F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted March 2, 2015 Share #1 Posted March 2, 2015 I have absolutely nothing else to do (/s) so I get to hang around the courthouse today.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted March 2, 2015 Share #2 Posted March 2, 2015 Renegade!You didn't report to your parole officer again, didn't you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted March 2, 2015 Share #3 Posted March 2, 2015 Hopefully it will be painless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted March 2, 2015 Share #4 Posted March 2, 2015 Hopefully it will be pantless. Fixed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted March 2, 2015 A drug case.....lovely. Five jurors down, seven to go.... So far I've dodged the bullet. My ace-in-the-hole might be that I know one of the witnesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted March 2, 2015 Share #6 Posted March 2, 2015 Serious question - is this the first time you've been called for jury duty?My county seems to call me like clockwork every six years, and it's getting to be time for the summons to appear in the mail again.It seems my ace-in-the-hole is that I'm an engineer. The lawyers hear that and they grab for the garlic and crucifixes. Just saying that I probably jinxed myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 2, 2015 Share #7 Posted March 2, 2015 As was said by a wiser man than me once "Who wants to be tried by a jury of people that aren't smart enough to get themselves out of jury duty?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 2, 2015 Share #8 Posted March 2, 2015 I want to know about Jerry's Can and why it is on the back of so many army jeeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share #9 Posted March 2, 2015 Serious question - is this the first time you've been called for jury duty? No, third. It's about every ten years for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share #10 Posted March 2, 2015 WOO HOO! Dodged the bullet. I'm off the hook for another seven years! (one of my cow-orkers) wasn't so lucky....suckS to be you, Mike) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 2, 2015 Share #11 Posted March 2, 2015 WOO HOO! Dodged the bullet. I'm off the hook for another seven years! (one of my cow-orkers) wasn't so lucky....suckS to be you, Mike)Just printed this thread and sent it to your County Clerk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share #12 Posted March 3, 2015 Just printed this thread and sent it to your County Clerk.Do your worst, I got nothin' to hide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted March 3, 2015 Share #13 Posted March 3, 2015 You would have represented the process in a fair way. Too bad you can't serve. What got ya off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted March 3, 2015 Share #14 Posted March 3, 2015 What got ya off? Oh, Airehead! Do you really want RoS that question? I suspect you will get information you didn't anticipate, and much more than you could ever want... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted March 3, 2015 Share #15 Posted March 3, 2015 Oh, Airehead! Do you really want RoS that question? I suspect you will get information you didn't anticipate, and much more than you could ever want... I withdraw the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share #16 Posted March 3, 2015 I withdraw the question.Nah, I didn't get picked.....and wouldn't have made a good juror. I already had a pretty firm opinion before hearing much about the case.Guy had 2 counts each of possession and sales. (Probably heroin). His attorney was asking potential jurors if they believed that someone could be emotionally blackmailed into doing something they weren't predisposed to do. So, in my estimation, he was admitting the guy had the stuff and sold it, but was going to use "the devil made me do it" defense. Then they were talking about "confidential informants" and how they act in their own interest. This just further undermines his case. Think about it from the snitches POV. If you're on the hook for a drug offense and offered a chance to set up a buy to save your bacon, who would you pick to throw under the bus? Someone who'd never done anything like that before? Or would you go for a sure thing?Pretty sure I knew the informant, too. She used to work here. She was actually pretty hot-looking. I saw her again a couple years after she left here....and didn't even recognize her. I finally realized who it was and she looked like she'd been dragged behind a bus. A month or two later, she was in the paper - heroin and meth. My guess is she offered to rat out her source and save her own ass and it was this guy. So, no, I couldn't be "fair and impartial".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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