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They Don’t Want Me on the Jury

September 2, 2025 2 Comments

By R.K. West

His lawyer says it was consensual. I think, ‘Really? In a filthy parking garage in 40-degree weather?’ He says she liked it rough. I think she probably liked her teeth more.

When the prosecutor asks if there is anything to impede my ability to make an impartial decision, I am tempted to point at this arrogant prick, who strutted into the courtroom radiating privilege and contempt. Or his attorney, who used pretrial publicity to warn that this could ruin the promising career of a gifted athlete. “What else has been ruined?” I might ask.

But I just smile and say, “No.”

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  1. PK says

    September 3, 2025 at 1:33 pm

    Well-observed and well-written.

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  2. Ed Kratz says

    September 3, 2025 at 4:23 pm

    Like the narrator’s attitude. Comments say so much revealing both the narrator’s character and the incident packing a lot in100 words.

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