jury service monday

[keikiwai]

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Or just go and tell them you're prejudiced. They don't seem to want prejudiced people on their juries.

The last time I was at jury duty:

Judge: Do you think you can be unbiased with regards to this case?
Tik: No.
Judge: That's too bad (shaking his head in a disapproving manner). You are dismissed.

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I served on a jury regarding a serial child molestor. There were several people who excused themselves like this, but before he let them go the judge always asked a few follow up question. In fact, a few people who may have just been trying to get out of it by this answer, ended up staying after follow up questions.

Obv. people who were abused or had family members abused were generally let go, but there were def. follow up questions.

OP, it's not that bad and can be interesting. If you're wrongly convicted of a crime wouldn't you want some intelligent people on your jury, or do you only want to judged by people too dumb to get out of the commitment. IOW you should go, even if you think you could wiggle out.

[rohjoh]

Show up in shorts and sandles. They will dismiss you. Worked for me last month.

[youtalkfunny]

That avatar always stops me in my tracks.

ARCHIE: I served my time on the jury.

MIKE: You did?

EDITH: Well, almost. He was thrown off because he insulted the defense attorney.

ARCHIE: He asked me what I thought of capital punishment, and I told him.

EDITH: For thirty minutes.

ARCHIE: It's a proven fact that capital punishment is a well-known detergent to crime.

MIKE: That's false! Capital punishment has never been proven to be a deterrent to crime.

ARCHIE: (sternly) We believe it is in this house.

MIKE: Do you believe in capital punishment, Ma?

EDITH: (unsure) Well, I guess so.

GLORIA: Mother!

EDITH: (backtracking) Well, as long as it ain't too severe.

(later)

ARCHIE: (looking up from his newspaper) Oh, goodnight nurse, look at this!

MIKE: What?

ARCHIE: "Jurors in the Rodriguez trial..." Ah, read it yourself!

MIKE: (takes paper) "Jurors in the Rodriguez trial were sent back to deliberations when the judge refused to accept a hung jury. It is rumored that one lone juror is blocking a unanimous verdict.

ARCHIE: (sadly) "Lone juror". Shoulda said, "Lone Dingbat".

[billygrippo]

attorney: "is there any reason you cant be an unbiased jurror in this case?"

larry david: "well seeing as the defendant is a negro..."

judge: shakes head

[elrudo]

Does 'jury service' pay anything?

[billygrippo]

like 5-10$ a day

[poker-penguin]

Tell them you believe in jury nullification or whatever it is called - the thing where you return a not guilty verdict because you disagree with the law.

Judges don't like that [censored]

Or suck it up princess.

[Peter Harris]

- goot time to reread poker theory books

- goot time to be a valuable citizen

why not?

[Warik]

I went to jury duty a few months ago. I sat on two panels and got dismissed from both. Both cases was about an insurance company not wanting to pay for a client's injuries. I got excused by saying that I was biased against auto insurance companies, especially since I was a male under 25, and that the defendant would have to do a much better job in relation to the plaintiff in order to convince me.

ez.

If this were a serious case that involved criminal activity, I would have done my duty to society and stayed on to vote the [censored] guilty, but I'm not going to waste my time with someone haggling over an insurance payout. Not for $10 a day and no lunch. [censored] them.

[Pokeraddict]

When I was 18 I got called to serve in Fulton County, GA, the same building where the courthouse shootings were in Atlanta last year. I live way out in the burbs and it was an hour at least at rush hour to get there and in a terrible part of town. I said screw it I wasnt going, they mailed me again saying I had to come back, I didnt show, and they tried a 3rd time and I did not show.

In the next month or 2 I got a subpoena that said I needed to appear in court for failure to appear or the court would assume I was no longer a Fulton County resident and suspend my voting rights for 4 years or until I reapplied for voting rights through an appeal. I decided I just would not vote for 4 years and never worried about it again. This was 13 years ago and nothing ever happened.

I would have different advice in a smaller town but in this unorganized mess of a city or one like it I would not bother.