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woman with sunglasses outside caption 'I was summoned for jury duty. As a woman in my 20's, this is what I had to say... am I wrong though?' (l) Female Justice Scale statue (c) Jury Duty Service email caption 'Good afternoon,, I left a voice message as well and am following up via email. My name is (blank) and I was summoned to serve from July 18-22nd. Apologies for the short notice but I will NOT be attending jury duty. In light of ROE V WADE and other basic human rights continuing to be taken, I no longer live in a country that serves mme. Therefore, I do NOT feel comfortable serving it. Being part of the jury service at this time would put me in extreme emotional distress. Not to mention my opinions would be completely biased. I hope you understand and are able to find another United States citizen that is actually proud to be such. Feel free to respond with any follow up questions, Sincerely ...' (r)

‘Stay tuned to see if I’m held in contempt’: Woman refused to serve on jury duty due to Roe v. Wade being overturned, sparking debate

'Good in theory but imagine if this was a case in which a woman was being tried for an abortion.'

On Jul 5, 2022 by Rebekah Harding

IRL

process server standing on porch plants on shelf caption 'This job sucks sometimes' (l) process server on doorstep women opening door blurred papers blurred in man's hand caption 'He died?' (c) process server receiving papers from woman her face blurred papers blurred in man's hand caption 'The fact it's gone this far really sucks' (r)

‘This is one way to stop a lawsuit in its tracks’: Process server on TikTok tried to serve papers to a man who died over a year ago

'I've never had anyone tell me this.'

On Jun 13, 2022 by Kathleen Wong

IRL

young woman with Patrick Star hat, airbrushed cat t-shirt and fingerless gloves (l&r) Courthouse - Superior Court of Justice, Ontario Court of Justice, Ontario, Entrance sign (c) caption 'Going to jury duty with the intention of gettting kicked out'

‘I’m paid hourly and cannot afford to take off more than 1 day’: Woman goes to jury duty with the intention of getting kicked out, sparking debate

'They don't pay enough for jury duty.'

On Jun 9, 2022 by Braden Bjella

Internet Culture IRL

Amber Heard’s attorney Elaine Bredehoft speaking

People are criticizing Amber Heard’s lawyer after she blames social media for trial outcome

Throughout the trial, Heard faced severe backlash online from Depp's fans.

On Jun 2, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

Internet Culture IRL

Amber Heard in court holding metal water bottle next to woman in suit (l) Amber Heard holding metal bottle to body looking around room (c) Amber Heard tucking metal bottle in jacket pocket (r)

‘Y’all are really stretching with all these’: Depp fans push theory that Amber Heard is sneaking alcohol into court

'It's a water bottle.'

On May 20, 2022 by Audra Schroeder

Internet Culture

amber heard on stand (l) johnny depp smiles as lawyer pumps fist (r)

‘By doing this, she’s opened up the door’: Legal expert TikTokers explain why Johnny Depp’s lawyer got excited when Amber Heard brought up Kate Moss on the stand

Depp's lawyer appeared to fist pump when Heard mentioned Moss.

On May 11, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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Women waiting at gate for Johnny Depp as he is pulling up in a black car caption 'Here comes Johnny!!!!' (l) Johnny holding hand out of car window smiling (c) fans up at the window of car shoving gifts into the window caption 'I can't believe he's allowed to receive all these gifts?!' (r)

‘A lot of y’all are treating this as entertainment like it’s not an actual trial’: Johnny Depp supporters filmed throwing gifts at him outside courthouse

Rather than fanfare, Heard is greeted with silence and one person shouting, 'Lying narcissistic!'

On May 5, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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Johnny Depp showing young girl his finger while in costume

‘I ate it’: Resurfaced clip shows Johnny Depp joking with kid about his finger while visiting hospital as Jack Sparrow

An old video of Dakota Johnson looking at his finger also resurfaced.

On Apr 29, 2022 by Audra Schroeder

Internet Culture

‘Why did someone pull this out at the Wallows show’: Festival crowd boos for Amber Heard’s photo, cheers for Johnny Depp’s

A person near the front of the crowd swipes between pictures of Heard and Depp on their phone.

On Apr 27, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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Doors caption Finally found her attorneys and didn't realize the woman sitting on the bench talking behind me was his team (including Camile Vasquez)' (l) woman outside building caption 'DUDE. How do we get this information to Johnny's team?! Legally... or not' ((c) Room with people sitting in chairs caption 'I approached her and told her I had information that could be useful to the case. She said she was in the middle of a meeting and that I could email her. I told her I already emailed it last night and she said 'Oh you did? Thank you!' Fingers crossed this is actually useful'(r)

TikToker goes to courthouse to hand-deliver ‘Milani evidence’ to Johnny Depp’s legal team

'Hi guys, I'm here at the courthouse. I'm going to go inside right now and try to find his attorney.'

On Apr 23, 2022 by Brooke Sjoberg

Internet Culture IRL

ISPs handed another defeat in their case against California’s ‘gold standard’ net neutrality law

A California net neutrality law will stand, a US Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday.

On Apr 20, 2022 by Jacob Seitz

Tech

court seating with people sitting man sitting holding paper caption 'got a speeding ticket in a town that's 75% white but the court is full of POC?' (l) Woman face caption 'got a speeding ticket in a town that's 75% white but the court is full of POC?' (c) court room with judge and people seated caption 'got a speeding ticket in a town that's 75% white but the court is full of POC?' (r)

‘We all know why’: TikToker says she got speeding ticket in town that is 75% white—but the courtroom is ‘full of POC’

'Sounds about Texas.'

On Apr 19, 2022 by Laiken Neumann

IRL

Judge Bruce Schroeder reading a magazine

Kyle Rittenhouse judge spotted reading cookie catalog during trial, prompting theories

It was during a break in the trial.

On Nov 10, 2021 by Mikael Thalen

Tech

In a TikTok, a man is seen attending a Zoom court hearing about his driver's license while driving.

‘I’m gonna need you to park the car’: Man with suspended license attends Zoom hearing while driving

'How does everyone keep a straight face? I'd be dying.'

On Oct 25, 2021 by Tricia Crimmins

Internet Culture IRL

‘BESTIES THE PLAN WORKED’: TikToker’s trick to getting out of jury duty seemingly works, goes viral (updated)

‘If you saw this, you would not let my a** into a courtroom.'

On Sep 1, 2021 by Brooke Sjoberg

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