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chris_h · Jun 29, 2001, 07:10 PM

Jury duty, day after my birthday !

Also, here is a completely random snap of my refridgerator here

juanvaldes · Jun 29, 2001, 07:20 PM

cool fridge dude, bummer about jury duty. Just make sure they think that you are bisaed! Easy way out.

Avenir · Jun 30, 2001, 07:37 AM

Your Honor, I don't think of myself as a 'racist' person, but rather, I hate everyone equally...

chris v · Jun 30, 2001, 09:13 AM

I've heard this one works:

"Your honor, I'd make an exellent Juror! I can spot a guilty person just like THAT!

Man , I've been a registered voter for 18 years, and I've never gotten the call. Tough luck.

CV

Timo · Jun 30, 2001, 12:59 PM

Hey I just finished jury duty yesterday: we sat in the holding room for 1 1/2 days, and then they let us go. Not too bad: it could have been for three days.

I think it's 'cause it's hot as **** � nobody wants to go to trial.

Anyway, it made for some serious reading time...good luck.

T

cheerios · Jun 30, 2001, 09:50 PM

hey, don't feel bad, they've got me for the first week of school, after I turned them down 'cause of summer classes! Damn County won't let me be!!

Scott_H · Jun 30, 2001, 10:23 PM

Originally posted by Avenir:
Your Honor, I don't think of myself as a 'racist' person, but rather, I hate everyone equally...

Ha ha. My friend was there once. A real "Chicago" guy was on the stand. Think "Superfans" from SNL. They ask him what he like to read and he says Field and Stream, Guns and Ammo and Solder of Fortune and other "outdoors" type magazines. Then they ask him if he has any racial prejudices that would get in the way of him being impartial. Answer.. Yes I do. They didn't take him.

The one time I had jury dooty one person in my lot didn't turn in the stub on the card. As the lots were being called and sent off to court ours was called to get the stub. I think they pulled our lot and found the stub missing so they set us aside until the morning rush was over. Then I waited until afternoon and never got called.

The secretary at work got a murder case. Patents killed the kid and stuffed him/her in the trunk. I asked if they threw the book at them. She said they threw everything at them. Illinois has the death penalty.

I don�t know if that�s what they got.

[ 06-30-2001: Message edited by: Scott_H ]

3gg3 · Jul 2, 2001, 12:49 AM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by chris_h:
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Also, here is a completely random snap of my refridgerator /QUOTE]

As Cathy would say, AAAAAAAACK !!!

elppa cam · Jul 2, 2001, 12:59 AM

Nice collection of stuff on the BOX. (We have our Far Side favs.)

I believe this won't work anymore but you can try if it doesn't bother you...

If asked... you're an ATHIEST. Worked twice for me and...

Excuse me... i think the devil knocks at my door...

Ahhhhhhh!

mrfrost · Jul 2, 2001, 03:18 PM

Ok...I don't mean to sound stupid or anything but....what's jury duty?
It has to do with murder?
Goddamn , why isn't there a universal language ?!?

Scott_H · Jul 2, 2001, 03:24 PM

Originally posted by Mr_Frost:
Ok...I don't mean to sound stupid or anything but....what's jury duty?
It has to do with murder?
Goddamn , why isn't there a universal language ?!?

You know "jury of your peers". 12 angry men. It's for criminal and civil court cases. One time someone I know was on a jury of a woman who got injured by an abortion. She was suing the doctor for injury, a civil case. Another may be a murder or fraud, criminal case. Could be almost anyhting.

[ 07-02-2001: Message edited by: Scott_H ]

mrfrost · Jul 2, 2001, 03:41 PM

Originally posted by Scott_H:


You know "jury of your peers". 12 angry men. It's for criminal and civil court cases. One time someone I know was on a jury of a woman who got injured by an abortion. She was suing the doctor for injury, a civil case. Another may be a murder or fraud, criminal case. Could be almost anyhting.

[ 07-02-2001: Message edited by: Scott_H ]

Thanks for trying to explain but I just don't get it. There are several English terms that I don't get (like "Jury Duty")and normally I don't even bother to ask but the word "murder" got my attention. (I actually understood that one). I know what a jury is and what duty is but what does the term mean? What does one have to do when they have been given "Jury Duty"?
My English isn't really that good and I doubt that it'll get better someday.

Scott_H · Jul 2, 2001, 03:50 PM

It means you have to go serve on a jury. You get a notice in the mail from the court telling you that it's time to go to the court house and serve. It's your civic duty to do so. It's the law too. The Mayor of New York was on a jury not too long ago.

mrfrost · Jul 2, 2001, 04:00 PM

Originally posted by Scott_H:
It means you have to go serve on a jury. You get a notice in the mail from the court telling you that it's time to go to the court house and serve. It's your civic duty to do so. It's the law too. The Mayor of New York was on a jury not too long ago.

So there is no way out of there. No choice?
Jeez...that's a bit harsh isn't it?

Scott_H · Jul 2, 2001, 04:19 PM

Originally posted by Mr_Frost:


So there is no way out of there. No choice?
Jeez...that's a bit harsh isn't it?

No. People get out of it all the time but you don't have a choice. I think they're trying to tighten it up more though. If all the "important" people get out of jury duty then it's not a "jury of our peers" just a jury that had nothing better to do.

We need doctors and sales people and school bus drivers and CEOs and expecting mothers and teamsters (truck drivers union).... on the jury.

mrfrost · Jul 2, 2001, 04:30 PM

That makes sense !
Everyday people judging "everyday" people.

Kestral · Jul 2, 2001, 04:39 PM

I've never been called for jury duty before but I'd personally be against saying I was racist or anything like that against my own character just to get out of jury duty. I don't know if they keep a record of such things during jury selection but if they do, it could come back and bite you in the ass. (Who knows, maybe in the future you have political aspirations and the person running against you finds this and slams you with it, or you lost out on a sweet civil service job because of this, etc etc etc). What goes around comes around.

chris_h · Jul 2, 2001, 10:49 PM

Originally posted by Kestral:
 I don't know if they keep a record of such things during jury selction

Yeah, at some point (when the lawyers make strikes i believe) it does get transcribed, and therefore become public record.

However, turns out I don't have to go because I voted in Austin (travis county).... (i'm back home for the summer in smith county).

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chris

IceEnclosure · Jul 3, 2001, 04:03 AM

when I was picked for jury duty, I sat there drawing in my sketchbook all day

I left the page open as lawyers were walkin' by and such, to a drawing of a judge with his gavel, lookin' all angry sayin' "Mr.(my last name), sit down...and someone take that weapon from him!!"... it was a wonderful drawing..

I noticed a couple of the lawyers checkin' it out..

I didn't get picked