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Any of you baws ever serve on a grand jury?
Posted on 2/20/18 at 11:42 pm
Posted on 2/20/18 at 11:42 pm
What can I expect? Any reasonable way of getting out of it? State, (Louisiana) not federal.
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Posted on 2/20/18 at 11:44 pm to Jim Rockford
You might get sequestered and have a little vacay.
Posted on 2/20/18 at 11:49 pm to Jim Rockford
on the information sheet that you have to complete....mark college graduate....the defense attorney will take care of the rest.
you are welcome
you are welcome
Posted on 2/20/18 at 11:50 pm to Jim Rockford
Just do your duty.
Posted on 2/20/18 at 11:52 pm to KillTheGophers
As best I can tell, it doesn't work that way with grand juries. If they draw your name, you're pretty much stuck unless you can prove hardship.
Posted on 2/20/18 at 11:54 pm to KillTheGophers
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on the information sheet that you have to complete....mark college graduate....the defense attorney will take care of the rest. you are welcome
I have a college degree, I was selected for jury duty.
Posted on 2/20/18 at 11:55 pm to EA6B
Congrats on your degree from UL-L.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:01 am to Jim Rockford
I don't know about Louisiana, but I am on it right now in GA. We meet once a month for 6 months, it hasn't been bad. They present the cases to us, then as a group, you decide whether or not to pass it through to court. We have finished before 11:30 every time we have met.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:02 am to KillTheGophers
I have a college degree, and I am Law Enforcement. They don't give a shite as long as they got a body in there.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:05 am to Jim Rockford
Grand jury is nothing like a trial jury. It’s totally secret, with just the prosecutor presenting witnesses and evidence. Not even a judge. The GJ decides whether the prosecutor has shown probable cause for the charges. If yes, an indictment issues and the person is charged with the crime. The GJ’s job on the case is done.
LA requires a grand jury indictment only for crimes with a life or death sentence at stake, so pretty much murder and agg rape. Sometimes they will run a politically sensitive case through the grand jury (mayor’s son gets a DWI) and do a shite job of presentation. The GJ doesn’t indict, and the DA gets to blame it on the GJ. No one will ever know he tanked the case. That sort of thing is pretty rare, but it happens.
It probably won’t take much of your time, maybe just a day a month or so, especially if it’s a country parish, and it will likely be a very interesting experience. I think the term is only six months.
LA requires a grand jury indictment only for crimes with a life or death sentence at stake, so pretty much murder and agg rape. Sometimes they will run a politically sensitive case through the grand jury (mayor’s son gets a DWI) and do a shite job of presentation. The GJ doesn’t indict, and the DA gets to blame it on the GJ. No one will ever know he tanked the case. That sort of thing is pretty rare, but it happens.
It probably won’t take much of your time, maybe just a day a month or so, especially if it’s a country parish, and it will likely be a very interesting experience. I think the term is only six months.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:17 am to Twenty 49
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It probably won’t take much of your time, maybe just a day a month or so, especially if it’s a country parish, and it will likely be a very interesting experience. I think the term is only six months.
False. Try pretty much every Thursday for a year. I speak from experience
Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:25 am to Jim Rockford
Just tell em you hate blacks and your guaranteed to get off
Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:27 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:28 am to Jim Rockford
Tell them you're racist
Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:31 am to CP3
You must be in Cameron Parish.
Art. 414. Time for impaneling grand juries; period of service
A. A grand jury shall be impaneled twice a year in each parish, except in the parish of Cameron in which at least one grand jury shall be impaneled each year.
B. The court shall fix the time at which a grand jury shall be impaneled, but no grand jury shall be impaneled for more than eight months, nor less than four months, except in the parish of Cameron in which the grand jury may be impaneled for a year.
Art. 414. Time for impaneling grand juries; period of service
A. A grand jury shall be impaneled twice a year in each parish, except in the parish of Cameron in which at least one grand jury shall be impaneled each year.
B. The court shall fix the time at which a grand jury shall be impaneled, but no grand jury shall be impaneled for more than eight months, nor less than four months, except in the parish of Cameron in which the grand jury may be impaneled for a year.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 7:17 am to Jim Rockford
Wear this shirt and you will be good to go...
Posted on 2/21/18 at 7:17 am to Jim Rockford
DA bringing charges against Hillary? Do your duty, son
Posted on 2/21/18 at 8:13 am to Twenty 49
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You must be in Cameron Parish
Nope
Also there's no "be racist and you'll get off" for grand jury. They literally pick numbers out of a box
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:16 am to KillTheGophers
It is disheartening how few of you know the difference between being on a trial jury and grand jury.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:27 am to Jim Rockford
Served on a grand jury once. Five days (maybe 300 cases presented) and then not called back - but we could have been. The first two and a half days we did nothing but drug cases and I soon began to pray, "Please God, let them stop." And then we finished drugs and they started wife and child beaters. One hour later I was so sorry we weren't doing drug cases.
There is some really bad scum out there and it feels like you get it all over you during Grand Jury. I have no idea how cops do what they must do each day.
Touring/inspecting the Jail (a requirement for grand juries in Mississippi) was interesting.
There is some really bad scum out there and it feels like you get it all over you during Grand Jury. I have no idea how cops do what they must do each day.
Touring/inspecting the Jail (a requirement for grand juries in Mississippi) was interesting.
This post was edited on 2/21/18 at 9:32 am
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