Jury Duty....

[DarkStaR]

I've dodged jury duty for 14 years, and I have no "VALID" excuse this time.

I'd really rather be at work.  If I'm gonna be away from work, letting shit back up, I'd rather be somewhere I want to be.

AND, if I have to be there...TELL ME I make the beast with two backs'n have to be there.  Don't give me the...call the night before...bullshit.

I really hope it doesn't take too long, or god forbid it be more than just that day.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Don't look at it like an unpleasant task while work piles up.


Look at it like a chance to play god with someone's life.

[somegirl]

Last time I spent 5 days at jury duty, just sitting through jury selection (it was a controversial child molestation case and they wanted a big pool).  Never got called up or questioned, just sat there watching.

Good news is that I seem to have earned myself a grace period since then, it's been a few years now since I've gotten a notice (knock on wood).

[thejsnide]

I have been called twice in the last two years.  Got out of the first because the couples settled their divorce differences.  Last time I got called I searched the DMF on my iPhone for about an hour all through the questioning.  I also dressed in my normal clothes, jeans and a t-shirt, praying that I wouldn't get picked... I had the itchy suspicion that I was going to get picked when I made most of the lawyers, and the judge laugh.  So, what did I do.... Called an audible.  I'm a pastry chef, showed the judge a picture of a wedding cake I had previously assembled, told her I was in the middle of it and she let me bail.  Everyone also got a kick that I got out of jury duty to make a cake, but who cares.  I got a day off work and rode my Duc from 9am to around 7pm all over my hood.  I have the exact same plan next time...

[ROBsS4R]

Last time I spent 5 days at jury duty, just sitting through jury selection (it was a controversial child molestation case and they wanted a big pool).  Never got called up or questioned, just sat there watching.

Good news is that I seem to have earned myself a grace period since then, it's been a few years now since I've gotten a notice (knock on wood).

Last one I attended was also a child molestation case but the guy pleaded guilty by the end of the day.

I been to Jury Duty 4 times and I have never been picked. I want to not go or get picked.... screw the in between stuff.

[erkishhorde]

I've gotten called a couple times at my parent's house but I was always away at school so my parents would tell them that I don't live there anymore.

[cyrus buelton]

Wow, what a terrible thing to have to do 


Apparently you guys aren't a fan of the Bill of Rights, specifically number "six"

[spolic]

umm,, as baad as it can be it's still your civic duty.

[cyrus buelton]

umm,, as baad as it can be it's still your civic duty.

Of course it is.

that is the foundation of our legal system.

[Triple J]

Wow, what a terrible thing to have to do 


Apparently you guys aren't a fan of the Bill of Rights, specifically number "six"

+1

[triangleforge]

Been called a couple of times in various states since, but haven't served on a jury that went all the way to a verdict since the mid 1980's in Manhattan, and it was actually pretty fascinating. Kid was charged with accessory to auto radio theft -- he was the lookout -- and had been nabbed by a detail that had followed them around for an hour watching them case out BMWs before busting into one. I still remember the nervous young detective who was admonished at least twice by the judge to stop referring to the defendant as "da perp" though with a lot of Brooklyn in his voice it came out as "da poyp."

Knock on wood I'll never be there, but if I'm ever on the other side of the equation, I hope the folks sitting in judgement aren't simply the ones too stupid or slow moving to get out of listening to the evidence and deciding whether the government has made its case beyond a reasonable doubt against one of their peers.

[vwboomer]

Never been called for it. Wouldn't really bother me if I did. Work reimburses the lost wages, so who cares. Now that I've been forced back to 2nd anyway. Wouldn't have wanted that shit when I was on 3rd shift!

[acalles]

I had to do it all last summer, which is really my busy time of the year so I was initially pissed off.

But It isn't that big a deal, I really only had to stick a round a few times, Free coffee, and it was pretty interesting (mostly DWI cases)  and I made $6  

If it was during my slow season (after xmas, before tax returns) I would have been all about it.

I tell you, its a great to watch the freak show of idiots and there crap lawyers.

[metallimonster]

I just had to skip my jury duty last week.  (My grandma died)  I rescheduled for November.  I am really looking forward to it.  Like Cyrus said it is one of your rights and you should support it. 

[DCXCV]

I don't see why people have such an issue with jury duty - it's really not a big deal.  I've been 3 times -

1st time to sit in a room and watch movies from 8am to 4pm when they decided they didn't need us.

2nd time was a border patrol case but I knew an agent and they cut me early so I had most of the day off.

3rd time was a smuggling case and I ended up being jury foreman. 

If you go in thinking it will suck then it probably will.

If you can only try to think of how to get out of it, maybe it's time to move to another country.