Jury Duty

[TeTe]

QFT.

For 12 years I tossed them summons in the trash. Never suffered any penalty. I finally broke down and replied to one of them just because I was curious about what it was like and I figured I could put a scumbag or two in jail.

At the county level probably nothing will happen to you. If they did come for you, you could claim you didn't get the summons and they have no way of disputing it

If you get a notice from a federal court, they'll send it certified or registered and you can't use that excuse. If you get a federal summons I'd never recommend ignoring it. They'll come for you.

 

[TeTe]

You want to get interviewed early, because then you have a chance of being dismissed. If you don't get interviewed early, then you have to sit there and wait while everyone else is interviewed.

If you don't get interviewed by the end of the day, you just have to come back the next day, and the next day. I had to show up for 4 days in a row before they finally settled on a jury they liked. I never got interviewed.

In California if you dont get selected by the end of the day, you automatically get dismissed.

 

[Satur9]

Went up twice but never got chosen. Maybe because I say I won’t ever give someone a guilty verdict if the death penalty is up for consideration? Not sure if it had anything to do with not being chosen, but I try my best not to.

Wonder how independent contractors handle it? Do the companies we have contracts to get work done in a timely manner have the ability to sue if we cannot get it done due to jury duty? Never looked into it

 

[tabascojet]

 

[ricc505]

When I retired I would of welcomed a chance to experience jury duty but now I have a kid so.... nope not going unless someone wants to watch my kid for as long as it takes. My wife went for her first time last year. Dispensary got sued over a slip and fall. She did the right thing and the jury eventually found the dispensary not liable. She took it seriously and found it interesting

 

[TeTe]

I'm sitting in jury room right now. Hopefully I don't get selected. I got sent home last time, hopefully this time is the same.

I think I was released last time cause I told them my wife works for Californians department of corrections. Hopefully that's an issue this go round

It's looking good. They already had jurors picked out from Friday but we're short a couple and needed alternates. Now they're down to selecting two alts and I haven't been interviewed yet and there's a lot people left. Hopefully I'm out of here in two hours.

 

[tabascojet]

Spent all day in the pool never interviewed once....thanks hamilton

 

[DanSavage]

I was selected from the pool as a possible juror involving a case where the defendant was using a court-appointed translator.

One of the ladies was being questioned, not unlike what is shown in the Curb Your Enthusiasm clip you posted. She was asked if she had any questions.

She responded that, because the defendant was using a translator, was he in the country legally?

A deafening hush fell over the courtroom. Finally, the judge stammered that his immigration status was not germane to the case.

She was immediately excused.

 

[tgv976]

5A. Your honor, if he/she/they aren't going to testify for what they are accused of, I'll be less likely to believe them. You'll be tossed.

 

[Yoricks Wisdom]

Going through selection once in Martinez, Ca. criminal court for a gang banger accused of drive by 187 (homicide), I replied
when asked about gangs "I think any and all scumbags claiming gang affiliation should be executed with extreme prejudice forthwith."
Stopped at this awesome Mexican place for lunch on the way home.

 

[Swamps]

Just rip that summons up and throw it in the trash!

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

First time being called. I have to show up for Jury Selection tomorrow morning at 7:30. What can I expect. Is there alot of down time during jury selection? This is in CA by the way.

Never ever ever answer that shit, thanks.

 

[Streeter]

Watch the pauly shore movie a couple of times to get an idea

Why torture the man . Actual jury duty is bad enough........ the movie is literally worse than literal jury duty.

 

[llperez22]

I’ve been wanting to be on a jury for long time. Finally got placed on one couple years ago. Very simple open and shut dui case. At least it should have been. A guy begged to be the foreman (which should be a red flag for anyone who takes this stuff that serious). He was a total fuckihg dipshit. He kept saying things that made no sense. We finally complained to judge and had him thrown off. They almost dismissed the case Because of his actions but decided they could replace him with an alternate and let the case proceed. I legit lost all faith in the legal process, not Because the laws or the lawyers or the system. Hut Because the deliberations with fucking window lickers who get to have a say in the results

 

[ChickenBrother]

I legit lost all faith in the legal process, not Because the laws or the lawyers or the system. Hut Because the deliberations with fucking window lickers who get to have a say in the results

Sadly I agree. Served on a grand jury 2 years ago and once had to testify in a deposition for the company I worked for due to frivolous lawsuit. The legal system is broken and too many people are morons. In one of the grand jury cases, a white police officer was accused by a (black) DA of biased treatment of a black suspect. Yeesh. The facts of the case were VERY clear and they even showed us bodycam footage of everything that went down. Still, the grand jury vote was cleanly split along racial and obvious political lines.

Came away from those experiences resigned to worrying about myself and my family but not going to second guess anyone else's life choices or actions.

 

[jeff7b9]

If they told you to show up at 7:30, that means they won't start anything until 8:00. They just tell everyone to be there at 7:30 because of everyone who's going to come in late. Which sucks, because those of us who are punctual were denied a half hour of sleep.

You sit in a big room, and at 8:00ish someone will come out and explain in painstaking detail how to fill out the form that you already filled out because you can read fucking english. This will take about 30-45 minutes.

You will scope the room to see if there are any hot chicks. There will be exactly one. You will say a silent prayer that you get sequestered on a 6 month trial and your hotel room is adjacent to hers. This prayer will go unanswered. That's what you get for praying when you don't even believe in god, you hypocrite.

Then you have to watch a juror orientation video that talks about how you're doing your civic duty and the system depends on you. This will give you a sense of national pride. You will vote republican in the next election.

You will sit around and wait for an hour or two. The waiting in the juror room isn't bad at all if you have a tablet or a smartphone to play with. They provide you with wifi, which is nice. There are signs that say not to surf porn on their network. You will find a secluded corner and do it anyway, just to feel like you're stickin' it to the man.

You will be called into the courtroom by a judge. The courtroom is a long walk from the room you're in, but that's okay because you're going to get right behind that hot chick and stare at her ass the whole way.

In the courtroom, they will make 12 of you potential jurors sit in the jury box. If you're not one of these 12 people, then you will be ignored completely. You will sit patiently while the adults talk. You will come up with all kinds of ideas on how to make this process more efficient. You will stare lovingly at the hot chick.

The judge and the lawyers will ask those 12 people questions, one by one. It will take an hour to get through 3 people. The judge will decide to be "nice" and cut the day short at 4:15, not realizing that this really fucks you over because now you have to come back the next day, when if he'd just stayed until 5 then maybe the process could have been finished.

You will return the next day and do all of the same things.

As a poster on here who will on occasion and for no pastriuclarly rational reason turn a forum post into a whole entire writing assignment just on the off chance that some person I will never meet or know might chuckle a bit at a joke thrown in somewhere along the line... I genuinely appreciate this post.

You created a whole story. I'm curious now about the hot chick. And since your post was written in 2013 I have decided that she is not an uppity cunt gold digging whore, in fact, in the casting breakdown for her role in the hypothetical hallmark movie about this imaginary day in jury duty selction she is described as a "girl next door type" who doesn't wear a lot of makeup, because she doesn't have to. And she likes dogs.

 

[HomeCheese]

First time being called. I have to show up for Jury Selection tomorrow morning at 7:30. What can I expect. Is there alot of down time during jury selection? This is in CA by the way.

Be prepared to be told what to do by some bored civil service worker, you gonna be talked to like you are in third grade. Sit down, fill this out, stay seated until we tell you not to, go to lunch now, now walk over here and sit down. Now go home and be here same time tomorrow to sit where and when I tell you.

That shit is aggravating. Twice served of a jury, twice elected Forman. That shit blows.

 

[CutStryker]

First time being called. I have to show up for Jury Selection tomorrow morning at 7:30. What can I expect. Is there alot of down time during jury selection? This is in CA by the way.

A lot of time wasted for sure. If you don’t mind getting paid next to nothing and don’t have a job that can pay you more than by all means stay and do your civic duty. However, for me one time there was 120 people they called in and only need 12. I was earning $240 a day and they want to pay you $0 for the first day. Sorry, I have bills. No thank you!

Oh by the way, I live in the Golden State.

 

[Fedorgasm]

As a poster on here who will on occasion and for no pastriuclarly rational reason turn a forum post into a whole entire writing assignment just on the off chance that some person I will never meet or know might chuckle a bit at a joke thrown in somewhere along the line... I genuinely appreciate this post.

You created a whole story. I'm curious now about the hot chick. And since your post was written in 2013 I have decided that she is not an uppity cunt gold digging whore, in fact, in the casting breakdown for her role in the hypothetical hallmark movie about this imaginary day in jury duty selction she is described as a "girl next door type" who doesn't wear a lot of makeup, because she doesn't have to. And she likes dogs.

LOL I can't believe it's been 12 years! Man I'm old.

What's funny is they just stopped sending me jury summons. I don't know how I feel through the cracks but I haven't gotten one since.

 

[Kingz]

Say hi to Judge Ito