I was signed up for JD when i was 19 i think i was excited about it. But they screwed up and scheduled me the wrong day and i almost got arrested but the clerk was nice enough to excuse me but i *was* excited before the whole they screw up and almost get me arrested. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:18 AM Subject: RE: Benefits of jury duty..., new thread - forced JD
*sigh* Am I the only one here who feels like it's my duty? I mean, there's a lot of talk around here about various parts and pieces of the Constitution, and how they mean a lot to various people, but I'm getting the (hopefully incorrect) feeling that trial by jury isn't one of those pieces that means something. :-( -- Ben Doom Programmer & General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc : -----Original Message----- : From: Bill Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 7:52 AM : To: CF-Community : Subject: Re: Benefits of jury duty..., new thread - forced JD : : : hhaha I heard a good quote one time i like. : : Why cant you fool a jury they are the people that are the ones : who cant find : a good reason to get out of jury duty : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Adam Churvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 1:17 PM : 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5