Jury Duty Don'ts

[garbon]

So I finally got out of Jury Duty this time.  3rd time I had to go in this year as you can't get actually excused (only deferred) on a financial hardship claim until you've exhausted paid days from your company.  Today it was a two day trial so I couldn't get out on financial grounds (which I would have otherwise got as I've used up my paid days)...and I got put in the jury box to be screened.

Even though there were people who had relatives who had died in similar crimes to the alleged one, I was the first person excused.  The People excused me because apparently they weren't comfortable with someone who said he was afraid of police officers.  I'm so embarrassed that such is now on the record.

[Caliga]

  As a white man I don't fear the po po.

[crazy canuck]

The People excused me because apparently they weren't comfortable with someone who said he was afraid of police officers. 

Good one.  The best line I ever heard coming from a potential jurer was that he thought everyone was guilty if they were charged and if he was forced to sit on the jury he would certainly vote guilty.

[Faeelin]

As a white man I don't fear the po po.

As a recent college student I loathe the po po. Bastards couldn't solve the murder case on campus, but give me a ticket? Absolutely.

[garbon]

As a recent college student I loathe the po po. Bastards couldn't solve the murder case on campus, but give me a ticket? Absolutely.

I said that I had an aversion and then was asked to clarify what I meant. I said that I kind of feared police as I've never had a positive or what I feel was a beneficial interaction.  I then said that I didn't expect this to affect my decision making as I'm a reasonable person and believe that the police are just as likely to tell the truth as other people.

That said, I probably would have been excluded on the grounds that I don't think the criminal justice system is fair, if I'd actually answered that question. In fact, when no one objected to that statement, I felt like we were all liars. I don't think any BBs were present in the jury box.

[jimmy olsen]

So I finally got out of Jury Duty this time.  3rd time I had to go in this year as you can't get actually excused (only deferred) on a financial hardship claim until you've exhausted paid days from your company.  Today it was a two day trial so I couldn't get out on financial grounds (which I would have otherwise got as I've used up my paid days)...and I got put in the jury box to be screened.

Even though there were people who had relatives who had died in similar crimes to the alleged one,

There was death involved and it was going to be only a two day trial?

[Martinus]

Be careful what you say about po pos or CdM will warn you too. 

[garbon]

There was death involved and it was going to be only a two day trial?

No, there was no death.

[Martinus]

There was death involved and it was going to be only a two day trial?

No, there was no death.

Yeah, right. 

[Caliga]

In Marti's America the police shoot to kill for even the slightest suspected offenses.

[HisMajestyBOB]

I was just summoned for jury duty, but unfortunately I can't do it.
I'd like to sit on a jury once in my life.

[Razgovory]

I was just summoned for jury duty, but unfortunately I can't do it.
I'd like to sit on a jury once in my life.

They never summon me.  They have something like a sound mind and body clause?

[Caliga]

I was just summoned for jury duty, but unfortunately I can't do it.
I'd like to sit on a jury once in my life.

I did it.  The trial was fun.  Then once deliberations started, the real idiocy surfaced. 

[Ed Anger]

I was just summoned for jury duty, but unfortunately I can't do it.
I'd like to sit on a jury once in my life.

They never summon me.  They have something like a sound mind and body clause?

They don't call me either. Too many cops in the family.

Then again, I don't want to sit on a hard bench for 5 dollars a day.

[Caliga]

But they buy you lunch

The court in Boston where I had to do jury duty was right next to a kickass grinder shop.  Nigga had to wait an extra three days for his judgment till I grew tired of the Italian grinders.