re: When was the last time you were called for jury duty?

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I would imagine the average poster would never be allowed to be on a jury. The defense attorney KNOWS their client is going to jail for the max unless they are 100% innocent with the avg. poster here.

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How do they know if you are a td.com/ot poster?

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I got a summons for federal court last year. There was a number I had to call every day to find out if I had to report the next day. I never had to report.

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I sat on a federal jury a few years ago for a drug and gun case. It was actually pretty boring.

Cell phones weren't allowed at all in the courthouse, and 90% of the jury had to drive about 2 hours to get to the courthouse so most of us had to stay in a hotel.

Coming up 6/13/2018

always wondered about those people on the OJ jury. They were stuck there for months.

Gulf Coast Casanova trial, 2015. Didn't get picked.

I’ve been called three times. Picked to serve once, actually ended up being jury foreman. This was about 10 years ago or so. The case was a kid accused of robbing a tanning bed/video rental place and pistol whipping the lady who worked there.

The evidence against him was the lady picked his picture out of a line-up of local juvenile offenders. They also had a video clip of the guy in a security camera but he had a hoodie pulled up and all you could see was his forearm which was quite big and muscular.

The defense for him had a series of eye witnesses who all testified to his whereabouts during the time of the robbery. These included his grand mother who looked about 112 years old and his boss who picked him up from his home that morning and took him to the job they were doing in B’ham. The final witness was the owner of the house in B’ham who verified the kid was working at their house all day long. Then there was the fact this kid’s arms were about the size of a #2 pencil unlike the perp in the video who was huge. Plus the prosecution had to admit they never found the clothes worn at the scene, the gun used in the crime, nor did the kid or anyone he knows own a vehicle similar to the one seen fleeing the scene of the crime. Needless to say it took us less than 5 minutes to find him not guilty.

The sad part of all of this is the kid had sit in jail for months awaiting trial for a crime it was obvious he didn’t commit.

What court/city baw?

Never.

I'm almost 50 and have been registered to vote since I was 18.

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Been summoned a lot. but have never been picked.

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Funny story. A friend of mine was selected for jury duty years ago when he was in his late 20's. They had about 60 people seated in this big room, and the DA says, "We're selecting jurors for a drug trafficking case. Has anyone in here ever used, sold or bought illegal drugs?"

My friend raises his hand and looks around, and he's the only one. DA says, "You're dismissed son."

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How do they know if you are a td.com/ot poster?

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Not that they would know but the avg. posters views / political leanings will get them booted from a jury pool.