mapo returns Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 So I was all hyped to be on a jury. I was originally scheduled for July 2nd. I called the voice message thing the night before as my summons instructed, and it told me not to report. I was like fuck that, so I got on the phone with a person who deals with the jury shit, and told her I want to be on a jury. So she re-scheduled me for the 7th. Good lookin. I wake up at 6:00 this morning and head over to downtown West Palm Beach. I get there around 7:30, and felt like a baller because I get to park in the garage for free. They sit us all down and shit, and we watch a video. Then they tell us we can go do whatever and when we hear our name on the intercom to report back. Finally I hear my name at about 9:30. The first thing they tell us is that its a civil trial and nobody is going to jail. Fuck. I wanted a criminal trial. So they take us up to the 10th floor and we wait there for like a half hour. Then they bring us in and the judge talks to us for a little bit. Tells us the case is a medical maplractice lawsuit. Ok this could be good I think.. They didnt give any specifics but from what they did tell us plus what the questioning seemed to indicate.. in 1996 a 10 year old boy fell of his horse. He developed some type of brain tumor or something. He went to the hospital and apparently the radiologist who looked at his x-rays didnt diagnose his findings properly. The boy died. Now the family is suing the radiologist for maplractice. They estimated the trial would be 7-10 days. We had 35 people in the pool and I believe only 6 were picked. But I thought my odds were decent since we had about 15 people who got themselves kicked out by saying things such as 'i cant possibly be partial because I have kids', 'i was so distraught when you showed the boys picture I had to take a tranquilizer during our lunch break', and 'Im a Jehovahs Witness'. Yes those were all actually said. When they read off some possible expert witnesses they may call the Jehovahs Witness guy claimed he sent his son to one of them..even though the guy practiced all the way in north Florida. This part fucking sucked. We had to all be asked questions..one by one..by the prosecutors. This combined with his speeches and attempts at humor lasted like 2 1/2 hours. Then the defense comes up and takes about an hour. It wasnt until 4:30 when they named the jurors. They didnt call me to the jury. Im fucking pissed. I wanted to be on the jury. Fuck everybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 damn... did you ever fuck up that guy's car ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogilny Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Originally posted by DripOfAWish you've got to be the first person i've ever heard of who wanted to be selected for jury duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kettiecat Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 i can't wait for them to give me a call for jury duty.....but i don't think they ever will....and if they do I work for a prosecuting attorney thats like a go home for free card....pisses me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAMPS Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 JURY DUTY SUCKS BIG ONES!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanity Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 they dont ussually like young people... and prosecutors dont like minorities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xwibxonex Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 i like minorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Æ° Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Originally posted by mr_president its cuz youre... wwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiblack. http://www.fatcap.co.uk/host/files/June%20copy.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Originally posted by Kettiecat I work for a prosecuting attorney die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Æ° Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Originally posted by ARCEL damn... did you ever fuck up that guy's car ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born Loser Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 fuck I would love to do that shit too..especially now cuz I have no job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 http://www.brown.edu/webmaster/images/0429_02.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Originally posted by DripOfAWish you've got to be the first person i've ever heard of who wanted to be selected for jury duty. I got called once and acted like a drug addicted confused idiot and they dismissed me. The rest of the box looked at me with envy as i was the only one with the audacity to act that way. yeah, or maybe they thought you were just stupid for 'acting' the way you did when you could have just said 'I'm a Jehova's Witness' or something... I personally prefer to take a racist slant and seek an opportunity to expound on how the 'mud races' are destroying the true racial purity of our nation... but I also watch a bunch of Court TV so I KNOW how to get kicked off a jury! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B_As_In_Bot Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 well, good for you smart.:rolleyes: Bumbaclot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Originally posted by Smart 'mud races' HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH oh shit that was funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 yeah, it works even beter when all the litigants are white, because then it's so 'left field' that I can't even spout 5 minutes of nonsense before I'm excused (WITH a FREE lunch and like $2.45 for taking off work!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intangible Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 go back and shoot em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadasdreams Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 i was suppose to have jury duty once but was too hung over to show up. i called them the next day and they didn't even seem to care.good for me i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kettiecat Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Originally posted by ARCEL die you jealous? Working there and knowing all the city cops is like a "get out of jail for free card" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unconscience Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Originally posted by ARCEL did you ever fuck up that guy's car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Originally posted by Kettiecat you jealous? Working there and knowing all the city cops is like a "get out of jail for free card" self-riteous pigshit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anyone Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 ...better luck next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mapo returns Posted July 8, 2003 Author Share Posted July 8, 2003 I dont know if Jehovahs Witnesses get excused. The guy just said that since he was a Jehovahs Witness he couldnt side with either side. Whatever he meant by that. We had to pay for our own lunch. Even the people who were going to be excused didnt leave until they selected the final jurors. One lady currently had a malpractice lawsuit against a doctor, her son died too and she cried whenever she brought it up. Theres a better chance of finding WMD's in Iraq than there was of this lady getting on the jury..but they kept her until the end. As far as the car, I was all set to do it that night, I think I even posted about it. But I needed a getaway car and as we were circling the block my boy pussied out of it and I couldnt. Im definitely down to do it but its a little too risky without the getaway car and lookout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaBar2 Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA) You guys should check out the FIJA and what the U.S. Federal law says about your rights as a juror and "jury nullification." The powers-that-be don't want you to know what the FIJA is trying to tell everybody, which is that "A jury sits in judgement of BOTH THE LAW AND THE FACTS OF THE CASE." Bad law? Juries can contravene it. Example: In the 1840's runaway slaves haul ass north to states where slavery is not legal. Slave chasers pursue them there, and charge the abolitionists who assisted the slaves to escape with stealing the slaveowner's property. (This was illegal, even in "free" states.) When the abolitionist-friendly attorney's got to voir dire (questioning the jury pool) they made sure at least two or three anti-slavery jurors made it. When the jury had heard the case, and went to the jury room, the abolitionist jurors convinced everybody else to "nullify" the trial. So, even though the abolitionists on trial were guilty, Northern juries refused to convict them, much to the consternation of the slave chasers. This is called "JURY NULLIFICATION." Marijuana trial, anyone? Do NOT refuse jury duty..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B_As_In_Bot Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 What would happen if like you were get on a jury and suddenly change the way you acted. Like you started misbehaving in the courtroom, like excessive and loud belching, every 15 minutes you askto use "The Pisser" (of course youd stay in the bathroom for like 20 minutes) Then you detonate a fart bomb. Make those armpit farts and stuff. Looked at everyone crosseyed. Pretended to go temporarily deaf.. Pretend to be an undiagnosed narcoleptic..or better yet schizophrenic What would happen then? Can jurors be put into contempt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mapo returns Posted July 11, 2003 Author Share Posted July 11, 2003 Originally posted by B_As_In_Bot What would happen then? Can jurors be put into contempt? i think so. and thats what alternates are for. although they didnt seem to have alternates for the civil trial, so i dont know. i happen to know if a juror, during the middle of a trial, complains that he/she feels threatened by the defendant or their family..a mistrial is called. same if a juror discusses the case with other jurors before they hit the jury room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaBar2 Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 If you misbehave in the Courtroom, the judge can charge you with contempt of court. He can charge anybody in the Courtroom, or anybody who has been subpoenaed with contempt of court if they do anything he tells them not to do, or fails to do anything he tells them to do. However, he cannot tell the jury how to rule. Judges are supposed to be nothing more than a referee between the lawyers in a courtroom. THE JURY SITS IN JUDGEMENT OF THE LAW AND THE FACTS OF THE CASE, NOT THE JUDGE. Jury duty has been turned into some kind of boring ass shit duty to deprive people of one of their fundamental rights--the right to a trial BY A JURY OF YOUR PEERS. Don't pussy out on jury duty. Go up there, dress "respectable," try to get on the jury, and then do the right thing by the defendant. Sometimes the defendant is a sorry piece of shit, but the State cannot prove their case. Sometimes the defendant looks like he walks on water, but he's guilty as shit, and the State can prove it. If they prove it, he goes to jail. If not, he walks. That's the system, and it works pretty well---as long as people like you and me don't pussy out on jury duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 I've been called three times and have yet to serve on one. my big boss at work served on a big murder trial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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