rawBUNZel
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posted on June 6, 2001 10:28:01 PM new
Not Pat ~ Sara.
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krs
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posted on June 6, 2001 10:29:52 PM new
Oh. Ok, didn't see you either, Sara.
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rawBUNZel
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posted on June 6, 2001 10:32:18 PM new
Baduizm, From what I am reading here there is no rhyme or reason to the method used to select a juror.
I am finding this interesting reading. [the parts that are on topic]
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Baduizm
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posted on June 6, 2001 10:40:49 PM new
Rawbunz,
Prospective jurors, as I'm sure you're aware, are culled from voter registration rolls. The more active a voter, the more likely you are to be called for service.
I think it took the clerk's office here to realize that I was back in Indy and no longer living outside the state, since I had voted in several elections by absentee ballot.
I showed up at the local polling site and they have been after me since
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krs
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posted on June 6, 2001 10:41:05 PM new
Depends on the case, Rawbunz. There are specialist corporations which provide demographic information and other characteristics of individual juror prospects to either side in high profile cases. They cost, so you wouldn't usually find them in a DWI case unless the defendant was a football star or something. In cases where they are employed jury selection approaches science.
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krs
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posted on June 6, 2001 10:43:39 PM new
Hey Badu,
Not to worry, they'll get you anyway. I have two residences of record in two counties here. In one they use only the voter rolls, but in the other they use both the voter rolls and DL information.
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hepburn
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posted on June 6, 2001 10:44:42 PM new
Whats a chronie? Is that like a biddy? Cluck Cluck.
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krs
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posted on June 6, 2001 10:45:42 PM new
off topic question?
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Baduizm
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posted on June 6, 2001 10:46:54 PM new
KRS, are U telling me jury selection is different in your neck of the woods?
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krs
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posted on June 6, 2001 10:48:03 PM new
It's different in each of those counties, and as far as I know it's not uniform in the state.
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rawBUNZel
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posted on June 6, 2001 10:54:43 PM new
Baduizum, Here they use both the voting and DL for the jury pools. At least that is what the web site said.I think it is state wide as it was a WA State web site.At least the state is consistant. Before I looked there I thought that they only used the voting information.
KRS, I remember they used some specialists to pick the jury for the OJ trial. Other high profile trials too. That seems like cheating to me.
edited to fix Badu's name!
[ edited by rawBUNZel on Jun 6, 2001 11:16 PM ]
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rawBUNZel
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posted on June 6, 2001 10:57:33 PM new
Just thinking but it seems to me that they should pick people that vote less than average. Those people really need do their civic duty and it might encourage more people to get out and vote!
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Malady
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posted on June 6, 2001 10:58:45 PM new
I have only been called for jury duty 4 times (and I vote every election too!). I got excused from the first three. On the first I knew too many ex-druggies, the second I knew too many battered women, and on the third I made a joke and the lawyer did not like it (me).
Sooo... on the forth jury call I sat silent and polite and said 'yes-sir' and 'no-sir' and looked like a perfect juror should (wore pant suit and everything). I just had to see what a real trial was like. And I made it!!!
BORING!!!
An old lady had hit a roller-blader who was going the wrong way on a one way street. He was sueing her for medical expenses. We were allowed to "ask" questions by writing them on note paper and the baliff would hand them to the judge to read. I think I asked the most questions. The only exciting part of the whole process was when I asked for the young man to remove his shirt to show his "scars". He had none, (but gosh what a nice body) so he didnot win a judgement.
If I never get called again will be fine with me.
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Linda_K
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posted on June 6, 2001 11:14:38 PM new
An old article about what Detroit was doing with jurors who tried to get out of jury duty. Wonder if the situation continue to get worse, or if this help the situation any.
http://www.detnews.com/menu/stories/27303.htm
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pattaylor
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posted on June 6, 2001 11:17:14 PM new
And now Pat's back...we're playing musical moderators. 
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SaraAW
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posted on June 6, 2001 11:48:31 PM new
Sara
[email protected]
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krs
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posted on June 7, 2001 12:03:35 AM new
Hmmmm, The two of you were off alone somewhere?
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SnowyEgrEt
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posted on June 7, 2001 03:49:46 AM new
The more active a voter, the more
likely you are to be called for service.
I don't know what they do in NJ, but my husband only got called once in over 20 years, and he was a very active voter.
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eventer
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posted on June 7, 2001 06:02:50 AM new
Ours used to be selected based on voter registration records but there were people who tried to avoid jury duty by not registering to vote.
They changed it to driver's license records & no one was apparently willing to give up their DL so they wouldn't have to serve.
You are allowed to "delay" your appearance once (you can even phone & arrange it, you don't have to show up in person). Then you must show up or face a fairly large fine. And, yes, I've been there when the judge issued a bench warrant right there for someone who failed to show up when the roll was called.
If you are not selected, but they have other cases pending, they give everyone a number to call each evening to see if they need to report the next day.
The worst thing is intense boredom in most cases...lots of time sitting around while motions are issued. In the 2 cases I was on, we spent more time OUT of the courtroom than in it.
In one case, the evidence was so overwhelming, the defense attorney's arguments were a joke. When we walked back in for deliberations, the foreman said, "Does anyone remotely think this guy isn't guilty?". We all howled w/laughter for about 5 minutes, then returned the verdict of guilty. Total time for jury deliberations: 10 minutes, 5 minutes of which was spent laughing, 4.5 minutes spent filling out the verdict form.
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zilvy
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posted on June 7, 2001 08:42:18 AM new
I was just trying to follow this post by re reading and found that with all the interruptions by a few posters we probably could have had a nice concise thread of about 2-1/2 pages. My, my how the fudge does fly!!
BOT, regarding being called for jury duty it is interesting to note about the financial burden. In my case I was self employed and that didn't allow me to get off, they paid me a stipend and reimbursed me what they felt was a fair amount for mileage and parking. By the way the only parking was in a garage down the block and the court only covered 1/2 the expense. I asked why and was told, "To take it or leave it!"...a fine answer and of course the pleasure was all mine to serve and basically pay for that pleasure.
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mybiddness
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posted on June 7, 2001 11:15:43 AM new
Speaking of jury duty:
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-md.register07jun07.story
Not paranoid anywhere else but here!
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mrspock
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posted on June 8, 2001 04:33:44 PM new
i met my wife on jury duty 24 years ago...we sat across fom each other in the waiting room got called out for the same case wound up eating lunch together
things just went on from there
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