I'm at jury duty...again
 

It's been a long morning - anybody I get a trial for today is guilty :judge:

I got out of it again, otherwise, I would be keeping you company.:nutkick:

What's the trick? I'm 27 and this is my 6th or 7th time...

I once gave a speech during jury selection on the modern American police state. Haven't been asked back since, more than 10 years.

LOL, why am I not surprised? I actually got done around 2. I got in the jury box for a murder trial, but was booted by the defense. I'm guessing it was because I kept staring him down and also because I kept shaking my head whenever he spoke. The dude was full of it and I think his client was clearly guilty of murder (more than likely 1st degree judging by the info I heard). The defense attorney definitely earned some of his money kicking me out actually :judge:

Just hope you don't get a case that winds up having the jury sequestered:rolleyes2:

Here is the case I almost got on. The guy was the actual shooter. What an idiot.

Every time I get the letter in the mail I just throw it away. The way is see it is it isn't sent certified, so I didn't sigh for it therefor I didn't get it.:judge:

Financial hardship. My bills equal my income, I am the sole income producer, and would not meet my financial commitments.:sm_up_there:

I told a judge once that I thought lawyers were just a bunch of lying con men. The judge asked me if I felt that way about all lawyers and I replied every single one of them. He left me on the jury because I didn't show any bias towards a particular type of lawyer.

Bob

:smack:

Hahahahahaha! Good for him. If you're evenly prejudiced against the prosecution and the defense, you're really not biased are you? Smart judge.

Not that there are any stupid judges.

And I hope you don't really feel that way about lawyers.

Not really. I just don't like corrupt lawyers, like the 300+ that make up Congress passing laws to help pad the pockets of other corrupt lawyers. I have quite a few lawyers and judges in my family and I still love them. Thank god they were there to help me out when I got divorced.
I wanted to get out of that trial, but ended up wasting 10 weeks of my time on it. My dissing of lawyers did back fire on me.
I have been called up for jury duty 5 times and 5 times I was put on the jury.

Bob

There are corrupt people in any profession, especially in the more lucrative professions. Everyone likes to tease lawyers as ambulance chasers, but when your daughter gets raped, the prosecuting attorney will be your hero. Because cops don't lock scum up for good, lawyers do. And the defense lawyers (excluding the rich media whore types that make a bad name for all defense lawyers) are just there to make sure the accused get a fair trial, not to get them off when they're guilty.

As far as jury duty, you have so many ambiguous check boxes on that initial form that can get you off the hook. It's worked for me 3 or 4 times, without question.

In starting up our business recently, we got a threatening letter from her former employer. It was hooey. I told them it was hooey, but they weren't listening. They listened to our attorney who reminded them of all the violations her previous employer made and that the DOL and IRS might be interested to know, ya know, just say'n. Don't F with us we won't F with you. That was the end of that. I was happy to write our lawyer a $300 check for writing up a couple paragraphs in an hour. Honestly. He made a potential nightmare go away.