{"id":49518,"date":"2017-10-28T09:43:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T09:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=49518"},"modified":"2017-10-28T09:45:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T09:45:19","slug":"former-us-president-barack-obama-called-for-jury-duty-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/politics\/former-us-president-barack-obama-called-for-jury-duty-in-chicago.html","title":{"rendered":"Former US president Barack Obama called for jury duty in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Former US president Barack Obama called for jury duty in Chicago<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Former US president Barack Obama called for jury duty in Chicago: Former US president Barack Obama will serve jury duty in Chicago, a county judge has said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The 44th president has been called to serve as a juror at a Cook County court in November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans told county commissioners during a budget hearing that Mr Obama, who owns homes in Washington DC and Chicago&#8217;s Kenwood neighbourhood, will serve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Mr Obama served as an Illinois senator before his 2008 election to the White House, and is registered to vote in the capital Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Mr Evans said Mr Obama&#8217;s safety would be &#8220;uppermost in our minds&#8221; when he serves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;He made it crystal clear to me through his representative that he would carry out his public duty as a citizen and resident of this community,&#8221; Mr Evans told the Chicago Tribune.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Those called can be put either in the pool for criminal case or civil hearings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">They can be called to any of the county&#8217;s Chicago or suburban courthouses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">All jurors watch a decades-old video about their duties narrated by journalist Lester Holt, once a local news reader and now anchor of NBC Nightly News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Jurors in Cook County are paid $22.39 for each day of service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2017-10-28\/former-president-obama-called-for-jury-duty-in-chicago\/9096088<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/politics\/former-us-president-barack-obama-called-for-jury-duty-in-chicago.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former US president Barack Obama called for jury duty in Chicago Former US president Barack Obama called for jury duty in Chicago: Former US president Barack Obama will serve jury duty in Chicago, a county judge has said. 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