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IanExMachina The Paedofinder General from Gone with the Chickens Since: Jul, 2009
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#1: Feb 16th 2011 at 9:04:09 AM

About a year ago I was talking about how interesting it would be to be on a jury, then three months later I'm called to be on a jury!

I have to say I found it all fascinating, a tiny bit disappointing I didn't get to see a murder case (I would have had I been called a week earlier) but still fascinating.

I don't get the wanting to get out of "Jury duty" that I've seen from many Americans.

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Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
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#2: Feb 16th 2011 at 9:17:47 AM

It's one of those things that would be interesting if you actually got an interesting case, but once you get there you realize it's mostly just random cookie cutter DUI's and border disputes.

IanExMachina The Paedofinder General from Gone with the Chickens Since: Jul, 2009
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#3: Feb 16th 2011 at 10:00:06 AM

Even if it is, it's pretty interesting to see how a real court works and be part of your justice system? Right?

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Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
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#4: Feb 16th 2011 at 10:44:30 AM

Seeing that you're expected to take the unbacked word of a police officer to be just as reliable as physical evidence for charges they're notorious for trumping up or bullshitting altogether was certainly interesting, but rather the wrong sort.

I guess I'm a tad jaded to the wonder of the general process from having friends in law tongue

edited 16th Feb '11 10:45:24 AM by Pykrete

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#5: Feb 16th 2011 at 12:38:52 PM

Plus there's the fact that the jury vetting process in the USA is long, dull, and tends to coincide with other obligations.

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#6: Feb 16th 2011 at 12:40:54 PM

Last time I was called up I didn't even make it out of the jury pool. sad

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Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
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#7: Feb 16th 2011 at 12:41:38 PM

And there's only like a 1/3 chance you'll be picked to even be interviewed for the jury in the first place, which means for 2/3 of the room they sat through four hours of orientation for jack crap.

CommandoDude Since: Jun, 2010
#8: Feb 16th 2011 at 1:55:17 PM

I was called as a prospective jurer for an assault with a deadly weapon and breaking and entering case. I probably would have been on it had I not had to ask for an excuse due to the trial being so long that it ended into my school term.

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#9: Feb 16th 2011 at 2:10:32 PM

My cousin said that she found jury service to be a disillusioning experience.

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#10: Feb 16th 2011 at 4:03:11 PM

I wanna be on jury duty because of my new-found interest in Ace Attorney. >____>

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#11: Feb 17th 2011 at 9:01:18 AM

I'm fine with watching cases in Law And Order. But since I registered to vote I'll probably get that summons. sad

IanExMachina The Paedofinder General from Gone with the Chickens Since: Jul, 2009
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#12: Feb 17th 2011 at 9:56:12 AM

Hmm sounds like the US version is a lot more tedious to even get to the jury part :s

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#13: Aug 16th 2012 at 3:57:38 PM

It really is tedious. Although a jury is 12 members in size they'll call in 40-50 people as prospective jurors because if you show even the slightest signs of partiality, or if either attorney just doesn't like the way you look, you'll be asked to vacate. And every other person has to wait through this entire sequence, and each time a new prospective is called up, the entire questioning process begins anew.

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#14: Aug 16th 2012 at 5:43:38 PM

I want to be called to jury duty, and if I get as far as the interview, I want to say, "I challenge you to take my enthusiasm for justice and civic duty out of me."

But then, depending on the case, my interest in justice might get one side's lawyer antsy to get rid of me.

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#15: Aug 16th 2012 at 5:47:10 PM

I almost want to do jury duty just to see what it would be like. I haven't got it because I'm a minor and my mom hasn't gotten it because she's not a U.S. citizen. My grandma got called up one time, but she was like 80 at the time so she didn't have to go (besides, she probably wouldn't have made it out of the jury pool for anything, she'd probably complain about young people too much lol)

Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
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#16: Aug 16th 2012 at 6:12:21 PM

It really is tedious. Although a jury is 12 members in size they'll call in 40-50 people as prospective jurors because if you show even the slightest signs of partiality, or if either attorney just doesn't like the way you look, you'll be asked to vacate.

It varies from state to state, but here the two attorneys are each allowed to use peremptory challenge (remove a juror without stating a reason) on three jurors apiece — at least for misdemeanor cases. Which basically means the one with the weaker case will target the three jurors who look the most educated and least likely to fall for doublespeak and bullshit (I distinctly remember one of my law buddies telling me engineers in particular are almost always challenged), and the one with the stronger case will mostly be targeting people who seem partial to the other side.

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Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
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#18: Aug 16th 2012 at 6:29:00 PM

I was going to say something to the effect of IQ being an average and not working that way, but people who are living out of town for college or traveling for higher-class jobs usually get exemptions...so I guess you really are going to get a somewhat disproportionately less educated cross-section.

edited 16th Aug '12 6:29:52 PM by Pykrete

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