Clearly, juror candidate No. 62 didn't read our last post on the 12 easy, breezy ways to get chucked from the R. Kelly jury pool. She chose, instead, to freestyle her excuse—excuses, actually. And they piled up faster than the Kennedy at rush hour.
Speaking in a soft, meek voice, the woman, an Asian-American in her late 50s, told the court she had heart problems and takes a variety of medications, including diuretics, that force her to take frequent bathroom breaks. She doesn't drive, so her husband would have to take off from work to drive her to court every day and stick around to take her home. She's Catholic, and it would play a role in how she viewed the case.
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