Prospective Kelly jurors say the darndest things

May 16, 2008

The Chicago Tribune ran a story the other day on jury selection in the R. Kelly child pornography trial, cataloguing the reasons why prospective jurors were not picked. Among the highlights:

• Two people (the reporter doesn’t say what gender they were, but shall we guess?) opined that if they were in charge, they would lower the age of consent. One said that “nature” already has an age of consent: “puberty.”

• One lady proclaimed Kelly a “musical genius.”

• One man said, “R. Kelly may have led the Taliban in attacking us on 9-11, but you can’t prove it.” Writes the Tribune: “You’re right, we can’t. In fact, we’re fairly certain that no one has ever tried.”

Anybody out there ever given or heard a unique excuse for getting out of jury duty? (I think I sense a future Interrogatory here…)

CARYN TAMBER, Legal Affairs Writer

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