Jury Duty-wheee!

[Bizarro Amy]

I was put on two panels yesterday, but got skipped over as a juror both times. This morning, I sat for 3 hours and they just assembled a giant panel, which I am part of, before sending us for an extended lunch. This panel is more than twice the size of a normal one. I'm starting to wonder if something big is happening. Well, at least I made some progress on the book I've been trying to read. Still, civic duty aside, I'd rather be home customizing. I would have brought rerooting or sewing projects, but the Courthouse tends to frown on carrying scissors inside They'd look if I showed up with a lump of Sculpy tomorrow, wouldn't they?

[Mikey]

Does it still work telling them you're prejudice if you don't want to get picked ?

If they ask prejudice against who --- say EVERYBODY

[Bizarro Amy]

From what I've heard about my panel, I just might try that.

[Mikey]

Don't forget, you don't have to be just prejudice against people.

You can be prejudice against crimes too.

If a certain crime hit's too close to home for you (make something up)

[Adam West]

I get called for jury duty every two years. It has almost become a running joke. I don't know anyone who has been called to jury duty more times than me. I was a juror on one trial. A bankruptcy fraud case that lasted two weeks. It was pretty wild to see the courtroom drama break out and the tension occur in deliberations. The accused appeared guilty to me but two jurors refused to budge. One of them would not because they felt a lawyer (who testified should have been prosecuted) and my response was that this lawyer will get his day in court. The other one refused to look at supicious transactions that were entered into evidence but every one of them were not discussed in detail or we would have been there for months. He claimed if it wasn't discussed in court than he wouldn't consider any evidence given. It ended up a hung jury.

[Bizarro Amy]

I wouldn't have had a problem with any of the other cases I was on the panel for, but this one is supposed to last into next week, and missing work will make things rough for me.

[boss]

I got called for jury duty last week... which pretty much killed my Mego Meet plans. I ended up not being called, but by the time I found that out it was too late. :(

[ScottA]

The last time I had jury duty I got picked on a Wednesday and the trial was going to start first thing Thursday morning. When we all arrived the next day the lawyers had worked it out and we were all dismissed for the rest of the week.

[RussG]

I was just stuck on the grand jury, just last month. It sucked not just one case but many cases and all seemed to be about child abuse, and child sex abuse. Haunting details. If it were a murder case about adults I could have handled it ... but I'm still haunted by the stuff I heard.

[starsky]

i just got called 2 weeks ago and it just happened to be on my day off. spent the whole day in the waiting room and finally got dismissed at 4pm. oh boy....

on another note, my friend says that he stopped voting years ago and coincidentally has never been called to jury duty since. wonder if there's a correlation.