“That’s the risk you always run with someone with that type of notoriety, is that people would be highly deferential to him,” Mr. Wolfe said. Former President George W. Bush sat through jury selection in 2015 in Texas, although he was not chosen to serve. Former Secretary of State John Kerry was selected for a jury in Massachusetts in 2005 and his fellow jurors elected him foreman. Mr. Wolfe said that given the relative scarcity of celebrities in Chicago and Chicagoans’ fondness for the former president, there was a “real possibility” that Mr. Obama could be selected to serve. “They’re proud of Obama, and I think they’d be proud to have him serve on their jury,” he said.

Source: New York Times October 28, 2017 19:41 UTC