
>> was given. I was asked if I would judge someone who had already 
>> committed multiple crimes and my answer was yes.
>> Yes, next time!
>> Vejas
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>>> On 9 Jan 2019, at 13:04, Chris Kuell via Stylist 
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>>> Hey Vejas,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I just read your article in the Braille Monitor and wanted to 
>>> congratulate you on a great job. Your description of your experience 
>>> was clear and concise and well written.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On a side note, I'm one of those rare individuals who actually wants 
>>> to be on a jury. I got called in the fall and was so excited. I knew 
>>> I could get to the courthouse by bus, and I had my son bring me 
>>> inside one day so I could investigate it and learn where the rooms 
>>> of interest were, where the bathrooms are, and I even met a blind 
>>> vendor who was selling coffee and sandwiches, so I was psyched to 
>>> get called.
>>>
>>> I called the night before and was told to report. I did, but right 
>>> away they told us they didn't need us and dismissed us.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe next time.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris
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