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re: Do you like jury duty?
Posted on 3/25/22 at 6:49 am to theantiquetiger
Posted on 3/25/22 at 6:49 am to theantiquetiger
I’ve been summoned twice and picked twice. Both criminal cases. One was for an armed robbery of a Circle K and the other was for a 19 year old kid who started holding up people at ATMs at gun point. Cops set up a sting and caught him red handed and he still pled not guilty. We found both guilty.
I liked serving both times but unfortunately I no longer get summoned. My old employer called a judge friend of his and got me removed from the list years ago.
I liked serving both times but unfortunately I no longer get summoned. My old employer called a judge friend of his and got me removed from the list years ago.
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Posted on 3/25/22 at 7:01 am to theantiquetiger
I was on a child abuse case once and it was awful.
Dude had just got out of prison, which we weren’t allowed to know, and beat the shite out of his girlfriend’s kid while she was at work. And she was the only one w a job in the house.
Dude had just got out of prison, which we weren’t allowed to know, and beat the shite out of his girlfriend’s kid while she was at work. And she was the only one w a job in the house.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 7:03 am to redneck hippie
Im glad you guys like sitting on them so i dont have to.
I wouldnt mind a generic trial but about 10 years ago there was a drunk driver in my town that blew through a stop sign and killed a family of 4.
My buddy was on the trial and has major PTSD to this day on the stuff he had to see. Not worth it
I wouldnt mind a generic trial but about 10 years ago there was a drunk driver in my town that blew through a stop sign and killed a family of 4.
My buddy was on the trial and has major PTSD to this day on the stuff he had to see. Not worth it
Posted on 3/25/22 at 7:06 am to theantiquetiger
never been picked. i've always wanted to be on jury. i wanna send someone to jail.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 7:13 am to dallastiger55
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Im glad you guys like sitting on them so i dont have to.
Part of the reason we have runaway juries is because so many people get out of jury duty. Part of the reason we have so many ambulance chasing attorneys is because of runaway juries scarring companies into settling cases that are not worth anything for fear of a runaway jury. The same people that complain about Gordon and Dudley DeBosier are the ones getting off jury duty.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 7:17 am to theantiquetiger
First time I was summoned was while I was in graduate school for a capital murder case. Was cut during voire dire.
Just got done serving almost a year on a Grand Jury. Was interesting to say the least. Got to meet all the Richland Country deputies from LivePD. Also got a real good understanding of what areas of Columbia to avoid at all times.
Oh, and Columbia has a large number of homeless dudes who like to jerk it in public apparently.
Just got done serving almost a year on a Grand Jury. Was interesting to say the least. Got to meet all the Richland Country deputies from LivePD. Also got a real good understanding of what areas of Columbia to avoid at all times.
Oh, and Columbia has a large number of homeless dudes who like to jerk it in public apparently.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 7:35 am to theantiquetiger
I've only been called once in my lifetime and I sat in a big room with hundreds of people for about 3 hours and then got dismissed.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 7:49 am to sawtooth
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I never get picked for the jury.
Can anyone give me any recommendations on how to do it.
Don't talk. I was in a room of about 60 being screened for a civil trial. 13 were chosen. The 13 that were chosen hardly raised their hands and hardly said anything.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 7:52 am to Perse
I went once long ago. Since then, I have Issues with the system. I received the jury duty request roughly 4 more times in the last 15 yrs. I throw them in the garbage. Still waiting for the warrant.....
Posted on 3/25/22 at 7:53 am to CrappyPants
Yes your honor, I FRIMLY believe in the death penalty and I believe we don't use it enough. Now, ask me about Hammurabi's Code....
Posted on 3/25/22 at 7:55 am to theantiquetiger
I was just required to call in each week, but all the cases were pled out during my period of jury duty.
My wife got selected for a trial. Dude was not a upstanding citizen, but the prosecution did not prove the charges they brought to court.
My wife got selected for a trial. Dude was not a upstanding citizen, but the prosecution did not prove the charges they brought to court.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 7:58 am to theantiquetiger
I have jury duty again on July 11th. It will be the 3rd time I’m summoned in the last 3 years.
I feel like they are getting me back for the times I was handcuffed in the sally port waiting for court.
I feel like they are getting me back for the times I was handcuffed in the sally port waiting for court.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 7:58 am to theantiquetiger
Served once a few months after Katrina. It was a drug case that operated from the West Coast to Hawaii to NOLA.
We found the guy guilty.
I loved it and would love to do it again but have never been called back.
We found the guy guilty.
I loved it and would love to do it again but have never been called back.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 8:00 am to FemaleTiger
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FemaleTiger
Posted on 3/25/22 at 8:03 am to SuperSaint
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SuperSaint
Careful there, killer. It could be rmnldr again. That didn't go so well for you...
Posted on 3/25/22 at 8:08 am to fallguy_1978
It will make you lose faith in humanity.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 8:10 am to theantiquetiger
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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.
They use a jury for a civil suit? I always thought that was ruled on by a judge only
Posted on 3/25/22 at 8:16 am to theantiquetiger
Served on a murder trail as the jury foreman. Did my duty but not something i enjoyed. So many opinions of a diverse group of people. Difficult to get them to agree on lunch much less convicting on murder. The guilty verdict bothered me for several days. I followed the rules and only listened to what was presented. No independent research. Plenty of witnesses with varying stories. I wondered after if we reached the correct verdict until I looked up the defendant after the trial. Recognized they had a long history of this sort of behavior that finally resulted in killing some one. They got 99 years as a result of the verdict.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 8:17 am to theantiquetiger
Summoned 5 times so far. Never selected. Wife was selected once for a carjacker/rapist. Black perp and black victim. Black juror would not vote guilty. Said she knew he did it, but too many young black men in jail, I guess she thinks more young black ladies need to be carjacked/raped. 
Posted on 3/25/22 at 8:35 am to theantiquetiger
When I lived in Gonzales. I gave the local Sherriff hell for having deputies writing tickets in our subdivision for individuals not coming to a complete stop and 3 mph over posted signs. But not for kids on golf carts, not obeying traffic rules etc.
Anyway I sent him a few emails etc. and suddenly I was called to jury duty about 5 times in 6 years or something similar.
My wife said never poke the bear lol
Anyway I sent him a few emails etc. and suddenly I was called to jury duty about 5 times in 6 years or something similar.
My wife said never poke the bear lol
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