--- title: Man Wears Prisoner Costume to Jury Duty description: A Vermont man was dismissed from jury duty after wearing a black and white striped prisoner costume canonical: https://time.com/3915863/jury-duty-prisoner-costume/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-10T14:42:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T07:08:41.000Z og:title: Man Wears Prisoner Costume to Jury Duty og:description: A Vermont man was dismissed from jury duty after wearing a black and white striped prisoner costume og:url: https://time.com/3915863/jury-duty-prisoner-costume/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Wears Prisoner Costume to Jury Duty twitter:description: A Vermont man was dismissed from jury duty after wearing a black and white striped prisoner costume twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's One Way To Get Out of Jury Duty ## Video: The Best of Stephen Colbert [Watch (HLS stream): The Best of Stephen Colbert](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PNJDP9f3.m3u8) (4:30)  _Published 2014-04-10. The next host of_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Updated: Dec 13, 2023 7:08 AM CUTPublished: Jun 10, 2015 2:42 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Updated: Dec 13, 2023 7:08 AM CUTPublished: Jun 10, 2015 2:42 PM CUT A Vermont judge dismissed a man from jury duty who showed up to court on Tuesday in a black-and-white striped prisoner’s jumpsuit and beanie, the[_Associated Press_](http://news.yahoo.com/man-dismissed-jury-duty-wearing-prisoner-costume-125146571.html "undefined") reports via [_The Caledonian Record_.](http://caledonianrecord.com/FormLayout.asp?formcall=30&dest=%2Fmain%2Easp%3FSectionID%3D1%26SubSectionID%3D145%26ArticleID%3D132274%26TM%3D35396%2E55 "undefined")  In this June 9, 2015 photo, James Lowe of Barnet, Vt., poses for a photo after a judge told him to leave the Caledonia County Courthouse in St. Johnsbury, Vt., for wearing prison stripes and matching beanie to jury selection. Dana Gray/The Caledonian Record—AP The story will make _30 Rock_ fans think of the episode in which Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) showed up to jury duty in New York City dressed as Princess Leia from _Star Wars_ and claimed she was unfit to serve because she was actually a hologram — a trick that had apparently got her out of jury duty many times in Chicago. ### See the Best Impressions on Saturday Night Live  Dan Aykroyd as Julia Child in 1978. Edie Baskin—Warner Bros./Archive Photos/Getty Images  Dan Aykroyd as President Richard Nixon in 1978. Fred Hermansky—NBC/Getty Images  Dana Carvey as Ross Perot in 1993. Raymond Bonar—NBC/Getty Images  Norm MacDonald as David Letterman in 1997. Mary Ellen Matthews—NBC/Getty Images  From left: Molly Shannon as Monica Lewinsky and John Goodman as Linda Tripp in 1998. Mary Ellen Matthews—NBC/Getty Images  From left: Jimmy Fallon as Michael Stipe and Ana Gasteyer as Celine Dion in 1998. 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