I’ve never been called for jury duty but if I were I’d be happy to go and do it.
technically, the USA is now an idiocracy
And kudos to you for serving. I served in jury too, decades ago. It was a pain, but I'd rather have more of us who think with sense be on juries than it be only the chronic work avoiders.
“You actually showed up for jury duty, so here’s a dumb video”. I doubt they actually expect anybody to be paying attention. Which is probably why they just looked at you, in their heads it was probably “you watched that thing?!”
yup, i don’t want to be tried by 12 people not smart enough to get out of jury duty...
It has been over 25 years for me.
I noticed that the hundred or so people that they selected were either - Foreign, Black, or female. Only a handful of male Caucasians.
I'd love to be called for some kind of “hate crime” trial because I am so unalterably opposed to all “hate crime” laws.If it's a white guy who was accused of assaulting a black guy *because he was black* I'd first decide if an assault took place and if there was any justification. If I decided that an unjustified assault did occur I'd vote guilty on any charge that didn't mention race or “hate”. And I'd vote *not* guilty on any charge that was tied to race or “hate”.
When I lived in Florida I got called over and over and over again. Seven times. Served twice plus once as an alternate.
Florida’s system is so stupid that it defies common sense. The counties claim it is tallahassee’s fault and Tallahassee claims it is the counties’ prerogative.
Before I moved out of Florida I swore I was done with that.
If my memory is correct the last case I got called for was a lawsuit between an insurance company and a hospital. I flat told the lawyer questioning me that I had been cheated by hospitals and insurance companies and that no I could not be impartial because as far as I was concerned they were both guilty and they both ought to pay.
How does Florida rotate its jury pool? Well, imagine playing Five Card Stud and shuffling the deck after every hand.
Florida does not go through its pool of eligible voters in a County and then start over. You get called and then you are taken out of the pool for 1 year. And then thrown back in so there are large percentage of people that never get called and and then there are the lucky ones like me who just kept getting called over and over again. I called the county and pointed this out and they said oh Tallahassee makes us do it. I called Tallahassee and Tallahassee said it’s up to the counties. Good old bureaucracies, no one’s responsible for anything and they’re all idiots.
I’ll give you one more example of Florida’s lunacy. We moved to Kentucky. We sold our home, we transferred the titles to our vehicles to kentucky, we got Kentucky driver’s licenses which meant we had to turn in our Florida licenses.
A couple years later my wife gets a jury notice from Polk County demanding that she show up for jury duty. The letter was addressed to our Kentucky address. GIGO
When I was a Peace Officer working for NY State, I was exempt from sitting on a jury. Several years after I retired, I got called for jury duty. Because of chronic physical infirmities, I got a doctor’s note from my rheumatologist exempting me from serving. I’ll be 77 in August. They’ve never called me again.
They keep saying “democracy” so the 51% can rule over the 49%.
That is not the way a Republic works. They know that.
I have showed up for Jury Duty several times.
But I have never been selected for a jury, because criminal defense lawyers are leery of having jurors with PhDs in science!
But is it dangerous to have juries (in criminal and civil cases) made up of dumb-dumbs?
Inquiring minds want to know!
You were right in speaking up, but don't expect them to do anything about the glaring falsehoods. Instead, if your elected county officials are Republican, you might want to contact them about this. You could also notify your State Legislator, and your Federal Rep./Senator if they happen to be Republican. You could even contact the media in your area. The bigger the stink you make about it, bringing it to people's attention, you might be able to get it changed. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
I got picked to be on a jury last summer. During the interviews, I got to tell the defense counsel that my nephew was a state prison guard. I was dismissed.
I'd also bring it up on your questionnaire, then you will likely not be called. They'll think you're a trouble maker :)
As thinking individuals it’s the solemn duty of each of us who call ourselves patriots to serve on a jury.
We should bring copies of our federal and state constitutions. If the charge doesn’t meet the constitution it’s our duty to be the sand in the machinery.
If a person committed the crime but there may have been a good reason, such as killed his wife’s rapist, all the more reason to have patriots on the jury.
I sure hope Trump has one patriot on his jury. Just one
I was called to duty and seated on juries four times over a 20 year period. Got to be a foreman twice, once by draw of #1 seat, once by election. Then for the next 20 years, nothing.
Then a couple of years ago I got the email notice to serve again. They were doing the COVID thing, and vior dire was done by the judge and lawyers over phone chats. The judge told me that a gun charge was involved, possession, not illegal use. I quoted the second amendment to the judge and asked if he supported it. I was excused.
“I had no avenue to write my concerns.”
But you do now.
P.S. You’ll never get another jury summons. LOL
Last time I was called for jury duty I was having trouble with my hip and couldn’t walk. Hurt myself on the job. Had a physician write a note, gave it to the right people and sheesh! have not been called for jury duty since. That was about 5 years ago. I certainly would go. I do consider it a privilege to serve on a jury.
That saying, I did once go, sit through the first round, get to where I was called back and sat in a court room with the potential jurors being considered, myself included.
I was listening to the different scenarios around me when a man whom I guess was a lawyer, not sure, and the possible person to go on trial came up to me on the other side of a low wall where they seated us in a row down this barrier to the inner part of the room came and sat and looked at me. Told me they were going to ask me some questions.
The apparent lawyer asked me if a man had committed a crime with a gun should have the gun taken away from him. I said, ‘yes’ and boom! The shock on the two of their faces was obvious, the questions were done and someone came up to me and said something to the effect I can leave now.
I guess the guy was a criminal on trial and hoping to get the rights to use his gun back? I have no idea what happened there.
they never want me....they want very specific people and its usually not the regular citizen...