Jury duty

[tony barnhill]

Bret - when I was on jury duty in the murder case, the DA asked if anybody was familiar with the Colt .45 - I raised my hand & answered his questions about my long relationship with the weapon - he handed it to me & I quickly disassembled & reassembled it.....he told the judge he had no problem with me & the defense attorney had used all her challenges so I was in (I had hoped I'd be out by playing with the murder weapon)...you could tell she was worried about me the entire tirial! There were times when she'd stand directly in front of me - facing me - as she asked questions of the witness behind her.

 

[LLAngus]

Here the courts love to get county employees on the jury. They know the county has a policy of excusing the employee from work for any length of trial. I don't get picked as my daughter was a correctional officer. Last time (a long time ago) my wife came home from a trial fuming mad. One lady hung the jury because she just know the defendant did it but the DA did not prove it. She actually said she know the guy was guilty.

 

[Steve]

Retired cop......

I'd be excused faster than you could say "next".

 

[Basil]

I'm in agreement with the "it's your civic duty" line - but y'know what, when you have something planned that you can't really break,

I agree, if selected it is a Civic Duty, but part of the selection process allows for circumstances that might preclude you from serving. Most courts will consider extenuating circumstances. For example, my oldest son was called on when he was in in Finals week at UNM's Engineering School and had a date for Undergrade Pilot Training immediately following graduation. He wrote them a letter explaining that his serving would mean not graduating on time and giving up his UPT slot (that he'd worked for all his life pretty much). They released him. Otherwise hed have been happey to serve.

Basil

 

[terriphill]

My 1st job was law enforcement, my brother's a lawyer and my brother-in-law in a sargeant with the Denver PD....your excused.
I used to take my students to court on fields trips. We watched several "1-day trials" adn I always found it fascinating. THe kids had a great time when we got back to school comparing notes and "playing jury" I sort of wish I would get chosen sometime..but not gonna happen

 

[Harry_Ward]

My first jury calling was July 3rd, 2007. I'm asking the world do you think they're gonna actually show up and pick a jury the day before the Fourth of July? Made the call and was told electronically, we don't need you, you've fulfilled your civic duty, and you're good for another year off. My wife is requested to serve almost every other year.

 

[2wrench]

Back from two weeks of jury duty. Pretty amusing when they tell you it will last either two days or one trial, and you get selected for the trial that last two weeks!

Lawyers have a keen sense for estimating time.

"Just one more question, Your Honor...."

 

[Dennis]

I seem to have gotten into this loop ( Groundhog day sure comes to mine, 4 times now) for getting called for US district court duty (southern NY district 1 month in length)and can't get out of it. Every 4 years to the month I get that silly questionaire. It at least keeps me out of county court duty. I really do hate having to drive down to White Plains for it, takes me a bit over an hour to get down there plus that silly traffic... The thing that really gets me ( I am happy doing my civic duty mind you but..). I have quite a few friends that have never been called for any duty! Go figure....
Dennis

 

[70herald]

I'll take jury duty any day over the call up notice for Army reserves I got in the mail last week. Only three days, for a silly training exercise, but still a huge amount of time wasted.