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Ever have interesting jury duty?
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:00 pm
When I was in banland I was on a jury in Lake Charles. Was a case against an ex catholic priest charged with two counts of aggravated rape against minors and a bunch of other fricked up shite from back in the 80's. If you've seen Spotlight then you understand why it just now came to trial. He got two consecutive life sentences which was the max we could give him. Trial took two weeks and was informative as hell considering I'm not catholic.
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Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:01 pm to BOSCEAUX
Sending a Priest to prison for life sounds like a quick ticket to Hell. May God have mercy on you.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:01 pm to BOSCEAUX
No. Ive always been let go because they do plea bargains.
Ive always wanted to serve on a jury and hope i get to one day.
Ive always wanted to serve on a jury and hope i get to one day.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:04 pm to NaturalBeam
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Sending a Priest to prison for life sounds like a quick ticket to Hell.
I think raping kids trumps that.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:05 pm to NaturalBeam
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Ever have interesting jury duty? by NaturalBeam Sending a Priest to prison for life sounds like a quick ticket to Hell. May God have mercy on you.
I would have gave him the needle if it was an option. Dude is a sick pedo frick.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:05 pm to BOSCEAUX
Yep, drug case, 2nd offense, he refused a public defender. He was his own lawyer, didn't have a high school education....
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:06 pm to BOSCEAUX
Was on a murder trial in Orleans Parish last year.
Weird thing is, I'm a lawyer. How I made that jury shocks me.
So, of course, I was jury foreman. He got life.
Weird thing is, I'm a lawyer. How I made that jury shocks me.
So, of course, I was jury foreman. He got life.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:07 pm to BOSCEAUX
Ever hear of the Scranton Strangler? I was the only one on the jury who thought he was innocent.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:08 pm to BOSCEAUX
Yep got picked on jury for a rape case. As soon as they showed the first gory picture, 10 minutes into the trial, I fainted and pissed my pants.
Got excused from the trial right after. Drove back to BR and went to class that night.
Got excused from the trial right after. Drove back to BR and went to class that night.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:09 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Was on a murder trial in Orleans Parish last year. Weird thing is, I'm a lawyer. How I made that jury shocks me. So, of course, I was jury foreman. He got life.
We had a lawyer that handled civil cases on our jury.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:10 pm to BOSCEAUX
I wasn't selected for the final jury but had to sit through the selection process in a federal trial involving Medicare/Medicaid fraud. The defense attorney team put on a complete clown show while the FBI agents and attorneys just sat there and said virtually nothing. The FBI had stacks of evidence they rolled in on dolleys and it appeared they thought their case was so solid it didn't matter who made up the jury.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:11 pm to BOSCEAUX
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We had a lawyer that handled civil cases on our jury.
I wouldn't want one on my jury
Some states have exemptions where lawyers can just pull themselves off a jury if they want.
One common rationale being the other jurors will be overly influenced by the lawyer on the jury, which I could definitely see happening.
This post was edited on 4/20/16 at 3:12 pm
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:12 pm to CoachKlein
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Ever hear of the Scranton Strangler? I was the only one on the jury who thought he was innocent.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:15 pm to BOSCEAUX
Right before jury selection started the guy took a plea deal but the judge brought all potential jurors back in to the courthouse to announce the plea deal.
I guess to further embarrass the guy, the judge allowed the prosecutor to describe the crime in detail. Basically the guy was a welder and welded together this huge curved steel dildo that he used on his own arse while making his step children watch.
It was a huge PowerPoint presentation complete with pictures of his self-fricking tool.
I guess to further embarrass the guy, the judge allowed the prosecutor to describe the crime in detail. Basically the guy was a welder and welded together this huge curved steel dildo that he used on his own arse while making his step children watch.
It was a huge PowerPoint presentation complete with pictures of his self-fricking tool.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:16 pm to BOSCEAUX
I haven't registered to vote since Reagan's 1st term so I don't get jury summons.
Not like any DA would allow me on a jury anyway since I know the difference between illegality and criminality (think drug possession or looting after Katrina: water/food looting is illegal, not criminal, stereos/tv's criminal). I also would never convict for some nonsense law or just to take someone off the streets (make the case or GTFO, if the thug/brute/etc is smarter than the investigotrs so be it).
Not like any DA would allow me on a jury anyway since I know the difference between illegality and criminality (think drug possession or looting after Katrina: water/food looting is illegal, not criminal, stereos/tv's criminal). I also would never convict for some nonsense law or just to take someone off the streets (make the case or GTFO, if the thug/brute/etc is smarter than the investigotrs so be it).
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:19 pm to BOSCEAUX
Actually sat on a jury only once and they had me as the jury foreman. The case was armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. The guy was accused of going into a video store/tanning bed place one morning before it opened, pistol whipping the women who worked there, and stealing the money from the cash register.
The whole case the DA brought against him was based on the pistol whipped lady picking his picture out of a line-up book of all local juvenile offenders (guy was actually like 19 or 20 by this time though). They also had a video from a store next door that was supposed to show him going in. In the video the guy had a red hooide on with the top pulled up. The only part of the guy that can actually be seen is his forearm which is quite muscular. You could not see his face in the video at all.
The defense built their case on the fact the defendant had several people testify he was nowhere near the store that morning. His boss testified when he picked him up (which would have put him in this guy's truck at the time of the crime). The boss also had receipts showing them being at Home Depot in B'ham not much later which means they had to go straight there without stopping anywhere, much less long enough to pistol whip and rob a place. His neighbor testified that he saw the boss pick him up and leave with him. They even wheeled this guy's little old grandmother in there to testify she was there when he left with his boss. In addition to this, the defense pointed out despite repeated attempts and searches the cops had never found this red hoodie, the gun, or the money he was supposed to have stolen. There were no prints of his in the place, no trace he'd ever been there. And on top of all this, the guy's forearms were about as big around as a #2 pencil while the guy in the video had huge forearms.
Needless to say when we got into the deliberation room everyone was ready to vote not guilty. We didn't even have to talk it over due to the overwhelming proof this guy could not have done the crime. I left the court house that day feeling terrified how inept and stupid the DA for where I lives looked that day.
The whole case the DA brought against him was based on the pistol whipped lady picking his picture out of a line-up book of all local juvenile offenders (guy was actually like 19 or 20 by this time though). They also had a video from a store next door that was supposed to show him going in. In the video the guy had a red hooide on with the top pulled up. The only part of the guy that can actually be seen is his forearm which is quite muscular. You could not see his face in the video at all.
The defense built their case on the fact the defendant had several people testify he was nowhere near the store that morning. His boss testified when he picked him up (which would have put him in this guy's truck at the time of the crime). The boss also had receipts showing them being at Home Depot in B'ham not much later which means they had to go straight there without stopping anywhere, much less long enough to pistol whip and rob a place. His neighbor testified that he saw the boss pick him up and leave with him. They even wheeled this guy's little old grandmother in there to testify she was there when he left with his boss. In addition to this, the defense pointed out despite repeated attempts and searches the cops had never found this red hoodie, the gun, or the money he was supposed to have stolen. There were no prints of his in the place, no trace he'd ever been there. And on top of all this, the guy's forearms were about as big around as a #2 pencil while the guy in the video had huge forearms.
Needless to say when we got into the deliberation room everyone was ready to vote not guilty. We didn't even have to talk it over due to the overwhelming proof this guy could not have done the crime. I left the court house that day feeling terrified how inept and stupid the DA for where I lives looked that day.
This post was edited on 4/20/16 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:23 pm to Lazy But Talented
For some reason I am the guy that always get picked to serve on a jury. My first time ever was a trial involving local and state police storming a house and arresting the defendant and a large quantity of drugs, cocaine.
State lab guy brought all the drugs into the court room in a Winn Dixie grocery bag, folded and stapled shut. As he testified he opened the bag and brought our zip lock bags, saying this was in the bed room or that was in the bath room closet.
When we went to the jury room one the jurors said, " that boy aint guilty cause how was he to know what was in that winn dixie bag?" A retired Colonel tried to explain to her how the drugs got into the bag. She replied she knew what was in her grocery bags and how could that boy know since it was sealed shut.
This led to an argument between the two and I knew this would end in a mistrial. The foreman tried to restore order but as they say, alas. Jury vote was 7 guilty and 5 not. Vote went along racial lines.
State lab guy brought all the drugs into the court room in a Winn Dixie grocery bag, folded and stapled shut. As he testified he opened the bag and brought our zip lock bags, saying this was in the bed room or that was in the bath room closet.
When we went to the jury room one the jurors said, " that boy aint guilty cause how was he to know what was in that winn dixie bag?" A retired Colonel tried to explain to her how the drugs got into the bag. She replied she knew what was in her grocery bags and how could that boy know since it was sealed shut.
This led to an argument between the two and I knew this would end in a mistrial. The foreman tried to restore order but as they say, alas. Jury vote was 7 guilty and 5 not. Vote went along racial lines.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:31 pm to OlGrandad
Wait wait. The jurors got confused that the prosecution sealed that bag and that's not how the drugs were originally found?
Holy shite if so
Holy shite if so
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:35 pm to CoachKlein
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CoachKlein
If I was in a room with you , Hitler and Osama Bin Laden and I had a gun with two bullets, I would shoot you twice.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:36 pm to BOSCEAUX
Pretty much every jury duty I've had has to do with rape of a minor by an adult. One time, it was the father that was charged and the mother had birth control implanted in the daughter so she wouldn't get pregnant. During voir dire they led the Dad into the courtroom in full shackles. Luckily I didnt get picked for that one. It was a high profile case that had been in the news and the trial went a full week.
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