The Bribed Juror

A guy was on trial for murder, and if convicted, would get the electric chair. His brother found out that a redneck was on the jury and figured he would be the one to bribe. He told the redneck that he would be paid $10,000 if he could convince the rest of the jury to reduce the charge to manslaughter.

The jury was out an entire week and returned with a verdict of manslaughter.

After the trial, the brother went to the redneck's house, told him what a great job he had done, and paid him the $10,000.

The redneck replied that it wasn't easy to convince the rest of the jury to change the charge to manslaughter. They all thought he was not guilty and wanted to let him go.

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The humor comes from the unexpected twist. The brother thinks the redneck is easily bribed and will do anything for money. But the redneck actually had to convince the other jury members to lower the charge to manslaughter because they originally thought the guy was innocent. It plays on the stereotype of rednecks being easily manipulated, but the redneck ends up being the most reasonable one.

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