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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:16 PM Original message |
Poll question: Have you ever served on a jury? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have been called but never have served. Incidentally, I have been called yet again. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. No. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. No |
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Wildewolfe (470 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. Called many times |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
56. I'm called at least once a year and never picked. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #56 |
98. Probably not just your county |
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suzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:37 AM Response to Reply #56 |
126. I served on a jury with people who probably just made it through high school. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Nope. |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. No. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes. I liked it. Interesting AND it got me off work. But, those lousy chairs.... |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I remember the chairs in the jury booth were comfortable |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes, and I enjoyed it. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Very little happens in my county. I guess that's a good thing. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've served twice... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. As someone who's worked several trials, I assure you that's a myth. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Let me give you the details, and then you tell me he was kidding... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. "know how to look" at what, specifically? |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. He was saying that I knew what to look for... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Really? You've been privy to the private conferences of attorneys on both sides... |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Now you know better than that... |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
49. what you "see" |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. So true, they are looking for a jury of peers, not a jury of experts. |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #63 |
81. Yep. |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. What do you mean, "having worked on jury selection"? |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I meant exactly what I said. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
64. Cool! That sounds like fascinating work. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
74. spiffy! That must be really interesting. |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
91. Nope. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Voir dire isn't an "industry," it's a legal process. |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Of course peremptory challenges are limited. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Oh, for example, to keep the brother of the guy who was convicted of or a victim of a simlar crime.. |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #95 |
103. The brother of the guy ... would be challenged for cause. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. LOL |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #105 |
110. Did I attempt to quote? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #91 |
99. How do you know CaliforniaPeggy knows what she's talking about? |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:49 PM Response to Reply #99 |
106. She speaks from personal experience. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 06:14 AM Response to Reply #106 |
117. Personal experience is often colored by our own perceptions and isn't accurate |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #99 |
120. Bam! |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
55. I've been called 3 times since i moved here and served once on a criminal case. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
44. oh nonsense |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
61. You know what |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
72. So you're selected so often because your one of "that crowd?" |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. Did not say I was selected nor used "that crowd" - you clearly misread my post |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. I got it. You weren't selected. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Well, I am one of the crowd and then again I'm not. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Yeah, it's the crowd notion. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. I think |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #90 |
107. Filter |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 05:24 AM Response to Reply #107 |
111. Good heavens |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
71. Oh, I don't think that's true, CP. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. My dear Blue! |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Like I said, |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #76 |
102. Blue, California courts are like other ones, they want jurors who can think. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
87. Not true -- both DAs and Defense (and judges) LOVE intelligent people on their juries |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 06:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
115. Exactly.... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. I was chosen for a jury on a drug case, but when I told the judge... |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes and I also found it very enlightening. I learned a lot about how our system works and |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I have a friend who does everything possible to get out of it |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
45. My mom always said she didn't register to vote because she didn't want to sit |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. Called many times, sort of served once |
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Brazenly Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. Called many times - always rejected |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes, I served on a two day drug trial |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. It was a civil case, and I can't believe it ever got to court. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. 65 years old; registered voter and driver all my adult life; no criminal record. NEVER even called. |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Same story here. 60, never been even so much as sent a postcard. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. soooo boring - not a fascinating time |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes, twice in two years. |
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Papillon (420 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. Served as juror on a federal drug case |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. car accident case, now I know 2 lawyers I would never hire. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
29. Two civil trials |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. Last time I was called, the jury got filled just inches from my voir dire questioning |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. Been called, never actually seated on a jury. |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. Yes a wrongful death case... |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
36. I was on a murder trial last year -- it was fascinating. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
38. No and I have a medical excuse not be in one. |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. I've never even been called. |
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Beer Snob-50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. one trial |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. Served in a Federal petit jury pool once |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
42. No, and I probably never will |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
43. I was picked for a jury but didn't have to serve |
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Kaylee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
46. Murder trial. Vowed never to serve a murder trial again. |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
67. Same here. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
47. No, being an academic generally keeps one from being selected. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
48. Nope. Convicted felon. |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
50. Yes, a hung jury, and I found it quite frustrating. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
51. Can't say as I have |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
52. Three times! |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
53. I was called into voir dire once, but not picked.... |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
54. No |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
57. A few times up until about twenty years ago. |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
58. Never. |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
59. Served on one jury and sent two to jail |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
60. got called in, but wasnt picked to serve. n/t |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
62. i've only been called once, but was dismissed during voir dire |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
65. Twice. One for drugs, one for assault w/deadly weapon. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
66. my biggest fear is being selected for a drug case |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
68. "Many are called but few are chosen" |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
69. I've gotten close a few times, |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
70. Twice. Got out of doing it a third time. |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
75. Criminal and Grand Jury |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. What was being sequestered like? eom |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #83 |
96. Dinner together -- small shared hotel room with another juror -- buffet breakfast,, |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. Sounds cozy. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
77. Called many times. Served on three criminal case juries. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
78. 3 times, was the Foreman on the last one |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. I've Had Jury Duty, But Never Served. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
82. No. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
84. Got called a couple of times, but never actually got seated. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
88. Yes, and two were very interesting cases. I'm not sure why people won't serve. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
93. Yes, HATED it |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #93 |
124. proof that 10 out of 12 are selfish, self centered idiots who can't follow instructions |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
97. Yes , I was the Alternate on a Federal Trial |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
101. Called and served in Federal court; |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
104. Yes, and it was fascinating |
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LiberalPersona (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
108. No |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
109. My entire jury service involved sitting in the jury room waiting for the trial to start |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
112. Served On A Federal Jury...An Incredible Experience |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
113. yes, i hate the jury selection process, but liked serving during trial |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
114. I've been called twice but never served. n/t |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
116. I have. Murder trial involving a teenager killing another teenager. Premeditated. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
118. Never served on a civilian jury |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
119. they tried calling me a couple of times before, but always from the wrong county. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
121. I got impaneled on a civil trial, but they settled soon after opening arguments. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
122. Served one time - on a big time cocaine dealer's trial... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
123. you better hope Omega Minimo and one other (going by evidence, not assumptions) is on your jury |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
125. No. I was called in for jury duty, and had to beg off on one trial, |
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BamaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
127. They never want me |
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128. Called twice, excused twice. |
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