That's where they don't have to state a reason. Mrs CW's supervisor from her job was in the pool, and I got to do that walk of shame/freedom right in front of her. Now I'm free as a bird... until tomorrow, when it's back to work, but they say this is a long weekend.
Plus, chance of rain tonight and for sure tomorrow, which means more snow on Shasta, to follow the cap the lonely mountain got on August 20th.
I sense the return of the ice age. Hopefully, that includes the return of the megafauna!
If you can appear intelligent and a bit opinionated, you can usually get bounced from jury duty. Or, just say the defendant must be guilty if the police arrested them.
ReplyDeleteJust be intelligent. I was #15 in the pool, so that many repeats of Q1/A1, Q2/A2, etc. As soon as they asked Q1 I responded with all 10-ish answers. Instantly excused.
ReplyDeleteThe way things are today we should all do our best to serve.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Who of us, if he were on trial or in a civil suit would want a jury consisting only of people who were “too dumb to get excused” or who had a personal agenda?
DeleteThrice I made it to the last rounds of voir dire. I did feel shame that I was kicked out.
DeleteJudge wanted to revisit my occupation. I grew weary of the spotlight.
I got kicked off because I knew what a coccyx was. The lady was suing some big box store because she fell on an icy sidewalk and injured same.
ReplyDeleteThat puts to question a 'jury of your peers'.
DeleteAs a defendant I'd argue that the jury was too deprived of intellect, therefore reason.
Spent over a week on a trial where a professional cabinet refinisher was suing the commercial maker of the lacquer thinner because he got burned when he spread it all the way up to the gas stove... and it ignited.
ReplyDeleteHas lawyer claimed that the eighteen inch tall bright red symbol for flammable was insufficient since the instructions didn't specifically state that a gas stoves pilot light was the same thing as an open flame.
And yes, several women on the jury thought the 'poor man' should get something.
Hate to tell you what the men on the jury thought he deserved.
I was #9 - total shoo in - on a manslaughter trial. The defendant did not speak English. The question was something about whether we had a problem with the defendant needing a translator. I answered that it was fine with me. Said a man has a right to participate in his defense. Got bounced. Go figure.
ReplyDeleteDave is correct. We need juries of our peers instead of juries of the dumbest folks still breathing. Do your best to serve on the jury.
ReplyDeleteAnother Dave
The US has become a lawless country made of, by, and for the legal guild that rules us. A land of 100's of 1000's of laws, rules, and regulations written by unelected bureaucrats and selectively enforced depending upon what one is or who one knows. It won't be corrected without some lawlessness.
ReplyDeleteGet on any jury you can and nullify. Cause retrials and mistrials. Monkey wrench the system.
^^^^THIS times 1000!
Deletehttps://fija.org/ Fully Informed Jury Association - this is a great read. One should not try to evade jury duty. Just don't mention that you're familiar with the concept of "jury nullification".
ReplyDeleteI got bounced from jury duty once when the prosecutor asked me if I owned any firearms. I told him yes. He asked me how many. I told him it was none of his fucking business because second amendment.
ReplyDeleteWasn't the return of the Ice Age 30 years ago? You're behind the times, man, get with it!
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