Jury duty

[Dantilla]

I served once, and had fun.

When sent back to deliberate, I was elected jury forman in about 90 seconds.
In less than an hour, everybody agreed with me. Guilty!

This was a simple DUI case- No blood or guts.

[azasadny]

Timely thread... I'm serving on our local court next Tuesday for jury duty and in November, I'm on a Wayne County court jury... My firsts...

[VaSteve]

My boss has jury duty tomorrow....good for me!

[rattlsnak]

I think it would be interesting to sit in on a trial but I have no time for it now. Maybe in a few years! I have never been called as of yet.

[quicksix]

HardDrive,
Thank you for your service.
I am sorry the case had that effect on you.
I would back whatever decision you made 100%

The average citizen can make a difference,when given a chance.

[livi]

Curious about you jury DUTY system. Is anyone eligible? Is it a random selection of citizens? Seems like a diffuse and time consuming system.

[GH85Carrera]

In most places they use the drivers license as a jury pool. So anyone with a valid drivers license call be called. I have done Federal & county.

A buddy was called for jury duty for a murder trial. He runs a small business and there is no one to do his job if he is out. When they asked if he could be impartial he said "sure, I figure if they were arrested they are guilt so put them in prison." He was not chosen as a juror for some reason.

[livi]

OK. Thanks, Glen!

It would seem not everyone is in favor of participating, for a lot of reasons.

[Jim Richards]

I was in the courthouse yesterday, in the jury pool for a criminal trial (fleeing arrest and possession of cocaine). They settled on the jury without getting to me. No complaints!

[mikester]

Originally Posted by livi

Curious about you jury DUTY system. Is anyone eligible? Is it a random selection of citizens? Seems like a diffuse and time consuming system.

Must be a Citizen.

Must not be convicted of a felony.

They usually use voter registration, driver's license and census information to fill the selection pools and then a computer randomly generates who gets picked to for jury duty.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

In most places they use the drivers license as a jury pool. So anyone with a valid drivers license call be called. I have done Federal & county.

A buddy was called for jury duty for a murder trial. He runs a small business and there is no one to do his job if he is out. When they asked if he could be impartial he said "sure, I figure if they were arrested they are guilt so put them in prison." He was not chosen as a juror for some reason.

We have a judge here at the county house that has a good retort for those that state said facts about arrest and guilt.

"Fine, there is a trial about business next door. There were no arrests. Shouldn't take more than a month or 2. Report back to the jury room."

[EdT82SC]

Just bring a big hard cover copy of Atlas Shrugged to read while waiting for selection, and make sure to hold it so they can see the cover.

[porsche4life]

That's not always the case around these parts. May only be one trial on the docket.

Quote de GH85Carrera

In most places they use the drivers license as a jury pool. So anyone with a valid drivers license call be called. I have done Federal & county.



A buddy was called for jury duty for a murder trial. He runs a small business and there is no one to do his job if he is out. When they asked if he could be impartial he said "sure, I figure if they were arrested they are guilt so put them in prison." He was not chosen as a juror for some reason.

We have a judge here at the county house that has a good retort for those that state said facts about arrest and guilt.



"Fine, there is a trial about business next door. There were no arrests. Shouldn't take more than a month or 2. Report back to the jury room."