• Tom Hanks reports for jury duty; star-struck lawyer fucks up and causes mistrial
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24061922[/url] [quote]A US domestic violence court case, being heard by a jury which included US actor Tom Hanks, has come to an early end amid allegations of jury tampering. ... Defence lawyer Andrew Flier told TMZ the incident happened during a lunch break on Wednesday when a female member of the LA City Attorney's Office approached Hanks - breaking rules on lawyers speaking to jurors outside the court room. "The assigned prosecutor on the case gave notice to the court and myself, which was his duty of course under the ethics rules, that he either saw or was told that one of his colleagues had the contact with Mr Hanks. It was not the assigned trial prosecutor," he said. "She made contact with Mr Hanks in the stairwell of the building. She came up to him and thanked him, and [said] how impressed everyone is that such a celebrity would still be here serving jury duty. "So she, in essence, was being maybe a little star-struck and nice, but it's an absolute 100% no-no and should never have happened," he added.[/quote]
A shame they had to cast away the jurors like that.
That's a pretty big fuck up.
This sounds like a Big fuck up [editline]12th September 2013[/editline] How
that sounds like a Big, starring tom hanks
Isn't this practically part of Law 101?
what a gump
Law's like a box 'a chocolates. Never know who you're gonna get.
Jenayyy!
Was it a military trial? Fuck, Private Ryan always needs saving it seems.
Can I be funny to guys? (You are all unfunny)
[QUOTE=flyhard;42169549]Can I be funny to guys? (You are all unfunny)[/QUOTE] I'm sorry, sometimes I just get a woody for puns.
tom hanks? more like tom thanks! for nothing!
Famous people shouldn't really do jury duty it's just too much of a risk for fuck ups.
Tom Hanks intended for this to happen all along due to his personal belief that domestic violence should not be a crime. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfRaO9ouEn8]Because Tom Hanks is an asshole.[/url]
[QUOTE=The_Marine;42169474]Was it a military trial? Fuck, Private Ryan always needs saving it seems.[/QUOTE] How to: Try too hard
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;42170967]Famous people shouldn't really do jury duty it's just too much of a risk for fuck ups.[/QUOTE] No they shouldn't. All citizens of a country should have to deal with this responsibility.
LOL, it's just dumb how the lawyer The Polar Express Tom Hanks
They got the wrong suspect. It was James Ryan, Minnesota.
[QUOTE=RaxaHax;42171128]Tom Hanks intended for this to happen all along due to his personal belief that domestic violence should not be a crime. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfRaO9ouEn8]Because Tom Hanks is an asshole.[/url][/QUOTE] I know him and his son, they're both really nice people
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;42171332]No they shouldn't. All citizens of a country should have to deal with this responsibility.[/QUOTE] Not all countries use jury systems. I think it's usually only common law and communist countries. (not counting some special courts like employment)
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;42171332]No they shouldn't. All citizens of a country should have to deal with this responsibility.[/QUOTE] While I agree there's a bit of a difference which may / has to be accounted for, with a celebrity and persons of that ilk, their anonymity is thrown out the window and leaves them open to all kinds of shit. That said I don't know what the jury system is like outside the UK so there may be no such thing as Jury anonymity in the US. [QUOTE=wraithcat;42172009]Not all countries use jury systems. I think it's usually only common law and communist countries. (not counting some special courts like employment)[/QUOTE] The UK ,US, and most likely other countries have involuntary Jury duty / service, does not matter who you are or what you do, if you name comes up you gotta do it, (though you can be exempt for legitimate reasons such as illness). Tom Hanks despite being a celeb, is no different and should do his serive, but yeah read my first point
[QUOTE=Dr. Fishtastic;42171919]LOL, it's just dumb how the lawyer The Polar Express Tom Hanks[/QUOTE] ^My point exactly.
[QUOTE=katbug;42172000]I know him and his son, they're both really nice people[/QUOTE] ok
uh oh Tom Hanks i p much my favorite actor ever, i almost want to not pay attention to any of this for the sake of my own sanity :(
[QUOTE=urbanmonkey;42171314]How to: Try too hard[/QUOTE] Yeah, looking back at it now. It was a gamble. Oh well.
Man, the article makes it sound like Hanks and the Lawyer were bosom buddies.
inb4 movie with Tom Hanks playing as someone on Jury Duty.
[QUOTE=Fr3ddi3;42172010]While I agree there's a bit of a difference which may / has to be accounted for, with a celebrity and persons of that ilk, their anonymity is thrown out the window and leaves them open to all kinds of shit. That said I don't know what the jury system is like outside the UK so there may be no such thing as Jury anonymity in the US. The UK ,US, and most likely other countries have involuntary Jury duty / service, does not matter who you are or what you do, if you name comes up you gotta do it, (though you can be exempt for legitimate reasons such as illness). Tom Hanks despite being a celeb, is no different and should do his serive, but yeah read my first point[/QUOTE] Both the UK and US happen to be common law countries :)
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