Even the Kitsap County Prosecutor Gets Called for Jury Duty
February 21st, 2010 by josh farley
Ahh, jury duty. There’s nothing quite like getting that summons in the mail, an invitation to fulfill our civic duty to fairly to impartially weigh the evidence in cases involving our peers in society.
And no one is immune to the task. Not even elected prosecutors.
Kitsap County Prosecutor Russell Hauge received his summons recently, and is on call this week for his chance to get on a panel.
“I’ll call in Sunday night just like everyone else,” Hauge said.
Granted, the odds are slim to none that any judge, especially in a criminal case, would allow the sitting prosecutor on a jury. The conflicts seem steep (for instance, he’d be watching a deputy prosecutor — who answers to him — try a case).
But even presidents get called for jury duty. George W. Bush was in 2005 and Barack Obama just this year. They too have an armada of reasons why serving on a jury just probably isn’t going to happen.
How far Hauge gets in the process remains to be seen.
“It’s up to the judge,” he said.
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June 9th, 2010 at 10:50 am
Hey I thought jurors was suppose to be fair and impartial. Jury duty for a guy who denies medical treatment to people and prosecutes the sick and injured.