{"id":432467,"date":"2017-10-31T06:38:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T06:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/barack-obama-called-for-jury-duty-in-illinois\/"},"modified":"2017-10-31T06:38:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T06:38:40","slug":"barack-obama-called-for-jury-duty-in-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/barack-obama-called-for-jury-duty-in-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama called for jury duty in Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former US president Barack Obama has been summoned for jury duty in the state of Illinois and is planning to serve, a court official says.<\/p>\n

Details have not been released but he is expected to appear in Cook County next month.<\/p>\n

Mr Obama, 56, owns a home in Washington DC and also in Chicago and could be called for civil or criminal cases.<\/p>\n

Ex-presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush also appeared for jury selection after leaving the White House.<\/p>\n

Barack Obama went to Harvard Law School and lectured at the University of Chicago\u2019s law school for 12 years before he joined the Senate. He also worked as a civil rights lawyer.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe made it crystal-clear to me through his representative that he would carry out his public duty as a citizen and resident of this community,\u201d Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans was quoted by the Chicago Tribune as saying.<\/p>\n

Mr Evans said that the former president\u2019s security was a priority. A spokesman for Mr Obama has not commented.<\/p>\n

Jurors in the county get paid $17.25 (\u00a313) for each day served.<\/p>\n

If chosen, Mr Obama would not be the first high-profile person to appear on a jury in Cook County \u2013 celebrity Oprah Winfrey sat on a jury for a murder trial in 2004, NPR reports.<\/p>\n

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