GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Aug 14, 2019 5:19:12 GMT -5
I got called when I was about 6 months pregnant with my youngest. Oldest was born 2 months prematurely and I said so during the voir dire. Was promptly dismissed.
Was called again about 15 years ago. Had to show up, sit around until after lunch, and then we were all sent home. I figure the case got settled.
I would have been paid by my employers had I been selected for a jury. But, it is an important question: how is someone judged by a jury of one’s peers if one is, say, an hourly, minimum wage, worker whose economic peers can not afford to serve on juries? Or homeless? Or any number of situations not found in the pool of people who are able to serve? I guess you take who you can get who at least has no other disqualifying biases or experiences because you don’t want a jury rushing their decision so that they can hurry back to work.
And I’m guessing now that I’ve posted my number will come up...
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 14, 2019 7:08:48 GMT -5
Served once and trial lasted four weeks. Civil case. One Plaintiff and three defendants - two drug stores and one drug manufacturer (Park Davis and Co.) Lawsuit was about a drug - Chloromycetin - causing aplastic anemia.
I was the "baby" juror (27) and rest were all ages. I think I remember one juror saying he were 64. I am glad I served as it was an eye opener as to the workings of court and all that jazz. We got paid $6.00 a day and free parking if couldn't get into free courthouse parking. I was called several times after that but able to get excused for whatever reason back then.
I did have to get my mother to come here to look after kiddo and after second week had to fly them back to her home so she could take care of her stuff. We thought it would be maybe one week and done sorta thing WRONG
Personally I think everyone should serve at least once if for no other reason than the experience but that's just me.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 7:55:16 GMT -5
I've never been called. I have heard from coworkers that our employer will get us tossed by the defense's lawyers. I think we get paid? It's a leave category in the system where we request time off. I worked in property-casualty insurance my entire career, so plaintiffs' attorneys don't like me. I was booted out on a peremptory challenge (limited number of people either side can reject without giving a reason) from a civil case years ago. The only other time I was called it was for a young man fighting a DWI charge. That night have been dicey- given my work I was well aware of the damage a drunken driver can cause, and my Ex was an alcoholic. They chose 12 before I could get into the box for voir dire (which they pronounce "voyer-dyer" out here ). I'm retired now and would welcome the opportunity to serve- just not a long, messy criminal case. I honestly think I could be impartial in a civil case but I suspect I'll never get on one.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 14, 2019 9:16:41 GMT -5
I have not ever gotten past voir dire in any jury I have been called for. In my case, I think it was my education that worked against (for?) me. My old boss walked away from his experience with jury duty with the same thoughts. Maybe they don’t want someone who can analyze from all directions? 5 calls for jury duty between the 2 of us, and we always got dismissed, regardless of type of case.
I have not gotten called since since I moved to WA. TD has, but he was not a citizen at the time so no go for him.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Aug 14, 2019 9:25:33 GMT -5
My sister served on a hit and run case where a child was killed. It was a couple of weeks of testimony and then two days of jury deliberation.
She said it was sobering seeing the photographs of the child.
Defendant was found guilty on the first vote by the jury but the stakes were high and they went over all the evidence before taking a vote.
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Post by tractor on Aug 14, 2019 10:54:06 GMT -5
I was called and served one time, was selected at random out of the jury pool to make it an odd number, so I missed the fun debate among the remaining jurors. That was over 20 years ago, haven’t been called sense, although I would have no problem serving. I guess they don’t like me for some reason?
My wife on the other hand has been called multiple times (every two years?), and each time she goes, then is eliminated due to her work with adjudicated youth in her special ed classroom.
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Post by msventoux on Aug 14, 2019 11:18:04 GMT -5
I have not ever gotten past four dire in any jury I have been called for. In my case, I think it was my education that worked against (for?) me. My old boss walked away from his experience with jury duty with the same thoughts. Maybe they don’t want someone who can analyze from all directions? 5 calls for jury duty between the 2 of us, and we always got dismissed, regardless of type of case. I have not gotten called since since I moved to WA. TD has, but he was not a citizen at the time so no go for him. My boss has the same theory. He’s been called numerous times and has never made it past voir dire. I’ve been called twice and made it to voir dire once, but was rejected for whatever reason. The defense asked several questions about my experience as a CPA and if I ever had reason to read or interpret regulations and my familiarity with legal procedures in general. I had actually taken a law class taught by the judge many years prior for my degree. I was relieved to see it wasn’t a client that was the defense attorney...or his client! The case was for assaulting an officer and spitting on him. The jurors picked before I was dismissed tended to be either blue collar workers, retired people (but not the retired trooper!), or stay at home spouses.
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Post by tskeeter on Aug 14, 2019 13:18:59 GMT -5
I have never been called. I wish I would because most people that have done it said it was interesting. My job pays for jury duty though. So a two month trial would be awesome. MN pays $20/day though! My job will only pay your wages minus the $20. Cheapskates. LOL
For decades I never got called for jury duty. Not in MN, not in NY, not in GA, not in IL, and not in CA. Then I registered to vote. Now I get a jury summons every two or three years.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 13:34:59 GMT -5
I have never been called. I wish I would because most people that have done it said it was interesting. My job pays for jury duty though. So a two month trial would be awesome. MN pays $20/day though! My job will only pay your wages minus the $20. Cheapskates. LOL
For decades I never got called for jury duty. Not in MN, not in NY, not in GA, not in IL, and not in CA. Then I registered to vote. Now I get a jury summons every two or three years. I've been a registered voter in this county the past 27 years. I'm not sure if I was registered in WI or not, but it was only a few years between 18 and moving back to MN.
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Post by tskeeter on Aug 14, 2019 13:40:58 GMT -5
For decades I never got called for jury duty. Not in MN, not in NY, not in GA, not in IL, and not in CA. Then I registered to vote. Now I get a jury summons every two or three years. I've been a registered voter in this county the past 27 years. I'm not sure if I was registered in WI or not, but it was only a few years between 18 and moving back to MN.
You obviously need to move someplace with fewer voters and more criminals. Darn that MN nice stuff. It makes life kind of boring.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 13:59:40 GMT -5
I've been a registered voter in this county the past 27 years. I'm not sure if I was registered in WI or not, but it was only a few years between 18 and moving back to MN.
You obviously need to move someplace with fewer voters and more criminals. Darn that MN nice stuff. It makes life kind of boring. This is true. There aren't a lot of exciting trials that go through our court. It's mostly bogged down with cut and dry repeat offender drug cases.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 14, 2019 14:35:52 GMT -5
I have not ever gotten past voir dire in any jury I have been called for. In my case, I think it was my education that worked against (for?) me. My old boss walked away from his experience with jury duty with the same thoughts. Maybe they don’t want someone who can analyze from all directions? 5 calls for jury duty between the 2 of us, and we always got dismissed, regardless of type of case. I have not gotten called since since I moved to WA. TD has, but he was not a citizen at the time so no go for him. Gosh, you just burst my bubble. I thought I got picked because I was young, had big tits and little waist. Now all these years later I find out it was because they considered me dumb! And not even a blonde. The shame of it all.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Aug 14, 2019 20:02:54 GMT -5
A murder trial got moved to my county. I do not want to serve on that jury.
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Post by Tennesseer on Aug 14, 2019 20:58:56 GMT -5
A friend of mine was an alternate juror on the Scott Peterson case. She sat through the whole trial. After the case went the jury, and when it was announced the jury had a verdict, she was dismissed before the jury returned.
My friend asked me to take a guess what the first quesfion was peopled asked her about the trial. I told her I had no idea. My friend replied with 'What was the condition of the baby'.
About 15 years ago there was a jury trial in California which went on for 18 months. When the case was sent to the jury, and while they were deliberating,the parties settled out of court.
18 months of someone's time down the drain.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 15, 2019 7:42:40 GMT -5
A friend of mine was an alternate juror on the Scott Peterson case. She sat through the whole trial. After the case went the jury, and when it was announced the jury had a verdict, she was dismissed before the jury returned. My friend asked me to take a guess what the first quesfion was peopled asked her about the trial. I told her I had no idea. My friend replied with 'What was the condition of the baby'. About 15 years ago there was a jury trial in California which went on for 18 months. When the case was sent to the jury, and while they were deliberating,the parties settled out of court. 18 months of someone's time down the drain. Something similar happened to the jury I was on. Half way thru we were told to sit in hall after lunch break. We sat there for maybe 1 1/2 hour and finally called back to courtroom. The two drug stores were no longer included in the trial - just the drug manufacturer. We never heard what happened to cause the two store to be excluded! Fortunately hadn't spend 18 months of my life just 4 weeks but we still had to render a verdict. BTW we found for Park Davis and Co. Often wonder if the drug stores settled.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2019 19:08:44 GMT -5
In my rural county, they send a questionnaire and you are supposed to fill it out to determine if you are eligible to serve.
I won't fill it out.
Technically, they can send out the sheriff to come bring me to the court and force me to answer their questions. I figure, if they can't/won't deal with all the illegal mob/weed activity in the county, they won't bother with me. So far, nothing has ever happened.
The one time I did fill it out and go, we sat around for 3 hours then they excused us for a 3 hour lunch! WTF is everyone supposed to do for 3 hours... Then we came back for 2 hours and were told to come back the next day. It was a massive time waster and some people drove over 100 miles for that crap. Crazy.
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Post by 1Day@aTime on Aug 19, 2019 9:29:32 GMT -5
In my rural county, they send a questionnaire and you are supposed to fill it out to determine if you are eligible to serve. I won't fill it out. Technically, they can send out the sheriff to come bring me to the court and force me to answer their questions. I figure, if they can't/won't deal with all the illegal mob/weed activity in the county, they won't bother with me. So far, nothing has ever happened. The one time I did fill it out and go, we sat around for 3 hours then they excused us for a 3 hour lunch! WTF is everyone supposed to do for 3 hours... Then we came back for 2 hours and were told to come back the next day. It was a massive time waster and some people drove over 100 miles for that crap. Crazy. I used to fill them out in my younger days and then I just simply...stopped. Here I think you can be fined for contempt of court, maybe arrested? It's just stupid. You know who I am...you ping me for jury duty every few years.
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Aug 19, 2019 10:58:51 GMT -5
A friend of mine was an alternate juror on the Scott Peterson case. She sat through the whole trial. After the case went the jury, and when it was announced the jury had a verdict, she was dismissed before the jury returned. My friend asked me to take a guess what the first quesfion was peopled asked her about the trial. I told her I had no idea. My friend replied with 'What was the condition of the baby'. About 15 years ago there was a jury trial in California which went on for 18 months. When the case was sent to the jury, and while they were deliberating,the parties settled out of court. 18 months of someone's time down the drain. I can ALMOST get it- if you don't have a big career or something more important to do. Sit on a really important trial and then get a book deal afterwards or whatever.... But for 'regular' people with families and kids, a job, etc. I can't possibly understand. No holidays or vacations other than court ordered ones.. yikes. That's a long time to give.
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Post by billisonboard on Aug 19, 2019 11:02:47 GMT -5
I have been summoned to appear September 9th.
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Post by Tennesseer on Aug 19, 2019 11:09:03 GMT -5
I have been summoned to appear September 9th. Before or on a grand jury?
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 19, 2019 11:13:04 GMT -5
I have been summoned to appear September 9th. Before or on a grand jury? You beat me to it!
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Post by billisonboard on Aug 19, 2019 11:16:58 GMT -5
I have been summoned to appear September 9th. Before or on a grand jury? lol. I guess I should look at it for details.
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