Son of a....ARG!!!! - Page 2

GateandGarden · #16 08-17-2005, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Lux

Cool cases? Fun times? I'd rather completely dull cases.

I have to say that that comment really surprised me, too. I can't imagine those trial would have been "cool" or "fun." Certainly not the murder case. Maybe the poster was being sarcastic and I didn't catch that.

littlecricket2 · #17 08-17-2005, 10:18 PM

Yeah, I was a juror for a first degree murder trial and although it was somewhat educational, I definitely wouldn't call it "cool."

Miss Vicky · #18 08-17-2005, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

I got my Jury Duty summons today. My mom is on hers right now. How the hell can I get out of this shiz!!!!! I am supposed to leave for Colorado on September 16th and the JD is on September 6th. That is 10 days, but if I get picked, I'm gonna be livid.

DAMMMIIIIIITTTTT!!!!!!

Anyone got any tips on not getting picked?

Last time I had jury duty (which I have again on Sept 1

) I told the judge that I couldn't do it because of a hardship (I don't have a driver's license and the courthouse is out of town. I had to take a taxi to get there). But I had a backup plan. The defendant was accused of resisting arrest (among other things, obviously) and I was going to lie and say that I could not make an unbiased decision because I believe that anybody who resists arrest does so because they are guilty.

Jessica Leigh · #19 08-17-2005, 10:41 PM

oh god i would be awful. everything is funny to me. i would ask them "hey do we get to fry this guy if we find him guilty? cause i am for the death penalty and i figure the sooner we fry him, the less tax dollars of mine will be spent to feed him in prison" and then i would laugh.

i was called once when i was 19, but i got the letter a week before i moved to another county so i was dismissed without ever having to go down there. i was kind of bummed- i would have liked to have gone and said some stupid things. then again, maybe they knew what they were doing when the voting age was 21... keep the young and goofy kids out of jury duty.

Chilly Willy · #20 08-18-2005, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

I have to say that that comment really surprised me, too. I can't imagine those trial would have been "cool" or "fun." Certainly not the murder case. Maybe the poster was being sarcastic and I didn't catch that.

Poorly expressed. I wasn't suggesting that someone's death was "cool" or that being responsible for someone's future was "fun." In fact, those were the least pleasant aspects of the experience. Being in the courtroom with victims' families and being a part of sending a young kid off to prison has completely put me off the dramatization and sensationalization of crime that passes for news these days. Yeah, I think most of these scumbags should fry, but when the guy (or girl) is looking you in the eye, you had best be very serious in making that decision and be sure that he (or she) is, in fact, a scumbag. But I feel that everyone should participate in the system and face up to that responsibility. And overall, the experience has always been very positive (for me, anyhow).

If your future was in the hands of a jury, would you want that jury to be comprised of 12 people too stupid to get out of jury duty? (I heard that somewhere, just can't remember where.)

The "cool" and "fun" part was learning how the courts really work (or don't work, at times). Why do cases sometimes go to federal courts instead of the county/state system? What are the differences between the two? What are big-time lawyers really like when they're speechifyin'? What really happens in the jury room? Are all prosecutors just waiting for their chance to run for governor? (YES!)