What if everyone claimed to be racist at jury duty?

Question

What will happen if everyone who showed up for jury duty used the "i'm racist" excuse?

Answer 1

A lot of times it wouldn't effect the outcome:

White jury with a Black Victim & a Hispanic Criminal...

The jury will be stuck on who to be racist towards, seriously, I agree with the first answer.

Answer 2

Potential jurors are continued to be called in for voir dire until a full jury of impartial jurors is achieved.  The judge and counsel are not limited to the initial potential juror call.  The OJ Simpson trial, for example, had 250 potential jurors.

Answer 3

They'd be found in contempt of court and thrown in jail for some arbitrary amount of time.  Lying that way and getting caught can get you into all sorts of fun trouble.

Answer 4

All white trials. All black trials. all Mexican trials. All Asian trials....

You get the point....

Panacea: How do you get caught lying about being a racist? I mean how bad would they have to want to catch you....?

Answer 5

It doesn't work.  I got hit for jury duty and didn't want to do it so I filled out the little card saying that I believe everyone arrested by the police is guilty.  I got a card back saying "your request to be excused is denied" and was threatened with contempt of court if I didn't show up.