A 21-year-old man hoping to get into UCF, who works at a makeup counter and spends his spare time watching WWE wrestling and reading Harry Potter, was excused from serving on Casey Anthony’s jury following a request to do so by the state — even as Anthony’s defense accused the prosecution of discriminating against him based on his age.
Judge Belvin Perry, however, decided the prosecution was allowed to strike Juror 1001, based largely over his twitter account. A while ago, the man tweeted about how he didn’t like cops in Florida because they are idiots and a waste of time, because they didn’t respond quickly enough to a hit and run after he called 911. Even though the potential juror said he doesn’t feel that way anymore, he was cut loose.
The potential juror, who currently lives in Pinellas County but often visits family near Orlando, plans to transfer to Valencia Community College and eventually attend UCF. If he can’t make it into acting, the juror hopes to become a high school drama teacher after eventually graduating from UCF. He said he did not mind any cameras in the courtroom.
The defense fought hard to keep the man on the jury who says he does not watch or read the news. When asked how he gets his news, he told the courtroom he gets it from talking to friends, and explained he found out Osama bin Laden died not through news, but during a WWE wrestling event in the Tampa Bay area.
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