"Prospective Whitewater juror Barbara Adams wears a Star Trek uniform as she leaves the Little Rock Federal courthouse Tuesday. Adams says she always wears the uniform during formal occasions" Photo scanned from Austin American Statesman; AP

Former White Water Juror Barbara Adams had a little flash in the pan with the media--even getting a spot on American Journal!--and boy, oh boy, did she deserve it. Not only did she wear a Star Trek Uniform to the trial, but she claims to wear it for all "formal proceedings." From a quote in Newsweek it looks as if she wears the uniform to promote peace: "If it helps to make people think a little bit more what those ideals are, then I'll keep wearing this uniform." "Those ideals" refers, says Newsweek, to the "values of intergalactic tolerance and peace." You'd think that no sane lawyer would want her on the jury, but she was selected because she appeared to have good morals and values. Isn't it great that we have to rely on a someone who dresses up in a Star Trek uniform for morals and values? Unfortunately, because she talked to the press (the American Journal interview, I suppose), she was dropped from the trail. So much for more fun pictures.

"Whitewaters warped Trekkie" Newsweek March 25, 1996 Officially Useless

March 15, 1996
'Trekkie' Juror Is Beamed Off Whitewater Trial

By RONALD SMOTHERS
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Perhaps the only real excitement during this first week of the Whitewater trial was created outside the courtroom by an alternate juror. Barbara Adams, 31, has shown up each day dressed in a Star Trek uniform, complete with replicas of the "tricorder" and "phaser" worn by characters in the television series.

Ms. Adams, president of the local "ship," or chapter, of the Federation Alliance, a Star Trek fan group, said she wore the outfit to court to promote the program's "ideals, messages and good solid values."

As she left court Wednesday, the Brooklyn-born juror, who has lived in Arkansas since she was 16, went on to discuss her devotion to "Star Trek" with a correspondent for a television tabloid shows.

Thursday morning Ms. Adams had apparently been transported to another sector of the galaxy and when jurors entered, she was not among the crew. An order filed later in the day by Howard noted that in a closed hearing that morning he had excused Ms. Adams because "she had behaved in a manner which violated the courts order."