Well just got back from my civic duty today. Called up for Jury duty, but all the cases for today plea bargained out. They must have known I was not in a good mood, with the “boat on blocks” flu. On well done for three years now.:thumbsup:
Civic Duty...
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beachcombersc
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HA! That should have been one of the questions before your picked....
"Have you been, or are you under any distress caused by lack of boating in the last week?"
"Have you been, or are you under any distress caused by lack of boating in the last week?"
beachcombersc
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Hell, That may even hold up in court having a ruling thrown out!
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I’ve been a juror twice.
I found it to be a frustratingly slow process where my time has no value.
The first time I was a juror during deliberation we had to talk thru the situation and did several blind votes before we came up with a verdict. The matter was serious and in the end I did not mind the time I put in.
The second one was such a joke I left mad.
The trial was actually a retrial due to a person ‘remembering’ what was in my opinion a minor detail.
The judge let the plaintiff’s attorney go on and on over crap that as a juror I never felt was relevant. They covered everything is such detail when there was no point to do so.
As a jury we got our instructions minutes before noon. As soon as we got to the deliberation room and got to talk to one another it was clear we all felt the same way. We passed out paper, took a vote and confirmed we had a unanimous decision.
The bailiff came in with lunch menus. We told her to let the judge know we have reached a verdict we just needed to complete the paperwork. She said, and I remember her words exactly “but if you stay you get a free lunch” as if they had not already taken enough of our personal time on such a ridiculous trial.
We made it clear we wanted to get back to our normal lives as soon as possible.
They took about another ½ hour to get all the parties back in the court room; we gave our ruling then were excused.
It was so obvious that the plaintiff had no legitimist case that I felt the system wronged every member of that jury.
We were not a bunch of bums or retired people with nothing to do, we had families, jobs, & obligations. They stole time form us and we had no avenue to complain.
I left with a big chip on my shoulder.
After experiencing this, I now can understand why sometimes during the jury selection process some people make a false claim to get eliminated.
skolbe
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I served on a federal case for 2 weeks once. It was an interesting experience. We found them guilty - but this was not an easy decision. It took a day and half to come to a unanimous verdict. It was 10 plus years ago.
wish2fish
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Several years ago I served on the state grand jury. Worked every Friday for 3 months. I liked it and felt like I was making a difference. Not a bad way to serve. It didn't impact my job that badly.
