As everyone can see, you are a priviledged character. You can insult me twice in one thread and not receive one nudge, moderation of any kind whatsoever.
Now, why do you enjoy such priviledge?
Doesn't everyone wonder what in the hell is going on here?
posted on June 6, 2001 06:44:08 PM new
I was called for jury duty, sat around for a good bit of the morning..jury was selected and I was chosen as an alternate. I replaced a younger man, the defense thought a middle aged woman would be easier to convince the young man who had been arrested for DWI deserved a second chance.
I have to admit as I approached the jury box I was thinking they are sooo wrong if the facts indicate that he was DWI I'll nail his butt....I was the one they had to convince in the jury deliberation room. One day one trial is the mode for the State of Mass. unless it is a capital offense. If you are seated on a jury you do not have to serve for another three years. However, you have to maintain the record that you served, they do not keep it on file.
posted on June 6, 2001 06:46:51 PM new
Hjw: priviledged character? Not likely.
Since you are so upset that I haven't received the moderation you think I deserve, why not email the moderator. ANY moderator. I honestly don't know WHY you wouldn't do that.
Trust me, threatening ME will not get you the results you want.
posted on June 6, 2001 07:21:52 PM new
Well, I'm glad you got around to it, Pat. I know you keep asking for emails...but, I just can't bring myself to do it. It's the snitch thing...just anathema to me. Guess you're simply forced to read...
posted on June 6, 2001 07:47:44 PM new
When I was much younger, we were required to show up for jury duty, and usually just sat there for a week (5 days) in case we were needed....very boring and I never was picked.
Later they went to the phone 'call-in-to-see-if-we-need-you'. As time went on, I was chosen for four juries. Three in Municipal Court and one in Superior Court.
I felt uncomfortable the first time I served, as when the prosecution and the defense were finished with their closing arguments, I didn't feel either side had swayed me one way or the other.
Fred My husband had always worked for companies that totally reimbursed him too. They weren't thrilled when management wanted to attend though and they offered letters to explain to the court the reason why. I agree with you that when it places a financial burden on people, and they are not reimbursed, that can present a hardship.
But I personally believe that when those who can, don't serve, that's how we end up with trial decisions that don't seem rational to some of us. Like the OJ trial.
posted on June 6, 2001 08:52:45 PM new
Well this is a fine how-do-you-do! I had to go away for the day and just look what you've done to my thread! [sniff,sniff] How could you!
posted on June 6, 2001 08:54:46 PM new
And now, on a more serious note and back on topic..[munch,munch.. I do want to thank all of you that have given your take on Jury duty so far. More please!
posted on June 6, 2001 08:59:54 PM new
Hi Rawbunzel, I have plenty of popcorn to share... just gotta remember which thread I left it in. If you find it... help yourself.
I've been on one jury... totally bored outta my mind. Something about a sidewalk being put in a no sidewalk zone... who can remember such a thing.
Other than that, I've sat around in a small room full of sweaty, also bored people staring at the boob tube waiting to be called... kinda similar to that Becker show.
posted on June 6, 2001 09:45:17 PM new
krs - Be happy by the fact that I will never serve on a jury where you're the defendant.
What I meant was, in those days the courts didn't schedule a day/week for you to call to see if you were required to come in, you just had to appear on the day and time given. If they didn't need you, then you just sat there.
posted on June 6, 2001 09:52:46 PM new"Be happy by the fact that I will never serve on a jury where you're the defendant"
I won't be a defendant so your threat is irrelevant, but with attitudes like yours expressed in that statement I could understand why you might prefer to join with other shirkers in avoiding what is commonly termed a civic duty. It would be quite embarrassing for you to have such statements known I would think. Perhaps you would be proud of such attitudes. That would not surprise me.
posted on June 6, 2001 10:03:59 PM new
Since I turned 18 and got a voter's registration card, I've been called a total of five times for jury duty. I haven't been 18 in almost 20 years
The first two times I was called as a prospective juror by the county clerk's office, I was attending college out of state. Two years ago, I was called to report for a federal court case. There were perhaps 100 of us who spent the first part of the morning filling out a questionairre, then we sat and waited. And waited. And waited. Finally, the judge popped in to let us know we were being released. It was a bank robbery case and the key prosecution witness had suffered a heart attack the night before, therefore requiring a continuance of the trial.
I was called again by the county clerk's office in Sept. 99. I could not report, as I had just buried my mother two weeks earlier. They deferred my service for one year. When I returned last September, the process went much quicker than in federal court. It was like a cattle call actually, LOL.
My number was called and our group was quickly ushered to Circuit Court. It was a civil personal injury case. I was among the first group of potential jurors seated in the box and polled. I answered the questions honestly. After hearing that I was a newspaper reporter, who had extensive knowledge of the justice system (i.e. the criminal and civil process and police investigatory procedures) and the fact that my mom was once sued in a personal accident injury case, I was released.
Funny thing is, they kept a guy for the six-member panel who said he was biased against accident injury attorneys, plus people who sue others in frivilous lawsuits.
posted on June 6, 2001 10:08:05 PM new
God krs....lighten up....I said that as a joke. Obviously you didn't take it that way. But you sure were quick to pre-judge me and my post.
posted on June 6, 2001 10:22:01 PM new"Some can dish it out but can't take it without the usual insults"
Oh? Aren't you happy to have a chronie rooting for you? They have a word for people like those, don't they? Anyone remember what it is?
Suddenly, your insult, LindaK, is a joke, while mine is "can't take it without the usual insults"?
