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This card arrived at our house last week announcing that my husband’s summons to jury duty was not actually necessary. Good thing, since his scheduled jury date was three weeks ago. Our latest Idiocy contest winner will be announced tomorrow — because clearly, the Jury Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts deserves to be our Idiot of the Day.
One year after my husband passed away in 1995, he got a jury summons. I called the county clerk and informed them he was deceased and to take him off their list. Two weeks later my deceased husband received a warrant for his arrest for not responding for jury duty. I called the county again, and again informed them “he wouldn’t be showing up for jury duty” and the reason. I was informed that if he’s stopped by a patrolman while driving, he would be arrested. So I told them “Ok, you do that!” I had to send the county a copy of my husband’s death certificate to stop the summons.
posted by Maria on 10-2-2006 at 11:42 am