Posted on 03/14/2017 10:40:20 AM PDT by blueunicorn6
I don’t believe you:)
Really? I found it incredibly believable- Except for the part about flip flops- i mean come on- who’s gonna believe that?
You must have had a number of Social Justice Warriors in that pool then because they are heavily into Virtue Signaling.
Wow, are you a comedy writer or something ..??
That was the funniest thing I’ve read in a long time.
And, I’ve been there .. but finally, they stopped calling on me (it was an age thing); and probably the fact that every time I went into the Jury “pool” room, I would have the clerk change the channel from CNN over to FOX. The clerk was very happy about it.
I still think they held it against me .. but what a change came over the room. Prior to the channel change, everybody was up and moving around .. but as soon as FOX came on, everybody would get a snack and just sit down and be quiet.
So now, I’m not required to go anymore. Never got picked for a jury. Bummer.
Must be that time of the year for I, too, was called to serve ‘Jury Duty’ last week. The bright side: probably for the last time (due to age limitations). Jury duty isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, Civil or criminal court (have served in both). Still searching for Perry Mason but did meet a number of newbies in the county.
Thanks for the humorous observations about being called for jury duty.
I actually served jury duty, and was on three different juries for two separate call-ups, a number of years ago. I was the foreman (should be fore-person??) for two of the three cases.
I found it to be a fascinating experience. I came away from it feeling that it is VERY IMPORTANT, and that, if I should ever need a jury of my peers, I would hope most of them would be more like me, and less motivated to just collect the $50/day or whatever.
One (criminal, county) sounded bad at first: Man’s car hits cop’s car on way out of bar parking lot. DUI. Turned out this architect was waiting in a bar for his client when SWAT raided the place (bartenders were dealing drugs) and chased everyone out. He tried to go back in to get his blueprints, but cops got mad and sent him away. His car lightly taps one of the zillion cop cars in the lot. They don’t do a breathalyzer… they don’t even ask him to get out and do a field sobriety test… nothing. Cop says “I knew he was drunk because his hands shook when he took out his ID”. NOT GUILTY…
The other one (Federal, civil appeals court… I was foreman): Man buys $20K life insurance policy and is in a fatal car crash (not his fault) 3 weeks later. The timing of the accident triggers a deep review by insurance company who claims he lied on his application. When asked if he had ever been hospitalized in past 10 years he failed to mention a routine colonoscopy 9 years 11 months prior. We found for the poor widow, and stuck it to the insurance company for about $1 million (10 years of interest plus penalties and legal costs). They should have just paid the measly $20K in the first place.
Being a smart ass works.
Bible thumping works.
Practicing lawerly talk works.
Opinionated works.
Failure to communicate does not work. It will get you selected every time.
I was on a jury and it was a he said, she said (She was pregnant with his kid). She was accusing him but her story had big holes and he was acquitted. There were some real losers in the pool. In hindsight, I figured it was worth my time to get him off.
Haven’t been on a jury in fifteen years. I used to wear a jacket & necktie, came to attention when called on & stated my name and reserve Army rank.
Prosecution grinned, rubbed his hands together and asked that I be presented.
Defense frowned, shook her head, and asked that I be excused.
Only got seated once, when defense ran out of challenges.
Read this post out loud to my wife. We both lol'd!
Here in New York City it's been my experience that the potential jurors are more taciturn and do not provide the kind of entertainment presented here. Surprisingly enough for such a leftist city, I've seen little virtue signaling.
blueunicorn6 should be allowed to post vanities at any time!
I said, "Of course, I do."
Actually the Judge asked me one more question. "Do you think you could put them aside?" I said I would try, and I was gone!
ML/NJ
Last time I got called I took ‘Murder in Brentwood’ to read.
I got picked...
On another case where I was a prospective juror, we had to go home, fill out a long questionnaire, and bring it back the next day. Most of the questions were about our political orientation and affiliations. I was one of the first ten excused. I don't know whether it was my obvious political orientation (like saying I got my news from KSFO) or mentioning the Fully Informed Jury Association as one of my political affiliations.
I have been called for jury duty three times in my life. The first two times I went but never sat on a jury. The third time was for a grand jury, about four years ago. I then learned I needed open heart surgery, which was scheduled for 15 days before I was to serve. I asked for a postponement (complete with surgeon’s letter confirming the upcoming surgery). They didn’t just postpone my service, they excused me from further service. Not sure how many years that will last, but I was working then and am retired now, so would not mind serving now if called.
I have been called three times. Got off the first time.
Second time I decided to play it straight and honest and let the chips fall where they may. I was selected: Vehicular Manslaughter w/ gross negligence was the case. Both defendants were found guilty.
Now that I have done my civic duty, I will never do it again. Third time I was dismissed. It was a DWI case.
Question: 'Does anyone believe that a law enforcement officers sworn testimony should carry more weight than that of anyone else?
I raised my hand and then stated: 'A police officer's sworn duty is to uphold the law. We pay them a very generous salary to do so and thus have a lot of faith in them. I will take the officer's word over that of a drunk.'
I was dismissed.
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