Jury Duty

I've been called for jury duty, and this will be new to me. Does anyone have any pointers or helpful info?
Thanks,
Greg

If you know a police officer personally, or have one as a family member, you will usually be excused from duty by the attorneys and judge during jury selection questioning.

Otherwise, bring a good book and be prepared to be appauled by your fellow jury mates.

Appaulled = apathy and cluelessness....... made the trial drag out longer.

My particular trial was involving Meth distribution ( imagine that ), and the jurers are allowed to ask any question via a note to the judge during the trial.

They were asking the most rediculous questions, such as "how to you smoke meth", "how do you make it", "is it addictive "," how much do you need to get high", on and on and on, which is all fine and dandy, but had absolutely nothing to do with the case. The judge finally got pissed at the jury for causing delays, and told them to get a book and learn about it.

I was so mad I could hardly contain myself. Trial took 2 weeks......... Work suffered greatly.

Good luck

Tell them you hate everyone, works everytime.

Seriously, I witnessed 10 potential jurers get dismissed because of an affiliation with the police. No other excuse worked, and there were plenty.

When they ask you if knowing a police officer as a friend, would it cause you to have any bias in the case........... just say, " I don't think so, but I know that my friend the policeman is an honest guy, and or police in general have no reason to lie, so I would have to tend to beleive in what they say."

If you admit you would have a bias, they think your trying to skip out on jury duty, and may keep you. Play the slow hand and let them figure out your bias on their own.

Just be honest and tell them you spend the majority of your free time and often work hours conversing with both young and older men on the internet, and often traveling great distances to meet them knowing they may be scantily clad.

Reid, and this is from a CCFan that just got back from Fantasy Fest.Glad to know what the real intentions for that l;ong drive were.
Marshall had a good time looking at the saggy's, bla bla bla...........

Reid, thats the best yet. BFN take note, you don't have to say you know the police and you dont have to say your a molester.

BFN,

There is something about Jury nullification in the constitution or as a law, I have heard if you understand and explain this it may frazzle the Judges and/or Lawyers and most likely get you dismissed, has something to do with a Juries right to ignore the law. Have also heard the cop friend/family thing as well.

Good Luck.

Thanks for the responses. I know some cops and have a 1 employee business. I guess we'll see monday. There is a piece of me that feels I should do my civic duty, but it seems to have become a circus these days. We have a guy here(Brian Nichols I think)) that walked into court and shot a couple of people in front of God and everyone...yet we can't prosecute him for lack of defense money?!!? WTF?

Jury nullification sounds like the jury overturning the judge and like another I heard about. Apparently, georgia law permits the jury to deliberate on the sentencing, and apparently judges don't like that. I bet the root of both of these is that judges don't like to be corrected...or questioned...or even disagreed with.

BKHall...comments?
Thanks again guys

boat dr wrote: Chester molester

We now know what you read in your spare time!!

I've been once for a week but never got on the jury. It was a learning experience first hand to see the justice system in action. You may not even get picked. I was dismissed from one case because it was a car accident and the plantiff was suing State Farm. I got dismissed from that one as I was a policy holder........... The second was a PO'd hunter who didn't win a 4-wheeler for shooting the biggest buck opening weekend.He was suing the owner of the deer cooler for it. ( seemed to me he cheated) I saw several folks get dismissed cause they either had deer proceesed there or knew the defendant. One lady was dismissed cause prosecution asked her in the QA session if she believed in hunting and her response was that she opposed to it and thought it was wrong and cruel. That got her yanked of the jury faster than the blink of an eye. So you never know.....

Tim D wrote:    I thought they should let me go back to work because 15 of them were counting on me.

You mean so you could pay your taxes? Don't get me started...

How can 15 of 18 not have a job? And they're qualified to be on a jury? They must know something I don't?!!? LOL

Sounds like todicus' jury.

It's all finished then. I sat for my 3rd jury selection of the week, and those not chosen for this last jury were dismissed for the term. We started with 180 people monday, and this last case was 6 selected from 14.

All in all...very interesting but not a round-wheeled machine. I did meet a good number of people I wouldn't mind seeing again. I even bumped into a cheerleader from high school.

Speaking of high school, the last case was between 2 neighbors who got in a fist fight?!!? I really don't see the expense of a trial for a 'disagreement'...and clearly a maturely handled affair! LOL

Another I still don't understand is a tax evasion charge (1 of 5) on stolen money. Just how can tax be due on stolen money?!!?

Thanks for the responses...I enjoyed my book.
...and God help this country!