Jury Duty

#29
#29
Sorry, but I believe it is a duty as an American citizen to serve when called. Phony excuses don't fly with me.
 
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hmanvolfan said:
Welp, got my letter today for jury duty. I won't be able to do it because I'm on short term disability trying to recover from chemotherapy treatment for lung cancer.
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Dang, hman. Best of luck with your treatment. Praying for you.
 
#32
#32
I got a letter to appear for jury duty during the week of final exams while I was a student at UT. Called the judges office and they told me not to come in.
 
#33
#33
I've been on federal duty in Knoxville. Only time I got called, I did point out that I had read about the case in the newspaper. The judge (who was "semi-retired" and probably should have been at the house) didn't seem to care. The defense sent me on my way.
 
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Carl Pickens said:
I got called in for a federal case in Nashville a couple of years ago. I walked into the court room for the jury selection process and the lawyers for the defendant turned around and caught my attention..... then I looked at the defendant..... I knew him.

As soon as the indictments were read the judge asked if anyone had any prior k owledge of the case.... I raised my hand.... said I knew the defendant..... judge said "I believe we're through with you Mr.Pickens"..... I said cool
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Few years back I got called for jury duty. They went through the whole do you know the person questions. They asked if they would trust them on what they say. They told us the arresting state trooper's name. One lady raised her hand. Judge said how. She said "he's my son". Judge was like I guess we don't need to know anymore from you. Have a great day.
 
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I don't understand why people try to get out of jury duty. Yeah, I guess if it costs you money you would, but I think of it as my civic duty.
I've been on jury duty 3 times and I was sequestered once.
The fascinating thing about jury duty is that you find out what douche bags our judicial system is. Everything seems to be weighted towards the prosecution. They have all of the "reputable" witnesses and the money to throw behind how the person on trial is guilty.
The assigned defenders seem to be either incompetent or stupid, or both.
That being said you would be amazed at how willing people are to hear the evidence and actually render a verdict that everyone thinks is fair.
 
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DancingOutlaw said:
Going through jury selection is sobering. You basically wind up with 14 people who couldn't come up with a good enough excuse to get out of it. Consequently they want out of there as fast as possible. I was on a civil trial for 10 days, I took 15 pages of notes. Most others had zero. One woman did crosswords and read devotions. Others doodled. We were done deliberating in a couple hours. People's opinions had little to do with the facts of the case and mostly if one attorney was mean or the other was dumb. I cannot imagine your life or livelihood hanging in the balance of a jury.
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That's an illustration of why we need good people who take the responsibility seriously, such as yourself, ON the jury, not just trying to get off it. I served on one and think I helped make a difference.
 
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VolStrom said:
I don't understand why people try to get out of jury duty. Yeah, I guess if it costs you money you would, but I think of it as my civic duty.
I've been on jury duty 3 times and I was sequestered once.
The fascinating thing about jury duty is that you find out what douche bags our judicial system is. Everything seems to be weighted towards the prosecution. They have all of the "reputable" witnesses and the money to throw behind how the person on trial is guilty.
The assigned defenders seem to be either incompetent or stupid, or both.
That being said you would be amazed at how willing people are to hear the evidence and actually render a verdict that everyone thinks is fair.
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I'm supposed to be called back in for jury duty in April. I was scheduled to serve in November and December, but I'm self employed and that's my busiest time of the year.... by far... so the judge gave me a break.
 
#42
#42
Because a trial lawyer's job is to convince a jury to vote in favor of their client and they could form an opinion in a trial and have the argumentative skills to convince the other jurors to go along with him whether they believed the same way or not.
 
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hmanvolfan said:
Because a trial lawyer's job is to convince a jury to vote in favor of their client and they could form an opinion in a trial and have the argumentative skills to convince the other jurors to go along with him whether they believed the same way or not.
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That's why they'll probably kick me. It's not automatic though
 
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hmanvolfan said:
Because a trial lawyer's job is to convince a jury to vote in favor of their client and they could form an opinion in a trial and have the argumentative skills to convince the other jurors to go along with him whether they believed the same way or not.
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I had a prosecutor tell me that she wouldn't have a problem leaving certain defense attorneys on a jury because we (defense attorneys) hear bull**** defenses all of the time and can see through them. Not sure if she would actually do it.

But there are all kinds of attorneys (real estate, business transactions, corporate, etc.), and they don't all know how to try a case.
 
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VolGee4 said:
I had a prosecutor tell me that she wouldn't have a problem leaving certain defense attorneys on a jury because we (defense attorneys) hear bull**** defenses all of the time and can see through them. Not sure if she would actually do it.

But there are all kinds of attorneys (real estate, business transactions, corporate, etc.), and they don't all know how to try a case.
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To be fair, do you not think that the average person can see through bullshiite? You don't need to be an attorney to figure out someone is blowing smoke.
 
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hmanvolfan said:
Because a trial lawyer's job is to convince a jury to vote in favor of their client and they could form an opinion in a trial and have the argumentative skills to convince the other jurors to go along with him whether they believed the same way or not.
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I was actually thinking he could be in a position to be on the appeal case. (if it came to that)

Serious conflict of interest there.
 
#48
#48
Got called up to a courtroom. It was a murder trial expected to last 21 court days. Judge excused all of us that were unable to go that long. Never asked a single question but I knew the DA. He would've kicked me off anyways. Neat experience otherwise
 
#50
#50
Got picked both times I was called. :pinch:
 
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