Oct. 24, 2019
By Bill McCann
I’ve been summoned for jury duty only five times in more than five decades of eligibility. While I would have welcomed the experience, I’ve never been selected. The closest I came was a drug case a decade ago. The prosecutor noted my journalism background and excused me. Later, I sought him out and asked why.
“You people (journalists) ask too many questions,” he answered. This was the trial of a man facing prison and the prosecutor’s concern was that a juror might ask questions.
I recalled that incident recently while reviewing materials about Rodney Reed, who has been on death row since 1998 for a murder he insists he didn’t commit. As of Tuesday, he is to be executed on Nov. 20, despite evidence that casts serious doubt about his guilt.
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