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

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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.

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Ain't that the damn truth. The cool part about mine was the leftover cases from Live PD.

I've also met all the Richland County stars from LivePD. Garro Brown is fricking huge.

A case I got called for involved a black guy who tried to run over a cop after he was stopped.

Strangely enough, he was convicted of trying to run over a cop 2 years earlier. The defense attorney who was busy striking jurors asked "could you form an unbiased opinion of our client despite his previous arrest for the alleged same crime?"

The entire prospective juror pool was released b/c of too many ties to law enforcement The judge said it was the worst jury pool he's ever had

When I lived in Gonzales for about 15 years I was called to serve 5 or 6 times. After I sent the past sheriff an email about his deputies writing tickets in pelican point. I got a ticket for rolling thru (the deputy opinion) a stop sign at 2pm during the week. There was literally no one on the street.
I sent the sheriff an email, we had words because I complained that kids on golf carts weren’t following road rules. His deputy said they were off limits. He denied his deputy said lol.
He dropped the ticket, but suddenly my jury duty summons increased. Lol

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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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this ^^^^^^^^^^^

9 out or 10 times its a waste of everyones time

only once did anything ever go to trial and even that they canceled on the date of trial when they changed plea and sent everyone home

I've been called to jury duty 3 times. Served on 1 jury. It was a case where dude was walking down the middle of the road and ran when the cops stopped. So they chased him and found 20 or so baggies of crack on him. Basically a low level drug dealer thing. He was Black and the jury was 50/50.

We ended up deadlocked. The first minute we went back to deliberate a large Black woman said, I don't care what evidence there is... I will never vote to convict a Black person. We sent a note out to judge telling him this and he sent a note back saying basically I DON'T CARE, give us a verdict.

The American Justice system is a joke in this country. The idea that you can sit in jail for 3+ years waiting on a trial is criminal in itself.

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Never been called. I have an engineering degree so I probably never will.

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What's the reason for this?

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I have been called three times but have never been picked from the pool

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I was told once by an ADA that no attorney wants another attorney on the jury.

#2. Served on a battery case. Fortunately only a one day trial. Pizza delivery driver chased and confronted a kid for throwing and hitting his car with a rock. We found him not guilty. Took the elevator down with the defense attorney afterwards and chatted to him about what a waste of time it was and how bad the young D.A. presented the case.

Just found out today that I don't have to report for U.S. District Court. I have been on call for a month.

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they surquestered us. Put people on roofs downtown because of bush being at barksdale.

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They put you on a roof because the President was in town?

I have been called three times in BR. First time I was called I notified the Clerk of Court that I am personal friends with the DA, multiple Judges and several members of the Public Defender's Office. In other words, no one would ever pick me for a Jury. Next time they notified me, I reminded them of why I was excused the last time and they excused me again. This last time, I called and the Clerk of Court said they didn't care and I had to go. Had a Judge call for me and they pulled my Summons.

I believe in jury service but if you are 100% going to be disqualified, there is no reason for you to go sit downtown for a week.

Been called twice. Served on one as foreman. It was an armed robbery & assault case.

The prosecution alleged this teenager went into a store, pistol whipped the clerk, and stole the money out of the register. There was video of the assailant. You could not see his face due to his hoodie. But he had his sleeves pulled up so you could see he was very muscular. The investigation into the crime consisted of the detective showing the clerk a list of photos of the juvenile offenders in the area and she picked out this kid.

The defense consisted of showing this kid was at best 140 lbs and his forearms were nowhere near as muscular as the guy in the video. They also called witnesses who testified to his whereabouts when the crime took place. The three witnesses were:

1. His elderly grandmother (Sunday School teacher for 30+ years) who testified his boss picked him up for work that morning.

2. His boss (who is a preacher) who testified he picked him up that morning and they went to a job site in Birmingham.

3. The homeowner (who was a retired airline pilot) of where he was working that day who testified he was at their house working on installing new cabinets all day in the day the crime took place.

They also searched his house and never found the hoodie, the gun, or the cash. The only thing the prosecution had was this clerk picked his picture out of a lineup. Literally.. that’s it.

Needless to say it took us less than 5 minutes to find him not guilty.