Yeah... judges are so sick and tired of the disrespect jury candidates show to their courtrooms. I can't blame them.
BTW, you mentioned in an earlier message that you are also a chef. What's your specialty? Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion Advanced Intensive ColdFusion MX Training ColdFusion MX Master Class: March 31, 2003 - April 4, 2003 http://www.ColdFusionTraining.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Skinner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 1:33 PM Subject: RE: Benefits of jury duty..., new thread - forced JD > Well the mistake he made was NOT SHOW UP. The is never a good idea, My wife > who is a Type 1 diabetic, where stress and/or the possibility of missed > meals are not a good idea as well as that her employer will NOT reimburse > her for time missed, has always been relieved of jury duty, but every time > she has to call the clerk, get the form, fill it out, get letters from her > employer and doctor, all of this BEFORE the summons date. But, once that is > done, she is dismissed. So you can get out, but you CAN NOT ignore it and > just not show up. > > Ian Skinner > Blood Source > Sacramento, CA > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 10:18 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Benefits of jury duty..., new thread - forced JD > > > > So, I've never had to serve on a jury - but something I've always > > wondered about - they can't force someone who is supporting their family > > to go on jury duty, can they? Or how about a single guy/gal - what if > > they can't afford to pay rent because they can't go to work? > > They most certainly can, and they will. Hospital stays and military > deployments are typically honored, but the rest is fair game for jury > selection. If they didn't do it this way then everyone would have an > excuse. It's kind of like a civilian version of being called up from the > Reserves for duty to your country. > > If the jury candidate can document clear cause for relief from service, then > that _sometimes_ works, but not always. And some courts require jury > candidates to show up in person to make their claim for relief with > documentation in hand. Every court is different, so make sure to check, and > get the rules in writing (or a printout from the court's website), not by > what some clerk tells you. > > I know a guy who was heavily medicated for a heart condition which also > required that he not undergo stress. He was scheduled for an out-of-town > business meeting weeks in advance of his jury notice; he explained his > situation to the court clerk who told him he shouldn't have a problem being > relieved from duty. > > He assumed this meant there wouldn't be a problem if he didn't show up. Big > mistake. > > During his business meeting a few states away from home, no more than three > hours after he was supposed to arrive for morning jury selection, federal > marshalls arrived with handcuffs drawn and an arrest warrant in hand. > > The marshalls brought him back to his home state and in front of the judge, > where he explained his situation and also his physician called the court > clerk with an explanation for the judge. Everything was finally resolved > and he was relieved from service, but it took an affidavit from his > physician to be filed to get him relieved. > > One piece of advice: never say to a judge, "You can't do that." They love > to hear it, because it's always so much fun to prove you wrong. Don't try > to use layman's logic in determining what a judge can and can't do, because > that's mostly up to his discretion. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion > > Advanced Intensive ColdFusion MX Training > ColdFusion MX Master Class: > March 31, 2003 - April 4, 2003 > http://www.ColdFusionTraining.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
