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Well they finally caught up with me. I got a letter yesterday to appear for jury duty in a couple weeks.:sigh: My boss is not going to like this. I'm already off for vacation for 1 week, then 1 week work-related training, then jury duty, then another scheduled vacation for 2 weeks. "See ya next year, boss!":eek: ps. No way I'm giving up vacation. I can only carry over 1 week into next year, and I've been looking forward to visiting a certain femme:rose:. "For all of our languages, we cannot communicate" - Christy Moore, Natives
If you haven't done it before, you're in for a boring time. I've been called a lot of times in my life, but never once served on an actual jury. From what I can tell from experience, they don't want anyone with an IQ over room temperature, nor anyone capable of making a decision. The lawyers on both sides will try to get a panel that can be led by emotional arguments without too much dependence on actual facts. Have a little empathy for the accused, though - he/she' going to be tried by 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty! I'm lucky here. The selection process includes asking whether I know anyone involved in the trial, and I know most of the judges, and many of the lawyers in this county. That doesn't automatically exclude me, but it sure improves the odds! Take a tape of "Helter Skelter" with you when you check in, and ask if there's a VCR in the jury waiting room.:-D "Your village called -
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Well they finally caught up with me. I got a letter yesterday to appear for jury duty in a couple weeks.:sigh: My boss is not going to like this. I'm already off for vacation for 1 week, then 1 week work-related training, then jury duty, then another scheduled vacation for 2 weeks. "See ya next year, boss!":eek: ps. No way I'm giving up vacation. I can only carry over 1 week into next year, and I've been looking forward to visiting a certain femme:rose:. "For all of our languages, we cannot communicate" - Christy Moore, Natives
Show up in the most conservative business suit you have. Defense attorneys hate that. You'll probably be among the first to be let go. :)
When I can talk about 64 bit processors and attract girls with my computer not my car, I'll come out of the closet. Until that time...I'm like "What's the ENTER key?" -Hockey on being a geek
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Well they finally caught up with me. I got a letter yesterday to appear for jury duty in a couple weeks.:sigh: My boss is not going to like this. I'm already off for vacation for 1 week, then 1 week work-related training, then jury duty, then another scheduled vacation for 2 weeks. "See ya next year, boss!":eek: ps. No way I'm giving up vacation. I can only carry over 1 week into next year, and I've been looking forward to visiting a certain femme:rose:. "For all of our languages, we cannot communicate" - Christy Moore, Natives
I've been called for jury duty 4 times and have never sat on a jury. In each case it was all over in 4 hours. You show up, sign in, fill out some forms, wait to see if you are needed, and then let go after lunch. I never even got to be questioned about anything during jury selection process. Maybe it was what I wrote on the forms I filled out. You can also call the courthouse and explain why it would be better for you if you didn't go on jury duty at the present time. In California, that whole process is automated by a touch-tone phone menu system.
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Well they finally caught up with me. I got a letter yesterday to appear for jury duty in a couple weeks.:sigh: My boss is not going to like this. I'm already off for vacation for 1 week, then 1 week work-related training, then jury duty, then another scheduled vacation for 2 weeks. "See ya next year, boss!":eek: ps. No way I'm giving up vacation. I can only carry over 1 week into next year, and I've been looking forward to visiting a certain femme:rose:. "For all of our languages, we cannot communicate" - Christy Moore, Natives
Jury duty is not that bad if you have a normal case. You will be bored almost to death, but you know that is not a bad price to pay to have a jury who believe in their duty! Imagine if you were in the innocent party in a trial, wouldn't you want a quality jurors instead of people that were not creative enough to get out of it? I served twice, one was a boring auto accident which happed to turn out last a day and half becuase we could not agree. I made sure they knew what to vote ;) The second was the one I was glad I was a juror on, it was a woman in her twenties that was being charged with the distribution of narcotics. Burn her at the stake! Nay, I do not know if she was guilty or not, but the evidence they had did not add up and their only eye witness was another young woman that had already taken a plea bargin on burglary and this was part of he bargin. Oh yeah, I will believe that, this was her third time for buglary. Anyway, it took us a huge gigantic five minutes to deliver a not guilty verdict for a case that had no business being in court. I guess the DA was just low on quotas.. Anyway, you can be like others and just take a dive. Simple tilt your head a little, drool a little and call the accused by his name and say you have not seen him for a long time. Gone.. Remember though, it should be an Honor to serve on Jury! Rocky <>< www.GotTheAnswerToSpam.com
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Oh, beehaaave. Wait a minute, where are my glasses. Oh that's snagged, not shagged. ;) Jury duty is a pretty weird experience. I got called for selection several years ago and it turned out to be a biker charged with aggravated assualt, robbery with a weapon and because he was wearing a gorilla mask (it was Halloween when the crime took place) there was some other charge too. Part of the process involves each jurer to stand up and look the accused in the eye and state that you don't know the accused, never met the accused and stuff like that. You then have to answer questions from the accused. So here's me with my beard and pony tail standing up looking at some biker and trying so hard to keep a straight face and the first question he asks me is if I'm a member of a bike club. I started to giggle and answer no and the judge then excused me from the trial. I don't whether the judge didn't like me or what, but I was glad to not be part of the whole thing any way. Chris Meech It's much easier to get rich telling people what they want to hear. Chistopher Duncan I can't help getting older, but I refuse to grow up. Roger Wright I've been meaning to change my sig. Thanks! Alvaro Mendez
Chrish Meech wrote:because he was wearing a gorilla mask (it was Halloween when the crime took place) there was some other charge too. I bet it's some lame charge ,like "robbery with an atempt to further traumatize victim" I have never really been a big fan of the jury system.the idea of having 12 random people, whose intellect i don't particularly trust, decide my fate based on logical analysis is very scary...i'd rather take my chances with a well educated judge.
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I've been called for jury duty 4 times and have never sat on a jury. In each case it was all over in 4 hours. You show up, sign in, fill out some forms, wait to see if you are needed, and then let go after lunch. I never even got to be questioned about anything during jury selection process. Maybe it was what I wrote on the forms I filled out. You can also call the courthouse and explain why it would be better for you if you didn't go on jury duty at the present time. In California, that whole process is automated by a touch-tone phone menu system.
Lucky! The last time I got called, I had to drive to Kingman at the crack of dawn, fill out some forms, then be shuffled from room to room for an hour. I got selected the first round and put in the jury box for grilling by the lawyers at 9 AM, then sat there all day with only a 20 minute break for lunch until 6:30 that evening. After all was said and done, I was the last one to be dismissed from duty and the jury panel was complete. For my trouble I was reimbursed $5 plus mileage. If only they'd asked I could have told them in 2 minutes flat that the bugger was guilty and should hang; it would have saved a lot of time. "Your village called -
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Find out what crime is being tried – let's say it's kidnapping. Then tell the person who is interviewing you that the electric chair for kidnapping is not enough and hanging is a much better idea. Have a small facial tick while speaking.
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Well they finally caught up with me. I got a letter yesterday to appear for jury duty in a couple weeks.:sigh: My boss is not going to like this. I'm already off for vacation for 1 week, then 1 week work-related training, then jury duty, then another scheduled vacation for 2 weeks. "See ya next year, boss!":eek: ps. No way I'm giving up vacation. I can only carry over 1 week into next year, and I've been looking forward to visiting a certain femme:rose:. "For all of our languages, we cannot communicate" - Christy Moore, Natives
The phrase, "He must have been guilty of something or they wouldn't have arrested him" comes to mind. :)
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I don't know why exactly, but I've always felt this could be an interesting way to spend some unplanned paid leave. Let us know all about it! :) (btw - they don't give you much notice do they?)
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Meg's World - Blog Photography - The product of my passionMegan Forbes wrote: but I've always felt this could be an interesting way to spend some unplanned paid leave. It is, but only if you get called into jury selection, then get picked for the jury. Sitting around in the waiting room with dozens/hundreds of other people is boring. I mean, you can only read for so long... --Mike-- Ericahist | CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | Homepage | RightClick-Encrypt | 1ClickPicGrabber Kosh reminded me of some of the prima-donna programmers I've worked with. Knew everything but when you asked them a question; never gave you a straight answer. -- Michael P. Butler in the Lounge
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Me too. I have been called twice now and have never actually made it onto a trial. I WANT to be in a trial.
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Ray Cassick wrote: I WANT to be in a trial. NO YOU DON'T. I served on a jury once, in a drug trafficking trial. Jury duty can be a frightening responsibility. If we decided incorrectly, we could have ruined the accused's life, or let a vampire loose on the world. Fortunately, the case resolved itself* just before the jury was supposed to deliberate. * The guy confessed and copped a plea.
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The phrase, "He must have been guilty of something or they wouldn't have arrested him" comes to mind. :)
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