{"id":9752,"date":"2017-11-09T05:27:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T10:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=9752"},"modified":"2017-11-09T06:27:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T11:27:16","slug":"obama-reports-jury-duty-chicago-dismissed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2017\/11\/09\/obama-reports-jury-duty-chicago-dismissed\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama reports for jury duty in Chicago and is dismissed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former US President Barack Obama has turned up for jury duty at a Chicago courthouse, but was dismissed by the judge without being called on to serve.<\/p>\n

Crowds thronged the Daley Center municipal building to catch a glimpse of the 44th US president.<\/p>\n

There was no official explanation for his dismissal, but it is not uncommon for people called to perform jury service not to be assigned a case.<\/p>\n

Mr Obama arrived at court on Wednesday morning and left around midday.<\/p>\n

The former president, who was once a law professor, has a house in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Each potential juror is paid about $17.20 (\u00a313.11) from the county.<\/p>\n

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With mug in hand, former U.S. president\u00a0@<\/span>BarackObama<\/span><\/a>leaves his\u00a0#<\/span>Chicago<\/span><\/a>\u00a0residence and heads to jury duty at the Daley Center, Wednesday, Nov. 8.\u00a0#<\/span>Obama<\/span><\/a>\u00a0#<\/span>president<\/span><\/a>#<\/span>juryduty<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0News helicopters filmed Mr Obama’s motorcade as it moved from his home in the Kenwood neighbourhood to an indoor car park downtown.<\/div>\n
Wearing a jacket but no tie, Mr Obama took a lift to the 17th floor, where he was met by other jurors as well as journalists, court staffers and lawyers.<\/div>\n
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He was not there for long. Mr Obama was randomly selected for dismissal and was told his services were not required by Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evan.<\/p>\n

Earlier the former president watched an “introduction to jury duty” video.<\/p>\n

Before leaving Mr Obama thanked everyone who turned up for being willing to serve on a jury.<\/p>\n

Some of his fellow Americans brought copies of Mr Obama’s books for him to sign. Others, including courthouse staff, just wanted a photo.<\/p>\n

One potential juror told a local newspaper she felt like a “piece of melting butter” as she shook the former president’s hand.<\/p>\n

Later in the day, Mr Obama delivered a paid speech to investment firm GCM Grosvenor,\u00a0the Chicago Sun-Times reports.<\/a><\/p>\n

Katie Hill, communications director for Mr Obama, said in a statement that the former Democratic president “believes the most important office in our democracy is that of citizen, and he considers jury duty a core obligation of citizenship”.<\/p>\n

Mr Obama had previously been summoned in 2010, during his first four-year term as US president, but he managed to get a postponement from the court.<\/p>\n

His reason was that he had a previously scheduled meeting with the president of the Kurdistan region of Iraq.<\/p>\n

In 2015 former President George W Bush was called to jury duty in Dallas, Texas.<\/p>\n

After posing for photos with other jurors, he was also dismissed.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Bill Clinton was also dismissed from serving on a New York City jury hearing a gang shooting case.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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