Fookin jury duty

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

I dream of getting to sit in on a good trial but they'd likely hand me my walking papers, as soon as they found out I moderate a Law and Highway Traffic Act forum

I am still pissed I missed out on the Sarah Palin Internet Trial. I was on federal court pool for that one but didn't get picked.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by tommymac

the case I got called for was a motorcycle vs car accident. So as a motorcyclist and well as an ER PA they would have tossed me quickly. I talked to one of the lawyers afterwards and he so much as said neither side would want me on a jury

LOL, yeah if you have knowledge, they don't want you. I got tossed from a railroad case because I knew too much about safety procedure and calibrating and maintaining tools properly.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Trip

I am still pissed I missed out on the Sarah Palin Internet Trial. I was on federal court pool for that one but didn't get picked.

I've been voting in Federal and Provincial elections since I turned 18, without missing a single one, and haven't been called up even once. I live less than 5 miles from the Superior Court of Justice.

[Rangerscott]

Im gonna tell them I urinate too frequently.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

Im gonna tell them I urinate too frequently.

Will they let you off for that? Depends.

[azoomm]

Why do people try so hard to get off of Jury Duty? I've shown up twice, both I got to final selection. That is, only to be tossed out when they ask the finer questions.

I just know this, I would want to have someone like me on a jury if I ever needed it. Have you SEEN the people that get selected? I don't think I'd want any of them deciding my fate.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Why do people try so hard to get off of Jury Duty? I've shown up twice, both I got to final selection. That is, only to be tossed out when they ask the finer questions.

Agreed, if your work pays for it, who cares? Beats doing the same thing every day.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Agreed, if your work pays for it, who cares? Beats doing the same thing every day.

I actually enjoyed my time of it. I got paid full pay and paid lunches. Learned about oxycontin drug trade from Florida to Tennessee. Watched the DA crucify some stupid woman. Was good times.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Trip

I actually enjoyed my time of it. I got paid full pay and paid lunches. Learned about oxycontin drug trade from Florida to Tennessee. Watched the DA crucify some stupid woman. Was good times.

Had a similar experience, years back, when I was a witness for the Crown in a case about a guy who resold stolen computers through his store. I was subpoenaed something like 4 times, before it finally went to trial. The idiot went through 6 lawyers. When he finally went to trial he plead guilty then asked that the judge set aside the verdict as having a criminal record would stop him from taking trips to the US, to make purchases, creating a hardship for himself and his family.

I'll try to paraphrase the judge's summation as best I can.

"Had you been truly repentant you would not have dragged this out for the past 2 years, thereby disrupting the lives of the witnesses. That this creates a hardship for you was your own doing.

Three years."

[Porkchop]

I liked jury duty. Didn't get get paid by my employer, but they did pay $25 a day. It was a neat experience. I got chosen on the first trial of the week as an alternate. While at lunch the guy pled out to kidnapping and raping prostitutes. Got 13 years. On the very last day i was in another pool. The defense found out 2 of my best friends are cops so they cut me loose. Thank god..