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

[Loren]

I'm not sure I would have assumed that.  Of course it's easy for me to say
that jjust sitting here.  But isn't it similar to the question can you get
to the court house?  JTo me, it is not assuming that you had to drive
yourself.  You handled the situation in another way, and you accomplished
what was needed.  

Loren Wakefield



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Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:54 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] mistake made in jury duty pool; would like advice

No, he did not specify print; but, that, I think, was what he meant.


Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!

Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!

Skype name:
barefootedray

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On Mar 27, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Loren wrote:

> He did not ask if you could read and write it in print, did he?  And 
> it's nice to hear of a blind person not trying to get out of jury duty 
> because he is blind.
> 
> Loren
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:03 PM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Subject: [nfb-talk] mistake made in jury duty pool; would like advice
> 
> 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!!!
> 
> Skype name:
> barefootedray
> 
> Facebook:
> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1
> 
> 
> 
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