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07-12-2004, 11:18 AM
|  | Geeky goof | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Boston, Mass.
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| | "Jury Duty" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Another week, another puzzle from Mental Fitness Puzzles. Here's the new one:
In most states, a jury must vote unanimously in order to render a verdict of guilty. In this particular case, when the final vote was taken, one of the people in the room did not vote. However, the defendant was found guilty. How is this possible? |
07-12-2004, 11:20 AM
|  | I'm Sparkly in Real Life | | Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: It's not heaven, it's Iowa
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| | Re: "Jury Duty" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
The person in the room who did not vote was the baliff.
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07-12-2004, 11:21 AM
|  | Hot and Juicy | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: off campus
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| | Re: "Jury Duty" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
What Lynn said. |
07-12-2004, 11:24 AM
| | Geeky goof | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Boston, Mass.
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| | Re: "Jury Duty" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
The person in the room who did not vote was the baliff. Good guess, but no. |
07-12-2004, 11:25 AM
|  | In Spanish, I'm Marijuana | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Lawn-Guy-Land, NY
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| | Re: "Jury Duty" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
The sign-language interpreter.
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07-12-2004, 11:30 AM
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| | Re: "Jury Duty" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Okay, I'll play nice. Was the person who did not vote a member of the jury?
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07-12-2004, 11:31 AM
|  | Mistress of Mayhem | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: New York
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| | Re: "Jury Duty" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
An alternate juror.
Or the person taking the lunch order. 
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07-12-2004, 11:34 AM
| | Geeky goof | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Boston, Mass.
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| | Re: "Jury Duty" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Okay, I'll play nice. Was the person who did not vote a member of the jury? Yes.
An alternate juror.
Or the person taking the lunch order. No, and no. |
07-12-2004, 11:35 AM
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| | "Jury Duty" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
The sign-language interpreter. Yes. And why was s/he there? |
07-12-2004, 11:42 AM
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| | Re: "Jury Duty" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Was one of the jurors deaf?
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07-12-2004, 11:45 AM
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| | Re: "Jury Duty" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
was one of the witnesses deaf? |
07-12-2004, 11:51 AM
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| | Re: "Jury Duty" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
was one of the witnesses deaf? Irrelevant.
Was one of the jurors deaf? Yes! S/he couldn't vote without the interpreter's help.
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07-12-2004, 11:52 AM
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| | Re: "Jury Duty" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Pick one now.
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07-12-2004, 11:56 AM
| | In Spanish, I'm Marijuana | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Lawn-Guy-Land, NY
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| | Re: "Jury Duty" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
It was Lynn's fault. She got us started down the correct road immediately.
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