Jury Duty

posted by justincredible

It's finally my turn and I do have to report to the courthouse on Monday.

Hope you get a drug case.

It’s insane anything has to be paid for

I always wanted to get called, do my civic duty, plus always was interested in court tv shows and movies. 

My mom had been on 2 different tough cases in the past (a murder and a rape case). 

So I get called…I get put on a jury….

It’s a woman suing Marc’s grocery store for pain and suffering because her cart went to fall over and she twisted her back when she tried to catch it.

I wish I was kidding, 3 total days of my life I will never get back.

Jury took a total of 15 min to side with Marc’s…and 12 of those minutes were basically reading over evidence again to waste time just to make it look like we didn’t have our mind already made up.

posted by jmog

I always wanted to get called, do my civic duty, plus always was interested in court tv shows and movies. 

My mom had been on 2 different tough cases in the past (a murder and a rape case). 

So I get called…I get put on a jury….

It’s a woman suing Marc’s grocery store for pain and suffering because her cart went to fall over and she twisted her back when she tried to catch it.

I wish I was kidding, 3 total days of my life I will never get back.

Jury took a total of 15 min to side with Marc’s…and 12 of those minutes were basically reading over evidence again to waste time just to make it look like we didn’t have our mind already made up.

Oh my, lol!

The dark side of jury duty: You think you're being summoned to do something significant and help provide justice for some heinous act...and what you actually get is some random nobody trying to scam a business as her latest get-rich scheme.

posted by Heretic

Oh my, lol!

The dark side of jury duty: You think you're being summoned to do something significant and help provide justice for some heinous act...and what you actually get is some random nobody trying to scam a business as her latest get-rich scheme.

Exactly what the case was.

Her lawyer, once Marc’s showed them the maintenance records of the shopping carts months before the trial, should have told her we have no case and if you want to continue you will need a new attorney.

The law, as the judge read it to us, is that Marc’s had to be proven negligent by never doing routine maintenance on the carts. So case was over as soon as the maintenance records were shown.

posted by gut

Before tax :)

Do you at least get a free lunch?

No such thing

TANSTAAFL. 

I did not get called to the first jury. About 1/3 of the group here today did. 

Called twice.

The first was for someone who was visiting a "friend" who stole that person's purse on their way out. It seemed fairly clear cut, but it also seemed as if several jurors were more concerned about getting done fast than to do the job. For that reason, I was one of the dissenters in a 10-2 initial vote. After reviewing the evidence, we convicted.

The second was a capital murder case that was expected to take a fair amount of time. The small company I was working for had just signed a major client and I was going to lead the project, and I was excused for that reason.

Laley's post changed my perspective on jury duty.  Credit to him. 

Got called to be on a jury but the defendant decided to plea bargain about 15 minutes before we were scheduled to start. Got sent home for the day and don't need to check back until tomorrow evening to see if I have to go in on Wednesday.

The next county over has had a rash of people not showing up for jury duty when summoned. One lady who defiantly said she wouldn't be showing up landed her butt in jail for 7 days. 

County Mounties have resorted to issuing summons to random people in retail establishments on the day of. They tried to give me one yesterday at a grocery store but i don't live in that county.

I do not have to report tomorrow. 

posted by bigorangebuck22

The next county over has had a rash of people not showing up for jury duty when summoned. One lady who defiantly said she wouldn't be showing up landed her butt in jail for 7 days. 

County Mounties have resorted to issuing summons to random people in retail establishments on the day of. They tried to give me one yesterday at a grocery store but i don't live in that county.

Send me a summons in the mail I can plan for and I’m good to go. I won’t attempt to get out unless I already have a trip planned for that period.

Hand me a summons while I’m shopping to report that day and I’m gonna resist as much as I can.

posted by justincredible

Send me a summons in the mail I can plan for and I’m good to go. I won’t attempt to get out unless I already have a trip planned for that period.

Hand me a summons while I’m shopping to report that day and I’m gonna resist as much as I can.

Apprehending shoppers is an effective way for the government to press you into service.  Resistance is futile.

Sounds like kidnapping to me.

I just got summoned for next Wednesday. Luckily, for me, my employer has Jury Duty leave so I will be paid and not forced to take any of my personal time.

So is your summons for a single day?

posted by justincredible

So is your summons for a single day?

It just listed one day on my piece of mail I received. I am supposed to call the night prior to make sure I am still needed.

I do not have to report tomorrow. I'm gonna end up only going in two days in the two week period.