Would You Want Kid Rock to Serve on a Jury of Your Peers? (Updated)

UPDATED (5:33 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17): Kid Rock was dismissed from the jury pool by the judge because of the rock star’s close ties to law enforcement and an Oakland County assistant prosecutor, according to a Detroit Free Press report.

via the Detroit Free Press

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ORIGINAL STORY

An upcoming Oakland County murder trial could generate headlines not because of who is on the stand, but because of who is in the jury box.

Kid Rock—or Robert James Ritchie, if you’re his birth certificate—is one of 160 potential jurors who was called in Thursday to serve on this trial, according to a Detroit Free Press report.

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Three defendants are involved in the trial, and the rock star could be chosen to serve on one of three juries, the report added.

Kid Rock, a Michigan native who lives in Clarkston, arrived at the Pontiac courthouse Thursday morning with a book in hand in case boredom set in, the report stated.

The title of the book wasn’t mentioned, but we’d like to think it was Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind of Girl; Jonathan Franzen’s new novel, Purity; or a classic title by Joan Didion. Hopefully, it wasn’t something predictable like Killing Reagan by Bill O’Reilly.

YOUR TURN: If you were on trial for murder, would you want Kid Rock serving on your jury? Share your thoughts and opinions in the comments section.

via the Detroit Free Press