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[Christo]

Not getting paid for the time lost would definitely change the way I feel about serving jury duty.

Use vacation

 

[MikeIke]

Not getting paid for the time lost would definitely change the way I feel about serving jury duty.

Use vacation

F that! If you only get two weeks of vacation a year, and you get a summons to appear for two weeks, you're actually saying that it makes sense to use those vacation days for jury duty ? No way. I think employers should be required to provide full pay for time lost due to jury duty.

 

[Christo]

Not getting paid for the time lost would definitely change the way I feel about serving jury duty.

Use vacation

F that! If you only get two weeks of vacation a year, and you get a summons to appear for two weeks, you're actually saying that it makes sense to use those vacation days for jury duty ? No way. I think employers should be required to provide full pay for time lost due to jury duty.

Then don't get paid

 

[MikeIke]

Not getting paid for the time lost would definitely change the way I feel about serving jury duty.

Use vacation

F that! If you only get two weeks of vacation a year, and you get a summons to appear for two weeks, you're actually saying that it makes sense to use those vacation days for jury duty ? No way. I think employers should be required to provide full pay for time lost due to jury duty.

Then don't get paid

God, I hate you

 

[hooter311]

Last time I got a letter it said to to call in at a certain time and then I got a recording where it said if your last name starts with a letter after "m" you are off the hook, otherwise report at such time and date.

S #######s!

 

[Jack White]

Not getting paid for the time lost would definitely change the way I feel about serving jury duty.

Use vacation

F that! If you only get two weeks of vacation a year, and you get a summons to appear for two weeks, you're actually saying that it makes sense to use those vacation days for jury duty ? No way. I think employers should be required to provide full pay for time lost due to jury duty.

Why should your employer pay you not to work just because the State has drafted you into involuntary servitude?

 

[bigfeet_88]

Been called to the courthouse several times but the last time I was actually selected for the Jury in a Bar Fight Murder Trial. Lasted a little over a week and the rest of the Jury nominated me to be the Foreman. We ended up convicting for manslaughter because the murder evidence was not conclusive. I thought I would be able to read the verdict like they do on TV sometimes. The judge read it instead.

The court system seemed so inefficient. I was there the whole day, but between waiting around, numerous breaks and 90 minute lunch, we would only be in the court a few hours at most listening to the case.

 

[Leviathan]

Not getting paid for the time lost would definitely change the way I feel about serving jury duty.

Use vacation

F that! If you only get two weeks of vacation a year, and you get a summons to appear for two weeks, you're actually saying that it makes sense to use those vacation days for jury duty ? No way. I think employers should be required to provide full pay for time lost due to jury duty.

Why should your employer pay you not to work just because the State has drafted you into involuntary servitude?

Because it's your duty as an American citizen, Commie!Clear enough?

 

[shuke]

Recently got a summons for grand jury. One week a month for 3 months. I don't think there's any interviewing, you pretty much are doing it. However I did have a camping trip scheduled for my first week, so wondering if they would defer it.

Anyone every done grand jury? This is county, not federal.

 

[MikeIke]

Not getting paid for the time lost would definitely change the way I feel about serving jury duty.

Use vacation

F that! If you only get two weeks of vacation a year, and you get a summons to appear for two weeks, you're actually saying that it makes sense to use those vacation days for jury duty ? No way. I think employers should be required to provide full pay for time lost due to jury duty.

Why should your employer pay you not to work just because the State has drafted you into involuntary servitude?

Because the employer is part of the state and has gained quite a bit of benefits from the state (in the form of tax breaks) to do business there. The employer has a civic duty just as individuals do.

 

[Jack White]

Not getting paid for the time lost would definitely change the way I feel about serving jury duty.

Use vacation

F that! If you only get two weeks of vacation a year, and you get a summons to appear for two weeks, you're actually saying that it makes sense to use those vacation days for jury duty ? No way. I think employers should be required to provide full pay for time lost due to jury duty.

Why should your employer pay you not to work just because the State has drafted you into involuntary servitude?

Because the employer is part of the state and has gained quite a bit of benefits from the state (in the form of tax breaks) to do business there. The employer has a civic duty just as individuals do.

It's not a civic duty. If it were, the "citizen" would be free to decline.

No, it's just another form of the State's force over the civilians in its particular tax jurisdiction.

 

[MikeIke]

Not getting paid for the time lost would definitely change the way I feel about serving jury duty.

Use vacation

F that! If you only get two weeks of vacation a year, and you get a summons to appear for two weeks, you're actually saying that it makes sense to use those vacation days for jury duty ? No way. I think employers should be required to provide full pay for time lost due to jury duty.

Why should your employer pay you not to work just because the State has drafted you into involuntary servitude?

Because the employer is part of the state and has gained quite a bit of benefits from the state (in the form of tax breaks) to do business there. The employer has a civic duty just as individuals do.

It's not a civic duty. If it were, the "citizen" would be free to decline.

No, it's just another form of the State's force over the civilians in its particular tax jurisdiction.

Do you understand what the word "duty" means? Is something you have to do, not something you can decide to do if you don't feel like it. It's part of living in a civilized society.

 

[Mario Kart]

It's not a civic duty. If it were, the "citizen" would be free to decline.

No, it's just another form of the State's force over the civilians in its particular tax jurisdiction.

It's a responsibility of a citizen. If businesses are looked at as citizens, as has been the view of the Supreme Court, then it is also their responsibility to do what is necessary of a citizen to fulfill that responsibility.

We must obey laws or pay consequences. Good citizenship for adults also means serving on jury duty and paying taxes. Responsibilities: As an adult, being an informed citizen about our government and community is an important responsibility. Voting in elections is just one responsibility of all good citizens.

 

[Leviathan]

Recently got a summons for grand jury. One week a month for 3 months. I don't think there's any interviewing, you pretty much are doing it. However I did have a camping trip scheduled for my first week, so wondering if they would defer it.

Anyone every done grand jury? This is county, not federal.

LOL at the "camping trip" excuse.Seriously...funny.

 

[Zow]

I've always wanted to serve on a jury for the

experience, but my company does not pay me so I try to get out of any summons however I can.

Closest I've gotten was the interview phase for alternate jury. They filled the last spot right before me. Funniest excuse I've seen was when

someone's grandma came in for her grandson because she said he had to go to work. The judge laughed out loud at that one.

The worst excuse that I've ever heard during the jury selection process:

"All Mexicans should be deported." BAM! See ya later. No joke.

I've gotten an entire panel struck b/c one guy said this and the majority agreed with him. And it wasn't a joke or an excuse.

 

[Sand]

Been on one when I was 19. 40ish woman sued her own car insurance company (State Farm, I think) under uninsured driver for injuries sustained during an accident. She sued for everything under the sun - pain, suffering for her and her kids, lost time at work, loss of consortium, etc. She obviously shopped doctors because she kept switching. She had some injuries, but we judged she was trying to milk the system. The State Farm attorney said about 5% of the words the other attorney did and was obviously very good. We awarded the woman about 25% of what she asked for, mostly doctor's bills.

Funniest part of the whole thing was when we were talking about the loss of consortium and a middle aged guy turned to me and said that at 40 you barely have sex anyway, so the claim is bull####. At 19 it was funny, anyway.

My dad was pissed that I actually got chosen. He had been called at least half a dozen times and never gotten picked. As soon as he declared his occupation (petroleum engineer) he was struck off the list, typically by the defense team.

 

[Zow]

Recently got a summons for grand jury. One week a month for 3 months. I don't think there's any interviewing, you pretty much are doing it.

However I did have a camping trip scheduled for

my first week, so wondering if they would defer it.

Anyone every done grand jury? This is county, not federal.

I haven't done it, but have read hundreds of transcripts. It's an easy gig.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Not getting paid for the time lost would definitely change the way I feel about serving jury duty.

Use vacation

F that! If you only get two weeks of vacation a year, and you get a summons to appear for two weeks, you're actually saying that it makes sense to use those vacation days for jury duty ? No way. I think employers should be required to provide full pay for time lost due to jury duty.

Why should your employer pay you not to work just because the State has drafted you into involuntary servitude?

Because the employer is part of the state and has gained quite a bit of benefits from the state (in the form of tax breaks) to do business there. The employer has a civic duty just as individuals do.

It's not a civic duty. If it were, the "citizen" would be free to decline.

No, it's just another form of the State's force over the civilians in its particular tax jurisdiction.

You're pretty cool, Beavis

 

[Judge Smails]

I've literally forgotten or blown off the last few - don't feel good about it.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I've literally forgotten or blown off the last few - don't feel good about it.

And you're a judge, terrible

 

[Jules Winnfield]

I've literally forgotten or blown off the last few - don't feel good about it.

Your fellow jurors?

 

[cheeseypoof]

I've probably been called 7 or 8 times and never been on a jury. Never even been directly questioned during Gwar Dear.

Oh, and anybody that EVADES jury duty is a french crotch wash bag. We enjoy a crapton of rights as US citizens. Stepping up every couple of years to do your part is important as hell.

While I agree with you in principal take this week and next weeks pay check, cash them and then burn the cash. Plenty of people out there get paid time off to do it, let them. Fat kid on a smartie if I was one of those. Since I'm not there isn't a set of opposing lawyers on the planet who would both want me sitting there.

LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT, HIPPY

I've heard the idea of professional jurors being thrown around on occasion, but there are a whole lot of problems with that.

Pretty bad idea. Make it a law that employers have to pay wage/salary for people on jury duty (up to a limit, I suppose). If someone is self employed then the county/Feds pick it up.

How about only Govt employees or volunteers?

I'm a NJ state employee and I wouldn't want my fate decided by 12 fellow government employees. There are some good ones but most of them, in my opinion, are idiots (especially the managers and political appointees).

 

[WampusCat43]

Recently got a summons for grand jury. One week a month for 3 months. I don't think there's any interviewing, you pretty much are doing it. However I did have a camping trip scheduled for my first week, so wondering if they would defer it.

Anyone every done grand jury? This is county, not federal.

Hey, Shuke, long time. I just served as the foreman for the Campbell Co. Grand Jury last fall. You don't have to actually sit in on the trials, just listen to the evidence from the prosecution and vote on whether it should continue to trial or not.

They're real good about letting you off for vacation. There's usually at least two extra jurors that can fill in. Just let them know ahead of time.

In ten weeks we heard nearly 300 cases - all felonies (hint - don't volunteer to be foreman. You have to swear in the cop for every case. It gets old fast).

At least 85-90% of the trials involved heroin abuse or theft to buy heroin. Cincinnati/Northern KY is ground zero for heroin in the Midwest. ("Come to the All-Star Game! Free dime bag with every ticket!").

All in all, it was fascinating look at our court system, the good guys and the bad guys. Very sad, funny and amazing at the same time. I'll follow up with some stories later.

 

[WampusCat43]

[SIZE=medium]Follow-up on the grand jury experience:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Since we only hear the prosecution side of the case, it was rare to even vote on sending it to trial or not. We rejected only three cases.[/SIZE]

1. [SIZE=medium]Some junkie hit his dad in the head with a rifle butt while his dad was driving him home to avoid a DUI. The dad dropped the charges and we decided it wasn’t worth the cost of prosecuting it. Sounds terrible but it was minor compared to the other stuff we heard.[/SIZE]
2. [SIZE=medium]Two mentally challenged teenagers decided to poison her dad. Their method was to put ground-up D-Con rat poison in his coffee grounds. At the last second she chickened out, told Dad, then fled the state, leaving little Johnny holding the bag (here’s a fact – in KY, at least, the authorities will not pursue a juvenile across state lines – which is only a couple miles in our case). Johnny had since been put back in a home and seemed to be doing well without Lolita influencing him, so we left him there. The toxicologist testified that Dad could have eaten the whole package straight and not ended up with anything more than a stomach ache.[/SIZE]
3. [SIZE=medium]Long story, but my favorite case. Sheila and Mikey shared a trailer down near the river. Mikey was a bad man – long rap sheet of drug abuse, violence, theft and drunkenness. One Saturday afternoon they started drinking, got into a fight, and Mikey loaded up his .50-cal muzzleloader. He grabbed her dog and said he was going to take it outside and shoot it. Sheila snuck up behind him on the porch and kicked him face first down the steps onto the gravel. Blood everywhere. She takes the dog and runs back inside. He takes the gun and blows the door off the trailer. The police arrive as he’s reloading.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Then it gets weirder. Cops take him to the hospital for stitches. He refuses treatment. The remaining cop – a rookie – takes him to lockup. Lockup refuses to take him because he’s bleeding profusely. Cop calls supervisor for instructions (it’s after midnight by now), who tells him to take Mikey home to his other family a few miles down the road (!!!). The testifying officer said “there will be procedural changes as a result of this.” No ****.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]More weirdness ensues. While Mikey is being ‘processed’, Sheila calls his brother-in-law Tubby and asks him for help. Tubby (described as being ‘two breaths short of a heart attack’) wisely arms himself with a .30-cal popgun and unwisely goes to the door-less trailer. Sheila passes out and Tubby sits on the front porch to await developments. Sure enough, here comes Mikey up the road, still ####-faced and looking for trouble. A fight ensues and Tubby gets his nose broken and beaten half to death. Finally, after repeated warnings, he pulls the gun and fires one round that manages to bank around and get both Mikey’s lungs and his heart. Dead right there.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]The Prosecutor’s office was actually split down the middle on whether or not Tubby used excessive force in the situation. We voted 12-0 to drop the case. This was the only case we heard where someone took another person’s life.[/SIZE]

 

[Christo]

Not getting paid for the time lost would definitely change the way I feel about serving jury duty.

Use vacation

F that! If you only get two weeks of vacation a year, and you get a summons to appear for two weeks, you're actually saying that it makes sense to use those vacation days for jury duty ? No way. I think employers should be required to provide full pay for time lost due to jury duty.

Then don't get paid

God, I hate you

I solve your problem and this is how you treat me?

 

[shuke]

Recently got a summons for grand jury. One week a month for 3 months. I don't think there's any interviewing, you pretty much are doing it. However I did have a camping trip scheduled for my first week, so wondering if they would defer it.

Anyone every done grand jury? This is county, not federal.

Hey, Shuke, long time. I just served as the foreman for the Campbell Co. Grand Jury last fall. You don't have to actually sit in on the trials, just listen to the evidence from the prosecution and vote on whether it should continue to trial or not.

They're real good about letting you off for vacation. There's usually at least two extra jurors that can fill in. Just let them know ahead of time.

In ten weeks we heard nearly 300 cases - all felonies (hint - don't volunteer to be foreman. You have to swear in the cop for every case. It gets old fast).

At least 85-90% of the trials involved heroin abuse or theft to buy heroin. Cincinnati/Northern KY is ground zero for heroin in the Midwest. ("Come to the All-Star Game! Free dime bag with every ticket!").

All in all, it was fascinating look at our court system, the good guys and the bad guys. Very sad, funny and amazing at the same time. I'll follow up with some stories later.

Hey buddy.

So I don't get this. Why can't the prosecutor's office just decide if they think they have enough evidence to indict. Seems like a waste of time.

 

[Zow]

Shuke, simple checks and balances. The grand jury is the citizens' gatekeeper to ensure the prosecutor's office isn't going overboard.

I'm many states, the state can go the route of a preliminary hearing where probable cause is determined by a judge instead of a grand jury.

 

[Poke_4_Life]

Shuke, simple checks and balances. The grand jury is the citizens' gatekeeper to ensure the prosecutor's office isn't going overboard.

I'm many states, the state can go the route of a preliminary hearing where probable cause is determined by a judge instead of a grand jury.

Also used in high profile cases like Micheal Brown where the grand jury was the ones that decided not to charge the cop that shot him. That way its not the DA's fault he wasn't charged, it was the juries fault.

Some local jurisdictions require a grand jury for every 'violent felony' or something like that. Like Woz said, to provide a check/balance.

 

[shadrap]

The Mikey, Tubby story was well told.

cheers!

 

[WampusCat43]

Shuke, simple checks and balances. The grand jury is the citizens' gatekeeper to ensure the prosecutor's office isn't going overboard.

I'm many states, the state can go the route of a preliminary hearing where probable cause is determined by a judge instead of a grand jury.

This. We just review the cases. Sometimes additional evidence is turned up. We can also recommend dropping some, if not all, of the charges.

There were a number of cases where we thought the charges might be bogus (planted evidence, etc.) but we only heard one side, so it was almost always cut-and-dried.

 

[Scoresman]

I use my vacation regularly, never really having a stockpile of days to use and I dont get paid while serving so yeah, I do everything I can to get out of it. I dont like it because I think it would be fascinating to serve on a jury but potentially missing a couple weeks or a months pay is a hardship.

I dont think employers should necessarily be forced to pay employees while on jury duty, but the government should cough up more than $5 a day, at least for people who arent getting paid. People should also not be expected to not use their vacation and save them on the off chance they get called. That's ridiculous.

 

[WampusCat43]

[SIZE=medium]These junkies buy their stuff in an area of Cincy called Over-the-Rhine. They want to get out of downtown so they cross the river to Kentucky and shoot up there. The cops pick them off constantly and easily, passed out in the parking lots of supermarkets and liquor stores or weaving down the road. Easy felony case.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]One couple pulled off at a gas station. The chick went inside and was so obviously stoned the cops were called. The one that made the arrest said “it wasn’t hard to tell who was with her; he was standing in the parking lot with the gas pump in his hand. He just couldn’t figure out which car to put it in.”[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Another guy passed out in the car while waiting to make a left turn at one of the most congested intersections in town. Fortunately, he had his foot on the brake. The cop walked up from behind, reached over and put the truck into park, and turned off the engine.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]We had multiple instances of women being pulled over (often with children in the car), being told that they were going to jail and would be searched, and asked if they had anything to declare. “No.” Sure enough, upon getting to jail, syringes were found to be inserted where they shouldn’t be.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Some guy posted a disparaging Facebook comment about a woman. She marched over to his house, called him out on the lawn, and stabbed him. This stuff does actually happen.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]There’s a sleazy motel right across from the stadiums that the cops stake out all the time. Ran the plate on a pickup parked there, found a warrant outstanding, and went to the guy’s room. He answered the door, plastered, and they saw meth paraphernalia on the table (only meth case we had). They entered the room and then went back into the bathroom after hearing noises. Found two more guys in the shower together. The ‘Three Musketeers’ were total strangers that had met online somehow and decided to get together in the big city and have a little party.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]The cops spotted two known felons sneaking through a neighborhood with bolt cutters in hand. The stalked them to a warehouse that they had broken into. After being arrested, they were asked why they picked this warehouse. “We heard there was pot stored there”.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]One bright spark bought a new suit at Goodwill in order to rob the bank right across the street from where he lived. Of course, after reviewing the video tape, it took about five minutes to run him down. They found him hiding in a garage behind some drywall panels. His new suit was stuffed into the ceiling tiles with the Goodwill receipt still in it.[/SIZE]

 

[Godsbrother]

Called once. 1st day was not selected was told to come back, selected day 2, showed up on day 3 and sat for a few hours until we were summoned into the courtroom where the judge informed us the case was settled out of court and thank you for your time, blah blah blah. Apparently the case involved two kids shooting BB guns at each other and one kid was shot in the eye. They sued the kid's parents, their insurance company and the Daisy BB gun company. They settled for hospital costs (roughly $25k) -- I am not sure who paid out but I know it wasn't Daisy because the guns were not defective.

It sucked that I wasted 3 days of my life but I was interview by former Steeler Dwayne Woodruff as he was the lawyer representing the BB gun manufacturer so that was pretty cool.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Strangely, I've never been called once despite living in the same small town for the last 16 years and pointlessly maintaining my voter registration the whole time.

 

[Warsteinner]

Got a letter for the first time at the beginning of this year. It was for a semi-high profile murder case lasted around 10 weeks. Much of the evidence was circumstancial, but we felt it was strong enough to convict in the first degree. Dude actually looked at us and said we were wrong after the verdict was read. I wish I had dodged the entire thing now, I keep having to answer questions about the time I spend/ have spent on this message board.

 

[Godsbrother]

Got a letter for the first time at the beginning of this year. It was for a semi-high profile murder case lasted around 10 weeks. Much of the evidence was circumstancial, but we felt it was strong enough to convict in the first degree. Dude actually looked at us and said we were wrong after the verdict was read. I wish I had dodged the entire thing now, I keep having to answer questions about the time I spend/ have spent on this message board.

I could not imagine being away from work for 10 weeks.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Got a letter for the first time at the beginning of this year. It was for a semi-high profile murder case lasted around 10 weeks. Much of the evidence was circumstancial, but we felt it was strong enough to convict in the first degree. Dude actually looked at us and said we were wrong after the verdict was read. I wish I had dodged the entire thing now, I keep having to answer questions about the time I spend/ have spent on this message board.

I could not imagine being away from work for 10 weeks.

I can

 

[comfortably numb]

Not getting paid for the time lost would definitely change the way I feel about serving jury duty.

Use vacation

F that! If you only get two weeks of vacation a year, and you get a summons to appear for two weeks, you're actually saying that it makes sense to use those vacation days for jury duty ? No way. I think employers should be required to provide full pay for time lost due to jury duty.

I've always liked the idea of the pool coming from people on unemployment 1st and then go into regular population.

My company pays me 3 days for Jury duty thankfully but I can't see how most people living pay check to paycheck could afford to just lose 1 or 2 weeks of pay or forego a vacation for jury duty.

 

[Osaurus]

Was called here in Tampa last month. Was picked in first batch of the morning. Saw the attorney for the plaintiff go in and recognized him from his billboards around town. Yeah...personal injury lawyer. Sit there for about 3+ hours listening to this guy ask as many questions as humanly possible. He starts asking me more questions and then I'm thinking "oh ####, I'm gonna get called for this one". And of course I was called. So low and behold a fender bender with medical bills which was supposed to go 3 days. In the end, they settled on the spot and I got to say I served and only wasted 2/3 of a day, but got paid by work so I was happy. Good times.

 

[Kal El]

[SIZE=medium]These junkies buy their stuff in an area of Cincy called Over-the-Rhine. They want to get out of downtown so they cross the river to Kentucky and shoot up there. The cops pick them off constantly and easily, passed out in the parking lots of supermarkets and liquor stores or weaving down the road. Easy felony case.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]One couple pulled off at a gas station. The chick went inside and was so obviously stoned the cops were called. The one that made the arrest said “it wasn’t hard to tell who was with her; he was standing in the parking lot with the gas pump in his hand. He just couldn’t figure out which car to put it in.”[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Another guy passed out in the car while waiting to make a left turn at one of the most congested intersections in town. Fortunately, he had his foot on the brake. The cop walked up from behind, reached over and put the truck into park, and turned off the engine.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]We had multiple instances of women being pulled over (often with children in the car), being told that they were going to jail and would be searched, and asked if they had anything to declare. “No.” Sure enough, upon getting to jail, syringes were found to be inserted where they shouldn’t be.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Some guy posted a disparaging Facebook comment about a woman. She marched over to his house, called him out on the lawn, and stabbed him. This stuff does actually happen.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]There’s a sleazy motel right across from the stadiums that the cops stake out all the time. Ran the plate on a pickup parked there, found a warrant outstanding, and went to the guy’s room. He answered the door, plastered, and they saw meth paraphernalia on the table (only meth case we had). They entered the room and then went back into the bathroom after hearing noises. Found two more guys in the shower together. The ‘Three Musketeers’ were total strangers that had met online somehow and decided to get together in the big city and have a little party.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]The cops spotted two known felons sneaking through a neighborhood with bolt cutters in hand. The stalked them to a warehouse that they had broken into. After being arrested, they were asked why they picked this warehouse. “We heard there was pot stored there”.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]One bright spark bought a new suit at Goodwill in order to rob the bank right across the street from where he lived. Of course, after reviewing the video tape, it took about five minutes to run him down. They found him hiding in a garage behind some drywall panels. His new suit was stuffed into the ceiling tiles with the Goodwill receipt still in it.[/SIZE]

Classy bunch of folks.

 

[Billy Bats]

Sat on two jurys. One was an attempted murder case that the prosecution had zero evidence. Can't believe it actually went to trial. They were all bad dudes and it may have happened, but without one shred of decent evidence the case was over relatively quickly.

The second case was unreal. A typical "sure everyone" BS case where an overweight hog sued a chair manufacturer because her fat ### fell off of it at work. The plaintiff's attorneys brought in everyone from engineers to chair designers to psychologists begging for a few bucks. It was a monumental waste of time and taxpayer dollars. We told her to hit the road and lose a few pounds.

 

[cheeseypoof]

Got excused by the Defense during jury selection in a medical malpractice case. Lasted about a minute in the jury box. Was excused when they found out I had a Bachelors of Science degree in Environmental Science. The defense was dismissing everybody that had any sort of scientific background.

 

[Poke_4_Life]

Strangely, I've never been called once despite living in the same small town for the last 16 years and pointlessly maintaining my voter registration the whole time.

At least in my area they use driver's license registration now and not voter registration, bigger pool of jurors and also doesn't discourage voter registration.

 

[Sabertooth]

You people who #### out call yourselves Americans? Jfc, it's the least you could do. Notebook updated.

 

[Zow]

You people who #### out call yourselves Americans? Jfc, it's the least you could do. Notebook updated.

Eh, as a criminal attorney I appreciate those who ##### out on jury duty. I wouldn't want somebody's fate in their hands.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Got a letter for the first time at the beginning of this year. It was for a semi-high profile murder case lasted around 10 weeks. Much of the evidence was circumstancial, but we felt it was strong enough to convict in the first degree. Dude actually looked at us and said we were wrong after the verdict was read. I wish I had dodged the entire thing now, I keep having to answer questions about the time I spend/ have spent on this message board.

I could not imagine being away from work for 10 weeks.

I can

Plus, summers off.

 

[Leviathan]

Question for California lawyer FBGs: Is a "court day" equivalent to a "business day"?

Monday through Friday?