Oh Holy Shit, I've Got Jury Duty in the Morning !

[StationToStation]

At 8am, no less.

That means, factoring in getting ready time and traffic and parking downtown I have to drag my ass out of bed at 5:30am !!


Why can't we have court at noon ? A light lunch, a couple of bloody mary's and an afternoon of sweet justice. But, NO !

Goddamnit, I don't want to do this ! The recorded message on the phone tells me to expect to be there until 5pm. NINE fucking hours ???

This blows !

Pray for me.

Anyone else experienced this horror ?

the funny thing is that NineofClubs does too, babycakes!!!
have fun!

 

[coop68]

Called twice - never been.

 

[StationToStation]

maybe 9 will fill you in and you can too. . . .

 

[piano1]

Let us know the outcome of this.

 

[Georgiadude]

I just got a summons in the mail today. My term starts Sept. 13 and runs for a month. I was summoned 1 other time when I lived in Minnesota. The lawyers didn't choose me because I was a 911 dispatcher at the time. I didn't work with the police. I only dispatched ambulances but that didn't matter. I actually kind of wanted to sit on a jury. I think it would be interesting to hear all of the testimony and make a decision. Sometimes I think jury's are made up of the idiots that were too dumb to figure out a way out of it. That would explain some of the decisions we hear about from time to time.

Steven.

 

[bluedragon4]

I postponed mine 3 times last year. In Phoenix you have to call after 4:30 pm the day b4 to see if they need you. Luckily they didn't need me. I work 3rd shift at work and can't get off. I would have to take off 2 nights for one day of jury duty.

 

[Joshua_me]

Hey guys...

Thanks for all the responses. I'll describe today's adventure in more detail tomorrow when I'm not so exhausted.

Suffice it to say I wasn't picked because I told the judge I thought pot should be legalized in Florida.

 

[Yooper]

Hey guys...

Thanks for all the responses. I'll describe today's adventure in more detail tomorrow when I'm not so exhausted.

Suffice it to say I wasn't picked because I told the judge I thought pot should be legalized in Florida.

That wouldn't have worked in Boulder.

There's 163 LEGAL dispensaries within the city limits (with a population of just about 100K mostly stoned folks living there).

 

[GaGaloo]

I never understood why people hate Jury Duty so much. I would love to get the opportunity to do it. How exciting. You get to sit there and listen to a trial and decide the outcome of the case. It's really something to be looking forward too. It's like sitting in on an episode of Law and Order!

 

[Willie Boy]

Hey guys...

Thanks for all the responses. I'll describe today's adventure in more detail tomorrow when I'm not so exhausted.

Suffice it to say I wasn't picked because I told the judge I thought pot should be legalized in Florida.

Whatever works

Yeah swear words work in court...just say fuck or bomb enough times and you won't have to serve...or if that fails just turn to the judge and pull your pants down

Easy killer! The point is to get out of jury duty, not to be thrown in jail for contempt.

 

[Willie Boy]

I never understood why people hate Jury Duty so much. I would love to get the opportunity to do it. How exciting. You get to sit there and listen to a trial and decide the outcome of the case. It's really something to be looking forward too. It's like sitting in on an episode of Law and Order!

Rarely is it ever that exciting or dramatic. You sit there bored out of your skull, trying to pay attention to the lawyers argue back and forth for hours at a time. You can't talk about the case with anyone except fellow jurors, and even then there are rules to follow. You can't even listen to family/friends talk about the case (not that you'd want to hear any more about it). Then once the lawyers have finished all their arguments (hopefully within the first day) you go into the room with your fellow jurors and argue with each other until you come to some kind of consensus. If after enough time (differing depending on the type of case being tried) you can't come to some kind of consensus, and are deadlocked, a mistrial may be called. You will be excused from service and thanked by the judge, but the trial will possibly start all over with a whole new trial.

If you really look forward to such an "adventure" you must be completely and utterly insane!

 

[shainski]

i've been called three times - served on 3 juries - foreman on two.

The worst part of it is all the sitting around. And there were numerous times when one or the other attorneys object to something - and the jurors are ushered out of the jury box - no one tells us why we are gone - or what is going on - lest it taint our opinion.

I always took a lot of notes (because that always made it more interesting to me and forced me to pay attention). Not all courts allow notes, however.

i think i got paid $12 a day PLUS a bus pass.

While i don't love being on a jury, i accept that i shouldn't complain about high-profile cases when no one is willing to serve. (although if i were on one of those juries that takes months to deliberate, i can't imagine how any non-retired person could do it).

I've been told that trials in this state rarely go over 3 or 4 days - unlike the high profile cases in california.

 

[erobert]

I'm sorry to hear that Joshua. Jury duty stinks and is a flawed process in this country.

Be very careful what you wish for GaGaloo. No part of the Jury duty process is fun from the time when you receive the letter in the mail to the time the jurors deliver their verdict. .

I didn't have to serve on a jury but was called in, had to sit around in the waiting area for a few hours and then was dismissed when they had all the jurors they needed. Everyone literally ran for the elevators to get the heck out of there and nearly crammed into the elevator. You could almost hear a collective sigh of relief when the elevator doors opened in the lobby. I got paid $100 for sitting around for 5 hours but hope I never will be called again.

How do we even get on these lists? Do they randomly call people's names who live in the county? I have my suspicions it has something to do with voter registration as I was called two weeks after I registered to vote.

 

[boxerdudeuk]

I got a letter in the mail in January saying I had to call in every night for the month of February to see if I was needed the next day...that pissed me off. I'd rather be required to be there everyday for a week than lose an entire month...at least it was when the weather was bad, so the chances of an unplanned vacation were small.

Luckily I was never required to show up.

That's fucking retarded. People have jobs and commitments that make an arrangement like that absolutely laughable.

 

[frankfrank]

Yeah swear words work in court...just say fuck or bomb enough times and you won't have to serve...or if that fails just turn to the judge and pull your pants down

Swear words in court didn't work very well for Ricky in Trailer Park Boys

 

[Knucklehead]

I got a summons to appear for a jury pool.That was immediately taken care of by the shredder.

I might have considered it,maybe even enjoyed it were it not for the shit wages they were ''paying.'' I don't make enough as it is now and I can't afford to lose who knows how many days work..

Maybe when I'm old and don't have to work..

 

[purina]

Hey guys...

Thanks for all the responses. I'll describe today's adventure in more detail tomorrow when I'm not so exhausted.

Suffice it to say I wasn't picked because I told the judge I thought pot should be legalized in Florida.

Did he ask you, or did you just volunteer that?

 

[Zu-Mendel]

I got called in for an interview once, they immediately asked me to leave when I started talking about current events and offering my opinions on them. Seriously, the easiest way out of jury duty is to prove to them that you don't rely on some talking head to tell you what your opinions are.

 

[Knucklehead]

$85 ???!!!!

I'm only getting $15 a day !!!

Oh...This is getting worse already.....

^ That may not have been the most prudent course of action, Knucklehead. Failing to heed a summons is a crime punishable by law in most jurisdictions.

Well, my life isn't exactly a ''how to guide'' for prudent decision making.If they can't get off more than $1.25 an hour, I'm not interested.Especially if I have to miss a days work watching $300.00 an hour lawyers argue cases I don't care about.

If they send me another one, I'll ensure that I don't make the cut.I'll make a racial remark or let them know how I think the legal system is corrupt and it's impossible for poor people to get justice,or how I know cops often lie to get a conviction.Maybe I'll pick my nose while they interview me.Something like that.

Don't bother me for $15.00 a day.I got bills to pay and $15 bucks ain't helping.