The ONLY instructions a Jury should ever receive are to read a modern edited transcript and notes of the trial of William Penn in London September 1670.
where are the libs on this one?
The Imperial Government needs to make examples for the peons, FEAR you massa gubbermint!!
It ain’t hard to get out of jury duty.
“Father intends to sue.”
That’s all you need to know about why she ended up the way she did.
A pair of deputies came to my parents' house in Texas one time to haul me off to court for failing to appear for jury duty. Unfortunately, they hadn't checked their records closely enough to see that I had married (changed my name, no longer lived at that address, info that had been filed with the DMV and voter registrar's office). I'm sure they would have handcuffed me and hauled me off to the courthouse had I been there, as my mother said they were not very polite about the situation. Too bad they had no jurisdiction in Minnesota, where my husband and I had moved a couple of years earlier.
“...wearing flip flops, a tight white T-shirt, short-shorts and sporting green streaks in her hair. Though she rolled her eyes and looked impatient while waiting for the judge...”
The problem is - whose “peer” is she?
Instead she chose the “whatever” defense. Yeesh.
Last jury pool I was in the judge swore out a bench warrant on somebody who did this. Put me down for no sympathy. Jury duty is a civic obligation and it’s the only thing that keeps the courts supervised. If you have a problem with imperial courts, don’t yammer about it, participate.
I did not shirk my jury duty and spent more than a year on a grand jury. While I regarded it as a civic duty, what irked me was that the measly $40 per day we were paid was taxable on my federal income tax and was enough to push me into a higher tax bracket. Perhaps if we wanted to help in the process Congress could exempt the money paid for jury service from all income taxes.
This was her first mistake.
My daughter born, raised and a resident of California is attending college in New York City. She does live and works part time in New York. She has a California drivers license, votes in California and intends to return to California upon graduation. She is legally a citizen of California. Seven months ago she received a jury summons from the county superior court. Using the provided form we applied to postpone her duty. The form allows us to say she is a student which we did. We have phoned, written, provided at their request a certified letter from the college, which the school did. We just submitted a new packet, the jury people returned the university’s letter to us with no explanation. We have to telephone again. The point being these courts are out of control on the jury service issue. The legal system is so fouled up that no one takes pride in serving hence the courts are now compelling in typical fouled up fashion the use of hours of time to establish what common sense would grant.
Now why would anybody want her on their jury?
That's your fault, dad. At 19, the girl should have a clue about jury duty and a sense of her civic responsibilities.
Parenting fail.
Yank her citizenship!