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Do you like jury duty?
Posted on 3/25/22 at 1:18 am
Posted on 3/25/22 at 1:18 am
I love it, I find it interesting. I’ve been on two juries.
One was a guy suing EBRP for $2.5M, from a slight fender bender with a school bus. This bus didn’t even have damage. His truck had a scuff on the front quarter panel. He made something like $12,000 a year and he was 30+ years old. His lawyer showed the breakdown of the $2.5M, from lost past and future wages, back pain, etc.
We gave him nothing.
The other was an attempted murder & attempted feticide. He shot his baby momma in the chest, she was 7.5 months pregnant.
He got at least 50 years for the attempted murder, not sure what he got for the feticide.
I try to get selected for the jury. I get paid from work, and just find it interesting.
One was a guy suing EBRP for $2.5M, from a slight fender bender with a school bus. This bus didn’t even have damage. His truck had a scuff on the front quarter panel. He made something like $12,000 a year and he was 30+ years old. His lawyer showed the breakdown of the $2.5M, from lost past and future wages, back pain, etc.
We gave him nothing.
The other was an attempted murder & attempted feticide. He shot his baby momma in the chest, she was 7.5 months pregnant.
He got at least 50 years for the attempted murder, not sure what he got for the feticide.
I try to get selected for the jury. I get paid from work, and just find it interesting.
This post was edited on 3/25/22 at 1:19 am
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Posted on 3/25/22 at 1:32 am to theantiquetiger
Did it once and loved it. Armed robbery of the Olive Garden in Lafayette. Put the guy away after his partner in crime cut a deal and ratted him out. Cops eventually found him hiding on the top shelf in a hall closet of a shitty apartment. Crazy thing was after we put him away he actually ESCAPED for Lafayette Parish Jail. Cops eventually found him hiding in a dumpster behind a gas station on Ambassador later that day. Dumbass was not very good at hiding lol
Posted on 3/25/22 at 1:49 am to theantiquetiger
I never get picked for the jury.
Can anyone give me any recommendations on how to do it.
Can anyone give me any recommendations on how to do it.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 1:56 am to theantiquetiger
I've never even been asked to show up for jury duty and I'm not sure how I feel about that.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 2:12 am to theantiquetiger
Judge Ellison (Southern District of Texas) gives a speech to potential jurors.
He describes how the founding fathers would struggle to understand the First Amendment in a 21st century world. How the Fourth applies to computers, well, they couldn’t even comprehend that.
But if you brought them to a jury trial today, they would understand it perfectly as what they intended in the Seventh. He then describes how the Founders would see jury service as being just as important as military service in guarding freedom.
After that, he reads the list of names of those who have died fighting for our country in the past week.
Nobody tries to get out of jury duty in his court.
He describes how the founding fathers would struggle to understand the First Amendment in a 21st century world. How the Fourth applies to computers, well, they couldn’t even comprehend that.
But if you brought them to a jury trial today, they would understand it perfectly as what they intended in the Seventh. He then describes how the Founders would see jury service as being just as important as military service in guarding freedom.
After that, he reads the list of names of those who have died fighting for our country in the past week.
Nobody tries to get out of jury duty in his court.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 3:57 am to theantiquetiger
I despise it but I take it as my civic duty. Doesn’t help that I live in a small parish as a newcomer so I never know anyone.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 4:14 am to theantiquetiger
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Do you like jury duty?
In a word, frickno, but it’s our civic duty, so I attend when summoned. Never been picked, and at this point probably never will.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 4:16 am to theantiquetiger
Posted on 3/25/22 at 4:19 am to theantiquetiger
Never served and almost certainly never will, no attorney is going to pick another lawyer for a jury.
I always wanted to see behind the curtain though. I have watched well over 100 mock juries deliberate my cases but I am convinced a real jury has a different feel and process. I have talked to a lot of jurors afterward but I know I am not getting the full picture.
I always wanted to see behind the curtain though. I have watched well over 100 mock juries deliberate my cases but I am convinced a real jury has a different feel and process. I have talked to a lot of jurors afterward but I know I am not getting the full picture.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 4:21 am to Twenty 49
Been summoned a few times, but there were always a plea or settlement prior to having to serve….
Posted on 3/25/22 at 4:33 am to Obtuse1
quote:Samesies
Never served and almost certainly never will, no attorney is going to pick another lawyer for a jury.
quote:Goddamn how wealthy is your firm/clients and how much are your cases worth?
I have watched well over 100 mock juries deliberate my cases
This post was edited on 3/25/22 at 5:00 am
Posted on 3/25/22 at 4:40 am to theantiquetiger
I have been summoned for jury duty three times and have never been selected.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 5:27 am to stelly1025
Every fricking time I vote I get a subpoena for jury duty. I loathe it and do everything possible to get rejected if I get all the way to the jury box for vois dire. I appreciate that it’s my “civic duty”, but I’ve done it enough now. It’s someone else’s turn.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 5:32 am to theantiquetiger
I got 1 summons and got picked that 1 time. I enjoyed it. Was a quick trial for possession of heroin with intent to distribute . Found lady guilty. Gave her 10 years probation.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 5:47 am to theantiquetiger
It's AN IMPORTANT civic duty so I take it seriously. Anyone that doesn't is an un-American POS.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 5:50 am to theantiquetiger
Hate it. I have way way way more important things to do in my day. Now, once I’m retired and need something to do, sure sign me up.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 5:57 am to theantiquetiger
yep and I always vote not guilty. if you force me to do something against my will under threat of incarceration you are my enemy.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 6:00 am to Wtodd
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It's AN IMPORTANT civic duty so I take it seriously. Anyone that doesn't is an un-American POS.
Has anyone ever been indicted for ignoring their civil duty?
Posted on 3/25/22 at 6:18 am to Obtuse1
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no attorney is going to pick another lawyer for a jury.
It happens. I personally know three Louisiana lawyers who have served on juries in state and federal courts. One served on a civil jury and, later, on a criminal jury. The others were on criminal cases. I'm sure there are many more examples than the few where I just happen to know the people and heard about it.
And the lawyers don't necessarily "pick" the jurors. They get to challenge potential jurors for cause, which challenge may be denied, or use a peremptory strike to kick them out of the pool. But once the lawyers run out of strikes, the ones who are left sitting there will make up the jury. So the lawyers really get to "unpick" people and then take who is left.
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