Jury Duty

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Actually, if and when Orange County every figures out I live here (I've been registered to vote here for 5 years and have gotten diddly), I hope I do get selected. My company does pay for jury duty and it's something I would certainly want to be a part of at least once.

I had a friend who felt the same way (as did I) until he ended up empaneled for the Oakland Riders case. A case that lasted 18 months from the beginning of voir dire to the end of jury deliberations (which took something like six weeks all on their own).

And then ended in a hung jury.

Another coworker ended up on a capital case and while the decision was as easy as such could ever be, it haunted him for a long time.

If I ever actually end up in voir dire (in all the times I've been summoned I've yet to actually even have to go in to the courhouse) I'll be honest and not actively try to avoid it (honestly, the people in the courtroom have seen everything and you're not likely to get away with it just because you're wearing odd clothes) but I no longer actively want to do it.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I'm sorry he got selected for jury duty. Not for actually serving, as I'd like to do it myself, but for the financial hit. Most people try to get out of jury duty with the financial hardship bit, so the judges don't like to believe it.

I've only been called a couple of times, and they were DUI cases. The defense attorneys bounce me pretty quickly from those. The judges ask if you have strong feelings about DUI driving, and I very much do. The last one was a prescription drug DUI. The defense really didn't want me on that one and the questioning didn't get very far.

[Prudence]

Oh heck - even the one-day cases can be scary. Nothing like sitting in the jury room while one of your fellow jurors announces that they have reasonable doubt because they believe that space aliens might have stopped time and invisibly planted the drugs.

Not that I would know from experience, or anything.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

The judges ask if you have strong feelings about DUI driving, and I very much do.

Ken just responded that he was a member of SADD while in highschool.

We need to work on his responses.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

Of course if it's a Celebrity DUI, then he can write a book and make a million or two.

Isn't Paris Hilton's case coming up?


Poor Ken.

[Gemini Cricket]

Usually when they find out that my dad was a cop, they excuse me.
:shrug:

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Usually when they find out that my dad was a cop, they excuse me.
:shrug:

I'm sure your notorious gassiness had nothing to do with being released, eh?

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I'm sure your notorious gassiness had nothing to do with being released, eh?

I think you've discovered GC's rap name, "notorious gassiness"

[Gemini Cricket]

Could you imagine repressing the call of the snow goose in a court room? It's so quiet in there, even a held back fart could be heard.

[€uroMeinke]

I've been thanked and excused after explaining that I didn't believe objectivity was possible, that I could only render my subjective opinion (hey if objectivity were possible they wouldn't need 12 people to come to agreement about it). I have also disclaimed that I could follow the law, rules, and instructions so long as they were just laws, rules, and instructions. Stating I didn't believe in the death penalty also worked for one case.