How many of you have been called for jury duty and/or served on a jury?

Yes. I Was elected foreman. Actually I was elected vice-Forman and the foreman has a seizure at lunch so I assumed control.

been called twice

both times spent hours at the court house as each charge got pled down to a fine. not a single case went to trial

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been called twice

both times spent hours at the court house as each charge got pled down to a fine. not a single case went to trial

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my story exactly

Was foreman on a murder case in NO. Found for Murder 2 life in prison. Didn't fear retribution, but felt heavy later that night even though he was guilty.

Called twice selected once.

I got selected for the county Grand Jury. It made me believe that every single person in this country should have to serve on a Grand Jury at least once. You learn exactly what is going on around you on a regular basis.

That time they were also going to seat a jury for a civil case that involved a petrol company and a leaking tank. It was going to be boring, tedious, have multiple experts, and drag on a while. Thankfully, it got pushed back.

The second time the case was a personal injury case from a wreck. I'm sure I got struck when I raised my hand to the question, "Who here believes it is possible to fake a back injury?". I figured that wouldn't get me too far.

Yes.

Drug trafficking.

3 days.

Similar to the Rittenhouse trial in that the defense just let the prosecution hang themselves. When the prosecution rested, the defense stood up and said "The defense rests".

We voted not guilty on all charges. Guilty would have been a mandatory 25 years.


It started as a car chase, the driver was a known bad guy with warrants and cops recognized him and pursued. Our defendant was a passenger in the vehicle. The vehicle sped through a school zone, so reckless driving was one of the charges, even though the defendant wasn't driving. The car was ditched in a low-income apartment complex if you know what I mean, and they scattered. As cops comb the complex, they find both men, separately. Our defendant had nothing on him. He only admitted to what the cops already knew, that he was a passenger in the vehicle. Cops continue searching the property and find a large quantity of cocaine in the woods. Off it went to the crime lab. No fingerprints were lifted from the bag. No hair or DNA or anything to prove our defendant ever touched, handled, or owned, or ever knew anything about this bag in the woods. At the end of the day, all they could prove was that he was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by a wanted man. And these bozos charged him with crimes with 25 year mandatory sentences and wasted 3 days of the court's time. It was pathetic.


ETA- I was one of three white males on the jury, the rest were black females. The oldest white male wanted to convict. When he realized nobody was budging, he agreed to vote not guilty but only after giving a speech to the black ladies along the lines of "you wonder why you have so many problems in your communities, you wonder why crime is out of control, you wonder why you don't feel safe walking your neighborhoods at night, and it's because we keep letting people like this right back out on the street. This verdict and the problems you have in your community are on you."

It was a nice and true speech, but the fact of the matter is that the state charged this man with crimes they couldn't prove he did. And somewhere deep down inside, old white man knew it. He just didn't like it.

Called once and served. 2017, 1 week trial. Nasty mf had been molesting boys for 30 years. We "deliberated" just long enough for the signature sheet to get passed around the table. The following month the judge hung his sorry arse for 72 years with no chance at release.

It was an unfortunate event but the process was extremely interesting and the bailiffs kept us very well fed.

Served two weeks on a murder trial back in 2009ish for the murder of the waiter at Olive Garden on Siegen Ln.

1) one time. sat in a huge room for like 6 hrs before they finally put me in a pool for jury selection. they took like 20 of us to the courtroom to start jury selection
2) dude was being charged with raping a small child. i remember watching his face when they read the charges and there was no emotion, just a blank stare. The whole thing made me sick and furious and filled me with rage. i was excused and i assume because i have kids.

I served on a jury for a federal drug case...low level shite. Defendant was a moron.

We couldn't take our cell phones into the building. I read a lot of Stephen King.