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Brickbat: Strike Two

Charles Oliver | 6.18.2012 6:00 AM

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Jacob Clark is just 9, but he has already been summoned for jury duty twice. He was recently called for jury duty in Orleans District Court in Massachusetts. He was first called for jury duty when he was two.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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