Jury Duty

[Nifft]

So, I'm doing Jury Duty today. Waiting around for the chance to play god with someone's life.

I can't get to my work network -- the interface proxy thing looks to be down -- but I can surf the 'net and post here. Also, I'm paid for this, and it's not counted towards my vacation.

The "no work" thing is vaguely annoying, because I like my work and want to get some stuff done, but I can see the upside.

Anyway... I have no point.

Cheers, -- N

 

[der_kluge]

How to get out of Jury Duty, by George Carlin -

"You're honor, I'd be great for jury duty, because I can tell the guilty *snap* - just like that!"

 

[CarlZog]

I don't what kinda cosmic dice I'm rolling, but in more than 20 years, I've been called for jury duty once, and I had long since moved out that state when I was called.

Carl

 

[Psionicist]

Cool. Now you need a hot chick on the outside who will help you manipulate the jury and then when the evil gun manufacturer go down you take your 1 million and run! ... Or wait.

 

[diaglo]

that will be one impressively well hung jury.

IYKWIMAITYD

 

[Tiew]

Hmm, wasn't there a lady who wore her star trek uniform to jury duty on the White Water jury every day. Maybe you could do something like that except for roleplaying... Just a thought.

 

[diaglo]

Hmm, wasn't there a lady who wore her star trek uniform to jury duty on the White Water jury every day. Maybe you could do something like that except for roleplaying... Just a thought.

a furrie penguin...

 

[drothgery]

Generally, you don't have to do anything extraordinary to avoid more than a day of Jury Duty; the vast majority of people who spend the day at the courthouse don't actually even get interviewed for a trial. At least, I've been called twice (well, three times, but once was from one state after I'd moved to another), and 90% of the people went home without leaving the waiting room both times.

 

[the Jester]

I've been called several times but never had to serve. Heck, I've never been called and actually even had a jury selected- things always got resolved first.

 

[Hijinks]

I've served on 2 juries. I've been called for jury duty two seperate times; the first time, I never had to show up, because I called the night before as instructed and my number wasn't called. The second time, I showed up, got put on a jury of a trial that lasted a whole 6 hours. After that, they said "Heck, you guys are a good jury, we'll have you do a 2nd trial." That 2nd trial lasted the rest of the week.

The first one was a man who was on trial for assault for hitting his girlfriend. Unfortunately for the prosecution, the girlfriend sat up there and say "ehh I deserved it." So the jury voted to acquit. The second trial was a man suing the teenaged girl who hit the car he was riding in with her car. Unfortunately for him, he had a history of back problems before the accident, was saying he was suffering indescribable back pain from the accident, but had missed physical therapy 2 out of 3 sessions since the accident. He didn't get any money from us. I think juries in Iowa tend to be pretty stingy - we're pretty hard-working and practical.

The lawyer in the 2nd trial was just nasty to his client. It was quite amusing. You could really tell he didn't like his client one bit (the man who was suing). The plaintiff was an immigrant from another country and had a thick accent, so the lawyer, when he was questioning him, kept getting frustrated that he was struggling to make his english understandable; he'd interrupt him and try to finish his sentences for him (which the judge was having none of). Then the defense lawyer would get up and talk to the plaintiff and be nice and understanding and draw out what the guy meant to say. I really didn't like that defense lawyer one bit. Maybe that's why I didn't vote to give his client money. Hmmm.... No, his client was a moron.