The Jury Duty Experience

pandora

JB has Jury Duty this week, it's his first time. He just emailed and said he's off to a courtroom in a jury pool.
I've had it twice and when the notice came was a little disappointed it wasn't for me.
JB on the other hand kept calling and postponing it, this was his last chance, contempt! no more postponing! It's tough cause he runs the biz, a super inconvenience for him and the other employees.

Anyone else have Jury Duty? Did you get chosen to sit on a Jury?
What was your experience? and do you think it is fair that we have to do it? that there are no good excuses except old age and health to get out of it.

dcfaithful

I've never had to do it. Always wanted to though. Isn't it mandated?

Get_Right

I did it and got picked
horrible experience
drug case
this one woman refused to convict
despite obvious evidence to the contrary

pandora

dcfaithful wrote:

I've never had to do it. Always wanted to though. Isn't it mandated?

yes required by law only out I believe is over 70 or health trouble.

pjhawks

pandora wrote:

JB has Jury Duty this week, it's his first time. He just emailed and said he's off to a courtroom in a jury pool.
I've had it twice and when the notice came was a little disappointed it wasn't for me.
JB on the other hand kept calling and postponing it, this was his last chance, contempt! no more postponing! It's tough cause he runs the biz, a super inconvenience for him and the other employees.

Anyone else have Jury Duty? Did you get chosen to sit on a Jury?
What was your experience? and do you think it is fair that we have to do it? that there are no good excuses except old age and health to get out of it.

i've had a few times local but once had it for Federal Jury Duty. Had to get every day for a week. Luckily was between Christmas and New Years (only time I could do it because was in school at the time) so pretty much no one got picked. Did have to answer questions (in a group, not one-on-one) but wasn't chosen for the jury. Was kind of cool but was told when the week started that you could be chosen for like a murder trial and could be taken away for as long as it would take for the trial to run, even could be months - that was a bit scary.

BinauralJam

i've never gotten called, i think if you dont register to vote, it's hard for them to track you down.
But if i ever get called, i'm just gona tell them how i hate all white people.

RKCNDY

Depending on the state, you can get out of it for work purposes as well. I have been called in, they forwarded it to my address when I was living in Cali. I called them and said "Hi, uh I can't make it to jury duty" she asked why. I said, "I don't think the bus passes you sent me will cover from San Jose, CA all the way up to Kent, WA." (appx 800 miles). She said, "oh ok, I'll just take you off the list then" I just forgot to mention to her I was moving back in 2 weeks. Sorry, but paying me $9/day for 'who knows how long', is not worth it...

Get_Right

BinauralJam wrote:

i've never gotten called, i think if you dont register to vote, it's hard for them to track you down.
But if i ever get called, i'm just gona tell them how i hate all white people.

wont work

I tried it and still got picked

BinauralJam

Get_Right wrote:

BinauralJam wrote:

i've never gotten called, i think if you dont register to vote, it's hard for them to track you down.
But if i ever get called, i'm just gona tell them how i hate all white people.

wont work

I tried it and still got picked

Damn!, how about if i bring a blanket with me and get on my knees and start to pray and mumble in arabic?

pandora

BinauralJam wrote:

i've never gotten called, i think if you dont register to vote, it's hard for them to track you down.
But if i ever get called, i'm just gona tell them how i hate all white people.

My kids never registered to vote and they both have already gotten called at their tender ages.
You'd be surprised that what you say will not necessarily get you out of it as the defense wants one type of juror and the prosecutor another.

Get_Right

BinauralJam wrote:

Get_Right wrote:

BinauralJam wrote:

i've never gotten called, i think if you dont register to vote, it's hard for them to track you down.
But if i ever get called, i'm just gona tell them how i hate all white people.

wont work

I tried it and still got picked

Damn!, how about if i bring a blanket with me and get on my knees and start to pray at mumble in arabic?

nope
dress up like a homeless guy and say " I am here to see jesus! This letter says jesus wants to see me! I have been saved by jesus! When can I see jesus?"

RKCNDY

Get_Right wrote:

BinauralJam wrote:

i've never gotten called, i think if you dont register to vote, it's hard for them to track you down.
But if i ever get called, i'm just gona tell them how i hate all white people.

wont work

I tried it and still got picked

I think if you get a drivers license, they pick names from that pool...too many voters won't do it...suppose if you don't drive or vote you won't get picked...

pjsteelerfan

I got picked. A medical Malpractice case. Lasted 3 days. 3 Long days.

BinauralJam

4and20 wrote:

Get_Right wrote:

BinauralJam wrote:

i've never gotten called, i think if you dont register to vote, it's hard for them to track you down.
But if i ever get called, i'm just gona tell them how i hate all white people.

wont work

I tried it and still got picked

I think if you get a drivers license, they pick names from that pool...too many voters won't do it...suppose if you don't drive or vote you won't get picked...

AH HA, i'm both, i drink way to much to get a drivers license and i hate all politicans , so i'm not registered!

I'm Brillant!

acrossssSsssshittt

BinauralJam wrote:

i've never gotten called, i think if you dont register to vote, it's hard for them to track you down.
But if i ever get called, i'm just gona tell them how i hate all white people.

you look white.. don't hate yourself... sure you're alright

BinauralJam

acrossOceans wrote:

BinauralJam wrote:

i've never gotten called, i think if you dont register to vote, it's hard for them to track you down.
But if i ever get called, i'm just gona tell them how i hate all white people.

you look white.. don't hate yourself... sure you're alright

I don't really hate white people, well most of them, but i do hate the law, so anything to get out of the process.

blackredyellow

I got mailed the stuff twice, and the first time after calling in, they didn't need me.

The second time, I was in the range of people brought it, but after spending about 3 hours at the courthouse sitting around and waiting, the judge called us in and said that the case was no longer going to trail, thanked us for our time and told us to enjoy the rest of the day.

I've never got past that step...

pandora

We are in a pretty high crime county south of Atlanta. JB just told me this week there are 7 trials on the docket that they need to seat jurors for. He is keeping his fingers crossed he doesn't get chosen

acrossssSsssshittt

BinauralJam wrote:

acrossOceans wrote:

BinauralJam wrote:

i've never gotten called, i think if you dont register to vote, it's hard for them to track you down.
But if i ever get called, i'm just gona tell them how i hate all white people.

you look white.. don't hate yourself... sure you're alright

I don't really hate white people, well most of them, but i do hate the law, so anything to get out of the process.

blow up the courts... just kidding

unlost dogs

I've been called every three years, like clockwork, and was impaneled on a jury once. Rape case. Forget if it was two or three days, but it was really interesting. We convicted. But you should know, you don't get to pick the punishment.

I came really close to being impaneled again a couple of years ago, but they tagged me to go and speak with the judge and the defense counsel and procecutor. It was a medical malpractice case involving a botched intubation. They had read us a list of the names of all the people who would be testifying, and asked us to raise our hands if we knew anything about intubation techniques, etc. So I raised my hand because at the time I was an Advanced Cardiac Life Support instructor, and as such, taught intubation. They called me up to ask more questions about what I taught, and then they released me... I was bummed, since I was interested in the case.

My aunt was on a grand jury that took 2 1/2 years to return an indictment in a murder case. At one point they put all the grand jurors in buses and took them out to see the crime scene. She thought it was a great experience. I think by the end they were going 2 full days a week.

My father-in-law, a conservative and crusty retired fire chief, was called once. They asked the potential jurors whether they had any difficult being objective and he said, "Yes. I've worked with the police for 45 years and if they arrest you, you probably deserved it." Exit stage left for conservative and crusty retired fire chief.

Yellow Ledbelly

I've had it twice locally and sat on two cases both times. Both were slam dunks....robberies.
I got called to federal jury duty and had to go one day...didn't get picked the trial and was released.
Given the nature of my job and its deadlines it made it a HUGE pain in the ass for me to miss work.
I do think its our duty to serve though....quite an interesting experinece in a way.
I did like that nice check i got for federal duty too because they paid by the mile and my gas is paid for by work so that was a nice extra chunk of change. I wish I could've made a week or two of it