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struggle4progress

(118,039 posts)
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 08:32 PM Aug 2016

Is it legal to wear a Confederate flag shirt for jury duty in South Carolina?

ANDREW DYS
AUGUST 26, 2016 4:12 PM

... She walked into the Moss Justice Center in York, after she was summoned for jury service, wearing a T-shirt with not just the Confederate flag on the front, but surrounded by a common saying among heritage not hate types: “If this flag offends you, you need a history lesson” ...

When a judge was qualifying jurors for the week of court, many noticed – which likely was the reason she wore it. The woman was asked about the shirt by the judge but said she could be fair and impartial, court officials said ...

Abusaft, who said he was the only person of color among the trial participants, including his client, made a motion that the woman be struck from possibly serving “for cause.” Abusaft said his reasoning, his “cause,” was even though the woman said she could be fair and impartial, the shirt with the flag, and the saying on it, should disqualify her ...

But the judge ruled that the woman had stated that she could be fair and impartial, and did not excuse the woman from the potential jury panel ...


http://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andrew-dys/article98135217.html

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Is it legal to wear a Confederate flag shirt for jury duty in South Carolina? (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2016 OP
Oh boy jberryhill Aug 2016 #1
Or she could have worn it in hopes of avoiding jury duty, anticipating nobody would believe no_hypocrisy Aug 2016 #2
Almost certain;y was part of the plan relayerbob Aug 2016 #3
If she can wear that, fuck it, next time I get called I should at least be able to wear shorts. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #4
What is and isn't permitted seems to vary judge to judge. Jake Stern Aug 2016 #5
I was summoned for jury duty four years ago. Dale Neiburg Aug 2016 #6
She's an appellate point. Thing is, if the DA were smart, they would have agreed to the strike. msanthrope Aug 2016 #7
This case was settled by plea struggle4progress Aug 2016 #8

no_hypocrisy

(45,771 posts)
2. Or she could have worn it in hopes of avoiding jury duty, anticipating nobody would believe
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 08:34 PM
Aug 2016

she could be impartial.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
4. If she can wear that, fuck it, next time I get called I should at least be able to wear shorts.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 08:37 PM
Aug 2016

That's some bullshit, if you ask me.

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
5. What is and isn't permitted seems to vary judge to judge.
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 12:04 AM
Aug 2016

I've been on a jury selection where a judge publicly scolded a potential juror for showing up in jeans yet, at a different one, a juror appeared wearing cargo shorts with a polo and nothing was said.

More likely though is she was trying to get out of jury duty.

Dale Neiburg

(694 posts)
6. I was summoned for jury duty four years ago.
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 08:05 AM
Aug 2016

In the summons we were instructed to wear "business casual." Most of us did. One guy showed up in cut-off shorts and a tie-dyed tee shirt, probably wanting to avoid serving.

Upshot: he wound up being the jury foreman.

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
7. She's an appellate point. Thing is, if the DA were smart, they would have agreed to the strike.
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 09:03 AM
Aug 2016

Why hand the defense an appeal is beyond me.

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