Jury Duty

[Frederick]

I've been on two juries one civil and the other was criminal. Civil case was boring. The criminal case we sentenced the guy to life in prison.

What’d he do? Sounds pretty serious…

Anyway, I get paid time off for jury duty so it’s not really a waste of time…i don’t see the big deal

 

[boocat71]

Drug Offense third strike.

 

[Jason Freeland]

I got called about 25 years ago, spent most of the day on hard benches only to be told to report to family court the next day. Both cases at family court ended up being settled out of court so I was never seated. The family court judge did come explain to us what the cases were about, after the fact. He thought it important we understand why we were there, I appreciated it.

 

[JEVapa]

Drug Offense third strike.

Wow! There are murderers and manslaughterers who don't get that.
Musta been the '94 crime bill thing. 3 strikes you're out! Joe's the author of that you know....he's real proud of that s***.

 

[XYZ]

Welp some how I ended up getting selected. Won’t talk about the case.

I will say what I witnessed today is just how freaking easy it is to get off the jury. 3 people were excused because they simply said they couldn’t be unbiased. Pretty much that easy. Nobody questioned it. Just a polite ‘Thanks, go take a seat in the gallery. ‘

 

[hunter966]

I got called over 30 years ago and had to be on one case and almost a second.

Never been called again though.

 

[caliberbob]

I’ve served jury duty one time. And I actually got to be in the trial as one of the 12 jurors. I believe in due process, I really do. . . . But the moment I looked at that dummy I already knew my verdict

 

[caliberbob]

Just for fun. Sitting here looking around the American jury pool is made up of:

1 Asian
3 Afro
5 Native
1 Middle Eastern
Crap Load of Anglo

Donde están mis parientes????

 

[davek]

I wish watching CSI would disqualify jurors. Many seem to confuse that with reality and have some expectations based on that.

 

[Glock 'em down]

One advantage of being a PD volunteer is that they won't use me in a criminal case.

Yup. I've always wanted to be on a jury, and even got the notice to be a juror a couple of times. But the minute they realize I'm a flatfoot, they tell me nope.