PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Big Trial
Prospective Juror No. 17 in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia sex abuse case wrote on his questionnaire that he had grave doubts about whether men could abstain from sex.
“Men, no sex? I don’t believe it,” he wrote. When Judge Ellen Ceisler asked Prospective Juror No. 17 what he meant by that, he said, “When I found out about sex it was the last thing I’d give up.”
That prompted a smile from the judge before she dismissed Juror No. 17 for cause.
Prospective Juror No. 21 wrote on his questionnaire that he was taking medication for schizophrenia.
Is there any chance, the judge wanted to know, that you could have a relapse?
“A whole lot of stress” like a trial, yeah, sure, that could bring it back, he said.
Prospective Juror No. 21 was struck for cause.
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