One of those Say WHAT?! Moments

[Linus]

I was reading about this on Pam's Blog and couldn't resist mentioning it here:

Source: al.com

Woman named Jesus Christ called for Jefferson County jury duty

By Erin Stock -- The Birmingham News

December 01, 2009, 4:30PM


Jesus Christ was called for jury duty this week in Jefferson County.

Court officials were skeptical at first when on Monday a potential juror submitted a name change form with "Jesus Christ" on it. But the 59-year-old Birmingham woman, who previously went by Dorothy Lola Killingworth, assured the presiding judge that was her name.

"It raised eyebrows, so I asked her if that were truly her name," Circuit Court Judge Scott Vowell said. "She assured me that it was. She had her name changed in the Probate Court, and she presented her driver's license."

Christ was sent to Judge Clyde Jones's courtroom for a criminal case. She was excused because she was disruptive, court officials said. Instead of answering questions, she was asking them, a court employee in Jones's office said.

Efforts to reach Christ today were unsuccessful.

Court administrator Sandra Turner said she and others in the jury assembly room were somewhat shocked at first when the woman insisted Christ was her name. And when her name was called, several potential jurors laughed out loud.

Unlike some Jefferson County residents, Christ did not try to get out of jury duty, Turner said.

"She was perfectly happy to serve," said Turner.

You know, here in the Bits-n-Bites world we have restrictions on signing up with certain names (e.g., Guest, Admin, Moderator, etc.). They are considered special role names. One would have thought that Jesus Christ would also be one of those.. but who knew, eh?