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nufsed

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I’d be afraid of being held in contempt of court. They are actually pretty circumspect in polling jurors in Middlesex County, to prevent obvious “draft dodging”. My wife tells me she wants to shout, “I’m a Republican churcher goer who listens to Rush Limbaugh.” I tell her contempt of court isn’t bailable.

In a recent cop-killer case in Manchester, NH, people who responded they were Howie Carr listeners were actually dismissed.

[skinkinthegrass]

Hmmm....tellin' the truth, to avoid jury duty.
I guess its better than sayin'

[blau993]

Yes, the other jurors will remember you. And so will the poor schmuck you probably got raped by the sheeple on the jury. Congratulations on your triumph of vanity over duty.

[Defiant]

In California, you aren’t allowed to ask jurors their party or religious beliefs. So we find other ways to figure out if a person is a lefty. I try to find out if they watch American Idol or Oprah, who their favorite on the View is, and things like that.

[DBrow]

I have thought of doing that. But if I tried to make a point during voir dire, there would be one less thinker among the sheeple on the jury*. Better to keep your mouth zipped, get on the jury, and make a difference during closed door deliberations.

*Please forgive my arrogance, but I do think of myself as a thinker, not a sheeple.

[Irish Eyes]

Too smart for them I guess..LOL

[conservative cat]

We had a guy who was asked not even to return after lunch for more questioning after he said in the morning that he wouldn’t necessarily vote with the law if he disagreed with the law, and brought up legalization of marijuana (he was an old guy, too.) He also brought up the fact that his neighbors called the cops on him, because they thought he was guilty of catnapping while naked. I was picked for the jury (the lawyers were suprisingly fair in their questions, but the PD got rid of most of the old white ladies) and for the rest of the case, we broke the tension in the room by talking about our naked catnapper.

The sad thing is he seemed disappointed they didn’t want him back.

[Desdemona]

Consider yourself blessed. Once on jury duty was enough. Deliberation was incredibly painful. I told a lawyer friend about the case and she said, You're too smart to be a juror. How’d you get through?

[tioga]

how could they ask whether you voted dem or rep......I thought we vote by secret ballot?

[CodeToad]

“do you vote Dem or Rep”

None of your business, would be my answer.

[ThomasThomas]

I had a manager while during the voir dire the man next to him was asked can you make a machine or device the will never be wrong. It was a drunk driving trial and the man was a design engineer. He stood his ground and said yes it can be done. He said yes to question with triple redundancy fail safe systems and on and on and on for about 15 minutes. He was trying very had not to be picked. Finely the lawyer game up and it was my mangers turn. The first question the lawyer asked him "What do you do for a living?" He I fix the device that the the last guy designed. Everybody started laughing so hard he was afraid he might get in trouble the Judge was rolling around in his seat laughing. He did not get in trouble with the Judge and ended up as the jury foreman.

[Darren McCarty]

If I was picked, I'd try to get past Voir Dire.

I doubt that would ever happen though as soon as someone asks me what I do for a living. "The real law says this...."

[irishtenor]

If I don’t want on a jury, I just say that Rush is a liberal.

[RightFighter]

I didn't get picked for jury duty today. In related news, I didn't win the lottery today.