Allen ★ Posted June 24, 2019 Share #1 Posted June 24, 2019 Not once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted June 24, 2019 Share #2 Posted June 24, 2019 Not something you should put in writing. You'll probably have a summons in the next few days. It's akin to bragging about never locking your keys in the car. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted June 24, 2019 Share #3 Posted June 24, 2019 Kinda like saying I haven’t had a flat tire in a while... Damn I said it... I actually helped a stranded cyclist two weekends ago and was proud of myself for getting him from walking to riding in under 5 minutes. Hopefully my good deed buys me some flat karma. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted June 24, 2019 Share #4 Posted June 24, 2019 I thought it was weird for me too. But it finally happened in my 40s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted June 24, 2019 Share #5 Posted June 24, 2019 I have been called at least half a dozen times. Sat on one jury for a kid that got busted speeding. I voted for hanging but he beat the rap. I was one of the few that voted guilty, maybe the only one that voted guilty so I changed my vote so we could leave! Gotta love our legal system at work. Jury of your peers my ass. Got called and seated for a second jury and then right after we started hearing testimony the lawyers had a confab and we all went home. I think the state screwed up some how and the DA had to dismiss the case. Been sent home without being selected more than I have been selected. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted June 24, 2019 Share #6 Posted June 24, 2019 I was selected once and then removed by the defense. It was rad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted June 24, 2019 Share #7 Posted June 24, 2019 None times for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted June 24, 2019 Share #8 Posted June 24, 2019 Are you registered to vote @Allen that makes a difference. I've been called four times-- twice sent home without anyone being called. Once dismissed by defense--- I'm pretty sure it happened right after they asked what I did for a living. I believe it was a child murder case as it was all over the news. Other time-- I'm too old and cannot remember. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted June 24, 2019 Share #9 Posted June 24, 2019 I've been called a few times. The last time, about 20 years ago, I made it to the final selection. I had to sit in the witness box and answer questions from the lawyers. I asked to have a couple of things repeated because I didn't understand the question. I wasn't selected, I think the assumed I was not that bright. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted June 24, 2019 Share #10 Posted June 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Square Wheels said: I've been called a few times. The last time, about 20 years ago, I made it to the final selection. I had to sit in the witness box and answer questions from the lawyers. I asked to have a couple of things repeated because I didn't understand the question. I wasn't selected, I think the assumed I was not that bright. Maybe. More like trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VladyP Posted June 24, 2019 Share #11 Posted June 24, 2019 59 minutes ago, Allen said: Not once. I would expect that to change very soon, Mr. Allen G. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share #12 Posted June 24, 2019 29 minutes ago, Airehead said: Are you registered to vote @Allen that makes a difference. I've been called four times-- twice sent home without anyone being called. Once dismissed by defense--- I'm pretty sure it happened right after they asked what I did for a living. I believe it was a child murder case as it was all over the news. Other time-- I'm too old and cannot remember. I am registered to vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted June 24, 2019 Share #13 Posted June 24, 2019 28 minutes ago, Airehead said: Are you registered to vote @Allen that makes a difference. I've been called four times-- twice sent home without anyone being called. Once dismissed by defense--- I'm pretty sure it happened right after they asked what I did for a living. I believe it was a child murder case as it was all over the news. Other time-- I'm too old and cannot remember. Indiana does it by driver's license now because people wouldn't register to vote to avoid jury duty. I've never been called, wife has once. They asked her what she did for a living and was immediately dismissed. Don't know why the defense wouldn't want a tax accountant on a tax related case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted June 24, 2019 Share #14 Posted June 24, 2019 My mom was slated for a long drawn out case and the judge asked if any of them felt they could not be impartial. My mom stood up and said "My son is a cop, and I dont think a cop would lie". She was quickly dismissed. She called and thnaked me for my chosen profession because she was going to miss a tee time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted June 24, 2019 Share #15 Posted June 24, 2019 I've been called twice. One of those times a buddy and I would have gotten kicked off the case because of bicycling. During the voir dire, the defense lawyer asked if we could avoid doing things like looking at the accident site on Google Maps. I said that I'd already seen the scene of the accident while riding my bicycle. A riding buddy was also on the prospective jury panel and said the same thing. However they settled out of court before going to trial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted June 24, 2019 Share #16 Posted June 24, 2019 ...I served on a jury here once. Actually got selected and sat through the whole trial. I tried to convince the other 11 jurors that we ought to send the defense atty to jail along with his client, but got voted down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olas Nah Posted June 24, 2019 Share #17 Posted June 24, 2019 Two words: JURY NULLIFICATION 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted June 24, 2019 Share #18 Posted June 24, 2019 3 hours ago, jsharr said: I have been called at least half a dozen times. Sat on one jury for a kid that got busted speeding. I voted for hanging but he beat the rap. I was one of the few that voted guilty, maybe the only one that voted guilty so I changed my vote so we could leave! Gotta love our legal system at work. Jury of your peers my ass. Got called and seated for a second jury and then right after we started hearing testimony the lawyers had a confab and we all went home. I think the state screwed up some how and the DA had to dismiss the case. Been sent home without being selected more than I have been selected. I resemble this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted June 24, 2019 Share #19 Posted June 24, 2019 5 hours ago, jsharr said: Jury of your peers my ass. ...if they were interested in selecting a jury of peers, they'd send most off us without a prior felony home in the voir dire process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted June 24, 2019 Share #20 Posted June 24, 2019 When I was on my first criminal trial jury and was selected as foreman, I thought I'd feel great about "striking a blow for justice" if I found the man guilty. But it's not like on TV. When you have to speak the word "Guilty," in court - as I did 3 times for all 3 counts (conspiracy, robbery, armed robbery), and out of the corner of your eye you see the defendant's mother collapsing back into her seat, and you look the defendant in the eyes and see all hope fade, you don't feel great at all. You know you are doing the right thing, but the feeling is kind of like deciding to put a pet to sleep. You know this is a human being and your decision is putting him in prison for a long time. As we jurors suspected and later learned was true, this was a 3rd federal offense and that meant life in prison without chance or parole. It used to be in Maryland that some people didn't vote because jurors were selected from voter registration lists. Then they changed it to driver's license lists. I think they use a combination now. I was called in 1994 to Federal Court where I was foreman of a jury where the guy and two others robbed a Federal Armored Express man of $290,000. Guilty after 2 days of deliberations. Federal Court was fun because I wasn't docked any pay or time from work, was on duty 10 total days at $48/day in December, and they don't report it to the IRS. That provided an extra $480 ($830 in 2019 dollars) for Christmas Presents, etc. My other jury duties were with the County Circuit Court that paid only $10-$15/day. I was called in 1998 to County Circuit Court where I was not the foreman in a case where the BWI Airport Parking Lot manager was robbed of $38,000. Guilty after 2 days of deliberations. I was called to the County again in 2014 and 2018 but only had to show up one day and wasn't selected to a jury. I think I mentioned here that the only case where I was on the Voir Dire Jury (candidates for a trial) in 2018, the judge was an old high school friend and later a men's softball teammate (he retired this year) and two of the other potential jurors were former high school chemistry students of mine. A woman candidate juror sitting in front of me after all that was announced in the courtroom turned around to me and said, "You're out of here!" She was right. I was in group 659: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted June 24, 2019 Share #21 Posted June 24, 2019 The only time I was called into the selection phase, it was someone suing a contractor, or a contractor suing someone. Either way they didn't want a construction electrician in the jury... I've spent several days sitting in the "pool room" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted June 25, 2019 Share #22 Posted June 25, 2019 3 hours ago, MickinMD said: When I was on my first criminal trial jury and was selected as foreman, I thought I'd feel great about "striking a blow for justice" if I found the man guilty. But it's not like on TV. When you have to speak the word "Guilty," in court - as I did 3 times for all 3 counts (conspiracy, robbery, armed robbery), and out of the corner of your eye you see the defendant's mother collapsing back into her seat, and you look the defendant in the eyes and see all hope fade, you don't feel great at all. You know you are doing the right thing, but the feeling is kind of like deciding to put a pet to sleep. You know this is a human being and your decision is putting him in prison for a long time. As we jurors suspected and later learned was true, this was a 3rd federal offense and that meant life in prison without chance or parole. It used to be in Maryland that some people didn't vote because jurors were selected from voter registration lists. Then they changed it to driver's license lists. I think they use a combination now. I was called in 1994 to Federal Court where I was foreman of a jury where the guy and two others robbed a Federal Armored Express man of $290,000. Guilty after 2 days of deliberations. Federal Court was fun because I wasn't docked any pay or time from work, was on duty 10 total days at $48/day in December, and they don't report it to the IRS. That provided an extra $480 ($830 in 2019 dollars) for Christmas Presents, etc. My other jury duties were with the County Circuit Court that paid only $10-$15/day. I was called in 1998 to County Circuit Court where I was not the foreman in a case where the BWI Airport Parking Lot manager was robbed of $38,000. Guilty after 2 days of deliberations. I was called to the County again in 2014 and 2018 but only had to show up one day and wasn't selected to a jury. I think I mentioned here that the only case where I was on the Voir Dire Jury (candidates for a trial) in 2018, the judge was an old high school friend and later a men's softball teammate (he retired this year) and two of the other potential jurors were former high school chemistry students of mine. A woman candidate juror sitting in front of me after all that was announced in the courtroom turned around to me and said, "You're out of here!" She was right. I was in group 659: @jsharr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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