An Illinois man was sentenced to 30 days of home confinement for faking a car accident to avoid having to show up for jury duty. Gerald Lee Mance, 60, of Morrison, admitted in court that he took a blank Illinois traffic accident report from the home of a friend who works as a law enforcement officer and used it to concoct a story about striking a deer so he did not have to attend the second day of a jury selection process Dec. 1, the Rockford (Ill.) Register Star reported Friday ... (Continue story)
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