I was on a felony jury one time. Only took 4 days, and employer covered my salary. Was truly happy to be able to vote to convict the scumbag.
Have to say I was really fair - said "ok, they said 'beyond a reasonable doubt'. So let's try to find a reason to acquit. If we can't find a reason, then we're pretty sure they're guilty." So they voted me foreman. :-) Victim was an older fairly wealthy widow who got Parkinson's, needed in-home care. Defendant and her daughter hired to provide care, robbed the woman blind. Jewelery her late husband had given her, art, silver, mementos. Awful. -Ben At 09:31 AM 3/11/03 -0500, you wrote: >if i got called, i would serve. it is our duty. i just never have. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:18 AM >To: CF-Community >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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
