SERVE on Jury Duty lately? It's hell. Pure hell.

My educational background (Master's Degree) gets me dismissed every time...that, and I'm a white male.

So, if the courts are not trustworthy and full of corruption, how is anyone supposed to get a fair trial if citizens don't do a thorough job on the jury, try to detect and see through obfuscation and tricks, and stand up to give a just result to the trial?

My educational background (Master's Degree) gets me dismissed every time...that, and I'm a white male.

You really have no idea what goes on.

I had a long time friend who is a lawyer.


My lawyer friend is now retired but has seen it all so to speak...

Who dismisses you, the prosecutor or the defense?

I got picked despite being a white male with a BSEE. But I've never even been called for jury duty since then. I have an "asterisk" next to my name now maybe?

The defense...

I was excited to receive my jury duty notice a couple of years ago, but my 'honesty' cause my immediate dismissal by BOTH Lawyers !

Was asked repeatedly by both lawyers, ' WAS I going to FOLLOW the instructions of the Judge ' , till it was clear that they were TELLING ME I must do what he said. I quoted the law, saying once I was in the jury room, we were free to discuss the 'law' and did it apply !

Had several quotes from famous Supreme Court judges saying exactly the SAME THING. They were asking me to follow the judges recomendations to the point of NOT thinking for ones self, and I was refusing.

Eagle

I was on a jury a few months ago.

It made me sad to see what a load of crap our justice system has become. In my particular trial, they didin't have shit on the defendent.

The only reason pure and simple we were there, was the victim was a retired cop. Theye needed to pin it on someone just to appease a good ol'boy.

Had the victim been an average citizen, it would never had gone to trial.

I'm sure it's a pain and uncomfortable but we need good jurors. Especially for tax trials.
Don't bitch about the laws if you're not willing to do something to make a difference.

We sit here bitch bitch bitch but no ones is willing ever to stand up to the plate.

So, if the courts are not trustworthy and full of corruption, how is anyone supposed to get a fair trial if citizens don't do a thorough job on the jury, try to detect and see through obfuscation and tricks, and stand up to give a just result to the trial?

I showed up with all three of my kids and told the Bailiff that I didn't have a babysitter...they weren't happy but let me go and told me I'd be called again soon, and no more excuses. A few months later I got the papers telling me to report again, so I called the number and told them I was just there for duty and I shouldn't be called again so soon...they saw where I signed in last time and apologized, because they have to wait at least two years :)

I have, and it was a glimpse of hell on earth.

If I could revoke my voter registration and never have to go through that again, I would, but I'm told they now pull DMV records for jury pools, so unless I'm willing to give up driving, I may get called again.

Can someone explain *WHY* when the thugs of the world commit a crime, I'm sentenced to be locked up in a municipal building for several days until the crime is resolved in some way?

We were told that,

1) If we did not show up for jury duty, we would be jailed.
2) If we left during our time of municipal-building-lock-up, we would be found out and jailed.

Just how is that "voluntary service"?

Here in the south, you're parked in a small room with five televisions blaring and no escape. There are no cell phones allowed, no cameras, no iPods, no iPads, no laptops, no nothing.

Not a prayer of reading a book, because of the five televisions going full blast all day long.

It really is ugly.

What if he didn't break the law?

That's what the jury is there to decide. (If you are willing to consider nullification, they're also there to decide if that law should be enforced in the given instance.)

Are you aware that prosecutors often don't care about justice, they're just rabid attack dogs who want as many convictions as possible? That's what our "adversarial system of justice" means!

data base is generated by voters' regisration system in the states normally