幽默笑話精粹36：陪審團(tuán)主席

　　A judge in a small city was hearing a drunk--driving case and the defendant, who had both a record and a reputation for driving under the influence，demanded a jury trial. It was nearly 4 p. m. and getting a jury would take time，so the judge called a recess and went out in the hall looking to impanel anyone available for jury duty. He found a dozen lawyers in the main lobby and told them that they were a jury.

　　一位小城市的法官正在處理一個(gè)酒后駕車的案件。被告曾經(jīng)有過酒后駕車的記錄，現(xiàn)在需要一個(gè)陪審團(tuán)做出裁決。那時(shí)已經(jīng)是下午四點(diǎn)，找個(gè)陪審團(tuán)來會(huì)浪費(fèi)很多時(shí)間。所以，法官就宣布休庭，然后就去隨便找些人來充當(dāng)陪審團(tuán)。他正好發(fā)現(xiàn)在大廳里有十二個(gè)律師，就把他們叫來組成了陪審團(tuán)。

　　The lawyers thought this would be a novel experience and so followed the judge back to the courtroom. The trial was over in about 10 minutes and it was very clear that the defendant was guilty. The jury went into the jury--room, the judge started getting ready to go home , and everyone waited.

　　這些律師們認(rèn)為能做陪審團(tuán)將會(huì)是個(gè)新奇的經(jīng)歷，所以就同意和那個(gè)法官回到了法庭。審訊十分鐘就結(jié)束了，因?yàn)楹苊黠@被告是有罪的。接著，陪審團(tuán)進(jìn)行商議，法官做好了回家的準(zhǔn)備，每個(gè)人都在等待著最后的結(jié)果。

　　After nearly three hours, the judge was totally out of patience and sent the bailiff in to the jury--room to see what was holding up the verdict. When the bailiff returned, the judge said，"Well have they got a verdict yet?

　　差不多三個(gè)小時(shí)以后，法官已經(jīng)等不及了，他派法警去看看陪審團(tuán)是否做出了最后的判決。當(dāng)法警回來的時(shí)候，法官問他:“怎么樣?他們做出了最后的判決沒有?”

　　The bailiff shook his head and said，"Verdict? Hell，they' re still doing nominating speeches for the foreman’s position!”

　　法警搖搖頭說:“判決?天哪，他們還在進(jìn)行推選陪審團(tuán)主席的演講呢!”