Posted on 08/17/2015 11:20:23 AM PDT by Red Steel
“...dropping his solid gold wallet (I assume)”
Really? This passes for journalism?
I think WaPo sorta misses the point.
Odds are good, however, that he carries a handgun. I doubt he’d be walked thru the publicly-viewable metal detector with his “metallic items” where anyone could see.
I don’t think I’ve done jury duty in NYC since the early 90s. In those days, you were directed (on the little chit mailed) to either show up for civil or criminal. Different buildings as well, I think. You wanted criminal because you had chance to get out within 2 or 3 days.
217 million days is approximately 602 thousand years. He’d be an old man by then. As will I!
“Jurors are the most inconvenienced people in the court process. “
Pulls ‘em right out of their daily routine. They have to be there in town, available every morning. Often reporting in person every morning.
Interesting timing, that’s all im saying. He should be due for an IRS audit soon too,,,,
The author writes like some sort of pretentious, effete, effeminate urban sodomite.
+1 stinks to high heaven, doesn’t it?
That’s interesting.
Twice, I showed up for jury duty, answered the questions honestly, and was seated as a juror. The things that supposedly get people eliminated (white male, conservative, advanced technical education, etc) seemed to be of utterly no importance.
My $12 check came in the mail today.
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You have to declare that as income. Hardly worth it, is it?
I can’t believe this court and the one in Texas when Bush served, allow cell phones
That one doesn’t always work. I was in jury pool for a police brutality case.
One potential juror was the daughter of an officer killed in the line of duty. She made the jury.
If wishes were horse....beggars would ride.
“The lib judges and activist trial lawyers will keep him in the jury system as long as it takes.”
In Tennessee, your employer is required by law to pay you for your time spent on jury duty. I wonder how Trump sets up his compensation?
I did not mean to give the impression I would lie to get “off.” I would not. In any case, I just can’t imagine that any defense attorney would want me. However, maybe it is my own particular line of work which makes me an unattractive juror.
Sincerely,
Dindu Muffins
How much would Soros or Algore earn?
Well ... I didn't have that impression. Rather, I'm wondering what really the attorneys are looking for; why really to they seat some folks and reject others. Also, I wonder if there's a certain amount of selection bias in what people think the attorneys' criteria might be. "I'm a < fill in the blank > and they gave me the bum's rush; therefore they don't want < fill in the blank > on the jury."
Since I’m self employed I lost much more by sitting there.
Our jury gathering room allows cell phones. Just can’t have them on when you go into the courtroom. One, Two, Three - now everybody turn off your phone.
Things about jury duty vary wildly. My locale gets you for 6 weeks for state court for instance. Last time I was called, I was picked on three trials. There are no phones allowed in the building, as the entire jury selection is in the courtroom
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