Jury Duty

[Echewta]

in America cracks me up. I don't think I know anyone who doesn't complain, sigh, cry, try to get out of, or hate jury duty. Compared to what other countries have their citizens do, its nothing.

I'm more than happy to serve my country that way. I could only hope that someone like me is on the jury should I ever have to go to court.

[jabumbo]

i had a summons for a couple fridays ago. supposed to call in the night before to check. i forgot about it completely.


i'm glad the bailiff didn't show up at my door looking for me.

[JBernas]

I got called a couple of months ago and basically had to sit in a bare room all day waiting to see if any of the cases went to trial. None did. I wouldn't have minded actually sitting on the jury but waiting around all day for nothing was the part that sucked.

[NicRN77]

I was summonsed for Grand Jury in April and was almost chosen. I wouldn't have minded...but it was going to be once a week for SIX MONTHS!

[Bob]

i got a notice for jury duty but i couldn't get to the court on account of not having a car so i requested a transfer. they granted it and also postponed it for a year so i win i guess

[abcdefz]

I've never been seated. They ask questions, I give answers, and they throw that fish back pretty fast.

[Adam]

Is it a common thing over there? I've ever only known one guy do jury service here and no-one seems to know anyone or ever talk about it.

Do we have juries even or does the queen decide the guilt? I've always wondered what she does all day.

[Freebasser]

She sits around Buckingham Palace flicking herself off to Trisha.

[Adam]

Wonder if anyone fantasies about doing the queen?

[Audio.]

did jury duty for 2 days and got 30 bucks in return.
I was excused 2nd day.

[QueenAdrock]

Jury duty would be sweet, mostly because by law, your job has to pay for your days off. And then on top of that, you get like an extra $20 a day! Plus, what if it's an awesome case like some sort of Ted Bundy thing?

[befsquire]

omg, if i only had all day to go on about this. and if only i thought anyone would read it and take it to heart.

i pick a jury at least once a month. sometimes more. 45 of you sit there, silently, seething and trying to get out of it. some of you taint my whole panel by trying so desperately to get out of it that you ruin my client's rights. like the actor on my panel a year ago who cried when it was his turn to talk and said "i heard that if people are convicted, the guy comes and kills the jurors and i don't want to die."

yes, that really happened.

so, what, you can't give a day or two out of your year? what if it were you in the defendant's seat, facing 45 people who are pissed to be where they are. would you think there's such a thing as a fair trial?

thanks echewta; i would gladly pick you because i honestly believe you would be fair and would not pick a side regardless.

/platform

[Documad]

I know many people who would love to be on a jury but they never get called. I've never been called. No one in my family has ever been called.

We rarely get openly reluctant jurors up here unless it's a super long case.

[yeahwho]

Been pick twice within a two year period. One case was settled before we were called in.

The other was pretty interesting and the defendant waived his attorney rights and represented himself. He had been involved in assaults on guards in a high security prison. Without getting into too many details all I can say was I found 0 merit in his defense (he said he was provoked into assaults on the guards) and I learned just enough about the prison system to realize he was trying to get into fights just to have this court date.

We were told not to read the papers or read the news. After we found him guilty of assaulting the guards (for me it was a no brainer) we were told about his original crime, he murdered a friends wife for a split in insurance cash. It goes deeper than that and was headline news here in the Seattle area for a quite a few months. I didn't recognize him throughout the trial but he seemed from the outset to be "wrong".

he picked me from the group of available jurors.