:cool:

tell us about the case.

i will, if selected. and ill draw pictures of the courtroom. and of the dead bodies.

hopefully im low on the list.

i thought that i would be excused, since i used to work at the county jail and my moms an attorney, but i guess not.

its cool though. school hasnt started yet.

one where you have to go? Once i got called for jury duty but the case never made it to the point where they needed jurors. Apparantly that happens a lot.

my mom got it too and she said she "didn't like their kind" about black people and they let her go. :rofl: she's the least racist person i know, she just really didn't want to go and knew that would get her out of it.

well, if they settle before the 18th, im good.

Originally posted by Mirror_Untrue
my mom got it too and she said she "didn't like their kind" about black people and they let her go. :rofl: she's the least racist person i know, she just really didn't want to go and knew that would get her out of it.

hahah

just be like 'i think he looks guilty' really loud to another juror.

i could never get jury duty here because i am a student of criminology and know more about the law than a 'regular' person would.

Originally posted by meow
i could never get jury duty here because i am a student of criminology and know more about the law than a 'regular' person would.

like i said, i worked at the county jail for 2 years, my moms an attorney.

they dont care.

they are not picky.

Originally posted by tootsie


like i said, i worked at the county jail for 2 years, my moms an attorney.

they dont care.

they are not picky.

you live in the US of A... i think its different here

did you just get the letter, or have you already gone?

Originally posted by meow


you live in the US of A... i think its different here

oh im sorry. i assumed, and i shouldnt have :)

i have not yet gone. i really hope they do settle. if not, thats cool too.

i seriously must get called at least once a year, if not every 6 months for jury duty. i always say that i'm a student and i can't miss class, and get out of it every time... but then its like, as soon as summer comes, i get called right away again. grrrr. i've never had to go though, i always get out of it.

Originally posted by tootsie


oh im sorry. i assumed, and i shouldnt have :)

i have not yet gone. i really hope they do settle. if not, thats cool too.

because if you get the letter that doesn't mean you automatically go... (here) they take names off the voter's list... they don't take you off the voter's list if you are ineligable... you still go and then tell them why

do they still give compensation? Though i think its minimal.

Originally posted by meow


because if you get the letter that doesn't mean you automatically go... (here) they take names off the voter's list... they don't take you off the voter's list if you are ineligable... you still go and then tell them why

yeah the letter came earlier....this one was a phone call.

i could try to get out of it but im not going to.

Originally posted by alisonmonster
do they still give compensation? Though i think its minimal.

Yeah, they don't pay you for like...the first 10 days...and then all you get is like, 50 bucks a day or something...which totally sucks if you have to pay for all your gas/parking for the first 10 days and on. totally not worth it.

did i already post about this?

my dad was on a jury where a guy got viagra from some doctors and died while having sex with his estranged wife. his delinquent sons and daughter sued the doctors. the court found in favor of the doctors.

I wish I could get jury duty. :(

I'd have a hard time finding people guilty of crimes I don't think should exist as such. Like if it were a drug case, I'd have a hard time putting in a guilty verdict even if it were apparent the person had done what they were accused of.

Originally posted by alisonmonster
one where you have to go? Once i got called for jury duty but the case never made it to the point where they needed jurors. Apparantly that happens a lot.


Yeah, this happens a lot.. That, and during the voir dire, you'll probably be excused anyway. Anyway, odds are, there are 12 other people there that they'd want more, for whatever reasons.


I've never been called for jury duty, but I'm a student anyway, so it doesn't really matter

I was called for jury duty once, but I couldn't get out of it even though I WAS a student. New rule I guess. Anyway, I was too far down on the list so it didn't matter anyway. I just thought it sucked that I could've missed a ton of school and no one care.

I got called for jury duty a week after I became a citizen. Lucky me. Anyway, I went as this snotty 19 year old who didn't think he would get picked to serve as a juror. When they started to ask us questions, I heard all these people before me give the most stupid answers in order to avoid serving on a jury. I answered truthfully and got picked. It turned out to be a malpractice case and lasted 2 weeks or so. I won't go into much detail. When it came down to deliberations, one lady didn't want to vote not guilty because she thought the family should get something out of their daughters death. We convinced her after about 2 hrs and voted not guilty. The only thing that made me sick was all the doctors shaking hands and cheering while the family just sat there sad. Yes, they had just tried to sue them for about 10 million dollars, but they still could have showed a little sympathy.

Originally posted by Esty
I got called for jury duty a week after I became a citizen. Lucky me. Anyway, I went as this snotty 19 year old who didn't think he would get picked to serve as a juror. When they started to ask us questions, I heard all these people before me give the most stupid answers in order to avoid serving on a jury. I answered truthfully and got picked. It turned out to be a malpractice case and lasted 2 weeks or so. I won't go into much detail. When it came down to deliberations, one lady didn't want to vote not guilty because she thought the family should get something out of their daughters death. We convinced her after about 2 hrs and voted not guilty. The only thing that made me sick was all the doctors shaking hands and cheering while the family just sat there sad. Yes, they had just tried to sue them for about 10 million dollars, but they still could have showed a little sympathy.

hahaha SHUT DOWN
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Originally posted by alexthestampede


hahaha SHUT DOWN
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Ah, its good to know you are still the same as ever Mr. Stampede.

Originally posted by Esty


Ah, its good to know you are still the same as ever Mr. Stampede.

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Originally posted by alisonmonster
do they still give compensation? Though i think its minimal.

my sister in law did jury duty... 10 bucks a day plus food or something

Originally posted by tootsie


i could try to get out of it but im not going to.

way to do your civic duty

plz let us know about the case!

Originally posted by meow


because if you get the letter that doesn't mean you automatically go... (here) they take names off the voter's list... they don't take you off the voter's list if you are ineligable... you still go and then tell them why

That's how they do it in the U.S. too. However, when you change your voter registration, you are supposed to be removed as a voter from your previous location (to prevent you from voting in more than one place and all)...but, they almost never actually do that. So, I keep getting letters about jury duty (the post office is so good about forwarding and forwarding and forwarding those) for states I no longer live in.

i REALLY want to serve jury duty

i've been hoping to get called... i can't wait.

Originally posted by Mirror_Untrue
my mom got it too and she said she "didn't like their kind" about black people and they let her go. :rofl: she's the least racist person i know, she just really didn't want to go and knew that would get her out of it.

Sometimes people on the other side will want someone like that for their side. Someone I know of did the same thing and was selected based on that.

Originally posted by Sam and Mike


That's how they do it in the U.S. too. However, when you change your voter registration, you are supposed to be removed as a voter from your previous location (to prevent you from voting in more than one place and all)...but, they almost never actually do that. So, I keep getting letters about jury duty (the post office is so good about forwarding and forwarding and forwarding those) for states I no longer live in.

I heard they don't do this anymore because people weren't registering to vote for that reason.

I know a few people who weren't registered and who were called.

Originally posted by KrazeeStacee


I heard they don't do this anymore because people weren't registering to vote for that reason.

I know a few people who weren't registered and who were called.

It is quite possible it varies by state. However, in several states, you are automatically registered to vote when you renew your driver's license. And even without that automatic registration, there are a shitload of people wandering around out there who are registered to vote but think they are not.

Additionally, for me, voter reg is the only way they got my info...as I never held a state i.d. or driver's license for any of those states where I got called to jury duty.

How did my name get on the jury duty list?
Your name was selected at random from information compiled by the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Elections Department.

Originally posted by Sam and Mike


It is quite possible it varies by state. However, in several states, you are automatically registered to vote when you renew your driver's license. And even without that automatic registration, there are a shitload of people wandering around out there who are registered to vote but think they are not.

huh. That's weird I never knew that.