Posted on 03/14/2017 10:40:20 AM PDT by blueunicorn6
No doubt that this is what her attorney was shooting for - he even said so.
The jury foreman, however, was insane and we wasted hours listening to his conspiracy theories of how she was set up, the evidence was planted, etc. It was a very strange and frustrating experience, and I’d hate to have someone like this guy on the jury if I was on trial.
I was on jury duty once, in San Diego. I was an alternate. First degree murder. He killed a homeless guy during a robbery. All of the witnesses had to have an interpreter. What amazed me was the information that was not given. I was surprised they allowed me to serve. The crime scene was a location I passed every day on the trolley. The judge told me not to look at it. They used drawings to show the where/how of the crime and they were not at all accurate. The guy was guilty as can be and was convicted, death penalty.
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Similar hilarity going for jury questioning last week in Orlando. Armed robbery case. They brought in 40 of us to question. I’d estimate 18 of 20 didn’t speak English as a first language. 4 or 5 barely spoke any English.
Most of the rest were just idiots, sadly. Answering questions that weren’t asked, going on tangents of all kinds. I was in the front row when I hear someone snoring. The black dude wearing sweat pants behind me was doubled over in the pew, sound asleep.
You see, you can’t look at your phone in the courtroom so the idiot couldn’t stay awake! He was awake outside the courtroom.
Finally, the perp was sitting right in front of me. Maybe 15 feet away. Little bitty black guy, but really cut, tatted up, dread locks going every which away, hadn’t been washed in forever. I could just tell he was guilty. (wink)
In the end, the attorneys could not agree on 12 potential jurors out of me and my 39 “peers” so they sent all of us home.
LOL
Also if you threaten to crucify the defendant you can get out of jury duty. Don’t ask me how I know.
Served on a jury all last week.
Got there Monday at 8:20 but of course it was over a hour later that we got to go up to the court room. Would get a few 10-15 minute breaks and got a hour for lunch. They would send some home after almost every break. At 4:45 the one attorney finally shut up and let the defense guy ask us questions. At 5:30 he was done and we were sent to dinner until 6:35. Didn’t get back in until 7:05, 5 minutes later 14 of us were called and then sworn in and sent home and told to show up at 9 am.
3 days of testimony and several witnesses. It was a medical malpractice lawsuit. On Friday they did closing and we were sent to deliberations just before noon. We took a short break first. When we got back one guy said he would be foreman if no one else wanted to be. He decided to take a vote to see where we all stood. It was 9-2-1 and we could have went back then but we decided to be fair and try to change minds and took two more votes. Both were 10-2 for the defendant. Got out about 12:40.
We were told we could opt out for the rest of our term but I didn’t.
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This is an old court house. Has one bathroom for women and handicapped men. The other men have to go outside and to the basement. 10 women and 4 men on the jury with a few smokers so our breaks always ran longer.
“You see, you can’t look at your phone in the courtroom so the idiot couldn’t stay awake! “
I’d be like that, too; take medication for daytime somnolence but it doesn’t always work. Also need to pee every 15-30 minutes. Sometimes just stay in the restroom for a couple hours after lunch. Figure it’s better for the court, the other jurors and even the defendant if I pass on the civic obligation. If I ever find myself as defendant? — they’ll drop charges due to inability to provide a speedy trial what with all the delays.
I was on a jury once where a lady had presented with flu symptoms at a hospital emergency room. Was treated and sent home to check with her regular doc. She died about 3 days later. Family was sueing doc for millions. Instead of settling he was fighting it.
Their whole argument was that he didn’t do an x ray and if he had he would’ve found what was wrong with her. Don’t remember what it was. Almost everyone on the jury had been to a doc with flu symptoms and had never been x rayed so guess you can guess what our verdict for the doc was.
I’ve been on quite a few juries. Father in law was Chief Investigator for our DA’s office and I worked at our biggest country club. Knew quite a few of the judges and attorneys in town and the father in law knew them all. When they got to the part where......is anyone in your family in law enforcement and/or do you know anyone in the courtroom the judge and attorneys would all laugh and say hi to me. Then they chose me every single time!
Just wear a TRUMP MAGA Hat.
They probably won’t let you get past the Metal Detectors in the Courthouse.
Bring a book on jury nullification. Gets you off every time
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