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re: Ever have interesting jury duty?
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:43 pm to Zappas Stache
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:43 pm to Zappas Stache
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It was a high profile case that had been in the news and the trial went a full week.
Mine went a full week and people were starting to lose it. I can't imagine how they kept the OJ jurors from jumping out of windows
Though they should be embarrassed they deliberated for only 3 hours, I can sort of understand why they did it.
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Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:48 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
quote:I've heard anecdotal evidence that jurors might not care about legal experience at all.
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.
A classmate served on a jury for a relatively high profile case. The other jurors didn't really listen to what they had to say. And I believe that this happened between law school graduation and being sworn into the state bar.
This post was edited on 4/20/16 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:55 pm to Darth_Vader
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Darth_Vader
Your story reminds me why people in general shouldn't be scorching criminal defense attorneys for doing their jobs. The constitution affords representation and your day in court. Thank goodness the defendant in your case got his. Yes, some guilty people get off and, yes, some get lighter convictions and sentences, but if the prosecution does the job right and police do their jobs right and there is enough evidence, that shouldn't happen. I'd rather see an innocent person not be convicted than a guilty one convicted because it could be me or a loved one wrongly accused. This is especially true if the death penalty is on the table.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:57 pm to BOSCEAUX
went but never called
lost the desire to go since 2010
lost the desire to go since 2010
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:59 pm to NaturalBeam
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Sending a Priest to prison for life sounds like a quick ticket to Hell. May God have mercy on you.
... 
... uhuh, sure...yeah right...
Posted on 4/20/16 at 3:59 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
I make it a point to be the best dressed guy in the jury pool room, so no, I have never been chosen.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 4:06 pm to Darth_Vader
mo-fo's b desperate to get convictions ,and only see the "bad guy" in the light they shine on him
I'm glad y'all did right, but dayum...stuff b cray
I'm glad y'all did right, but dayum...stuff b cray
Posted on 4/20/16 at 4:08 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Wait wait. The jurors got confused that the prosecution sealed that bag and that's not how the drugs were originally found?
Think about how stupid the average person is, and then realize half the people are stupider than that.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 4:08 pm to bbrownso
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And I believe that this happened between law school graduation and being sworn into the state bar.
I wouldn't have listened to him either.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 4:17 pm to WalkingTurtles
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WalkingTurtles
Posted on 4/20/16 at 4:20 pm to EarthwormJim
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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 just spit water everywhere from laughing.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 4:25 pm to boosiebadazz
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I just spit water everywhere from laughing.
I'm a better person for having read that story.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 4:36 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Wait wait. The jurors got confused that the prosecution sealed that bag and that's not how the drugs were originally found?
She thought the bag was sealed shut and sitting on a counter in the kitchen. The colonel would try to explain and she would counter with she knows what's in her grocery bag, and how could that boy see inside a sealed up bag.
I think this was the colonel's first experience with civilians. He did let her know he had been a colonel and could not understand why she did not grasp what had happened.
After the mistrial I told him, welcome to Alabama.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 4:50 pm to bbrownso
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A classmate served on a jury for a relatively high profile case. The other jurors didn't really listen to what they had to say. And I believe that this happened between law school graduation and being sworn into the state bar.
I wouldn't've listened to him either. Lawyers fresh out of law school are the worst. I sold a house I owned to an attorney 1 year out of NYU and at closing he wanted to examine every page and argue with the title company representative about all sorts of asinine things he couldn't change (in TX, at closing, unless there's a legitimate error, you can't change any of the terms in any way - you have 2 choices: 1) walk and forfeit your earnest money & probably get sued or 2) sign). He also didn't understand his own multi-loan financing arrangement at all and was upset about the real ramifications of it. Total doofus who still tried to be Mr. Know-it-all Lawyer in front of everyone there.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 4:59 pm to BOSCEAUX
I served on a murder trial...a nasty, convoluted case. The witnesses are mostly crummy people. The star witness knew he'd be up for a hit. Sho nuff a few months later they found him in a canefield.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 5:13 pm to Sidicous
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I haven't registered to vote since Reagan's 1st term so I don't get jury summons
I get it, you took a stand...not a concept these jokers are real familiar with...
This post was edited on 4/20/16 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 4/20/16 at 5:26 pm to BOSCEAUX
sat on the EBR Parish grand jury...for a year...interesting...
Posted on 4/20/16 at 5:30 pm to WalkingTurtles
quote:FIFY
I was in a room with you , Hitler and Osama Bin Laden and I had a gun with two bullets, I would shoot myself twice.
Actually, I liked your's better but this is what I thought you were going to say.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 5:34 pm to EarthwormJim
quote:Reason #5,280 to stay married to your baby momma.
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.
This post was edited on 4/20/16 at 5:34 pm
Posted on 4/20/16 at 5:40 pm to Cooter Davenport
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Lawyers fresh out of law school are the worst
It's really just the types that feel their opinion matters to anybody else. This starts from Day 1 in law school. Just awful.
Unfortunately, that makes up a lot of lawyers. That's why there are so many in DC.
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