Jury Duty

[Flechas]

So I have to go to Jury Duty tomorrow morning (today).
Anyone cae to share experiences, what to expect?

 

[Flechas]

I guess I'll have to try that one, what a pain in the ass!

 

[Flechas]

I've been on that side a couple times myself...

 

[Flechas]

I've been organizing my room all day, jus moved to a new apartment, hard to do between trips, talk about another pain in the ass...

 

[urflyingme?!]

My mom sent a guy to prison from a jury!

(She's mean when she has to be!)

 

[Flechas]

I'll just be stubborn about my opinion so they send me home.

 

[Metro752]

Tell them you like Michael Jackson and he's innocent 100% and theres nothing wrong with sleeping with little boys.

 

[Flechas]

Tell them you like Michael Jackson and he's innocent 100% and theres nothing wrong with sleeping with little boys.

And what's wrong with sleeping with little boys?

 

[User546]

You're a white supremacist that hates everyone.. that'll get you excused pretty quick and you can enjoy the rest of your day!

I have to agree thats pretty good advice (and got a good laugh out of me when I read it!)

I don't have any advice myself, cause I've never gone when called up for it. I blow it off, and as far as I'm concerned I never received the notice in the mail. And dont any of you hata's start in on civic duty. Blah, blah, blah....

Have fun tomorrow, be sure and fill us in when you get back!

 

[Flechas]

Blow it off....hmmm, that got me thinking. Did they call you after you missed it? If they don't I just may not have to wake up early tomorrow...

 

[Big Duke Six]

It's not that bad really. I kind of enjoyed it. I actually got selected, but the trial ended abruptly on the second day due to some technicalities. I was a little bummed actually. There are easy ways to get yourself the boot of course, but you may find it interesting too.

 

[DrewBlows]

Holy crap, I can't believe there are this many people who are awake and logged into Flightinfo at this time of night. I don't feel like such a nerd now (okay, I still feel like a nerd, but at least I have company).

Oh yeah, you are innocent until proven guilty.

 

[User546]

Blow it off....hmmm, that got me thinking. Did they call you after you missed it? If they don't I just may not have to wake up early tomorrow...

Nope, they typically won't have your phone number anyways. They just get your name and mailing address from the Assessor's office (?) and that's how you get selected within the county that you live.

Besides, if they did actually call - again, I never received anything like that in the mail! My wife or kid must've thrown it out before I saw it.

I wouldn't sweat it if I were you, of course I don't want to tell you that then the cops haul you in next time they stop you too.

They always talk big about "you MUST go to jury duty OR ELSE..." however, they'll never follow through with it, nor do they typically have the capacity to even if they wanted to.

 

[GravityHater]

Charge into the courtroom hollering, "hang the guilty ba$tard from the yardarm". Actually getting out of JD without looking like you are just trying to get out of JD is very very difficult. And if you screw up the attempt you could get contempt (and spend time in a cell yourself!).
Do they chase people who blow it off? It depends on where you are, what the judge's experience with it is.. if you get one that is sick and tired of fuqu-ups missing JD then you might find yourself doin some 'splainin in front of him with hat in hand.
Is it Grand Jury (pretty quick usually) or Petit jury (you sit through a whole trial)? Local or Federal?
Some of us had Hangman's remorse when we locked a guy away. Well for about 15 minutes. But it does hit you that you are responsible for taking away someone's freedom. It can be very stressful, quite emotional for jurors, something I didn't realize.

 

[Rattler71]

I am one of the few who loved jury duty. Actually sat on a jury couple of years ago. Enjoyed every second of it. Can't wait to get summoned again.


Rattler71

 

[Bird brain]

well, I just had jury duty last week. There were 30 of us showed up and only 20 needed. I got sent home and that does it for 3 years.
Donated my $6 to a local place to help folks.

 

[cforst513]

i was a witness in a case once. my friend got in a fight w/ a husky girl (she started it. mentally unstable at best. she also was an expert at tae kwan do) and she pressed charges for assault. at the trial my friend's defense lawyer DESTROYED said crazy girl. i was the only defense witness other than my friend, and i got paid $6. nice, considering i spent the ENTIRE day in a crappy courthouse, missing ALL my classes.

 

[Lear Lackey]

Oh yeah, you are innocent until proven guilty.

Except when you are a pilot going through a TSA security checkpoint.

 

[DJS]

I got called to jury duty once and will never go again. I'll find some way out of it in the future (I watched as most people simply claimed they were sole propreitors of a business and would suffer irreparable harm, etc. and were let go).

I sat for 2 days in the jury room, mostly working on my computer. Finally, I was juror 9 for an assault trial. As best as I could tell from the questions the prosecutor and defense attorneys asked, a drug deal went bad, two guys got in a fight, at least one of them had a knife and stabbed the other. The prosecution was making it out to be a simple, "he stabbed the other guy" case. The defense was making it out to be a simple, "they fought and my client had the misfortune to win the fight". I was looking forward to seeing what the actual evidence and law had to say on the subject as this didn't seem completely slam dunk from a common sense perspective.

During voir dire, both the prosecution and the defense dismissed every person in the jury and the backup pool (another 32 people) who had more than a high school diploma. A group of about 6 of us grabbed coffee afterwards and marvelled at it. They (both defense and prosecution!) dismissed people as soon as they found out they were teachers, doctors, engineers, etc. And the judge never questioned any of their dismissals.

I decided then and there I was never going to serve on another jury. What a waste of time.

 

[Flechas]

Well, I went there this morning, sat in a big room with about 1500 people. Over half of the people were called ot see if they were going to be used, then we waited for a long time, saw the new Pope, and after 4 long hours the rest of us were told to go, they didn't need an more people. What a waste of a day...