Jury Duty

[Katipwnan]

thats so brilliant lolol, wearing trayvon shirt = instant dissmisal
or if u dont have that, try an all black hoodie

Should i go buy some Arizona ice tea and some Skittles.

 

[Katipwnan]

Fuck thats weak i dont get my 15 bucks unless i get slected. I was actually hoping to get a new tub of whey protein.

 

[Brotha Will]

Driver's license.

This incorrect, had my DL for 17yrs and no summons yet, although I never registered to vote so I assume that's the list they pull from.

 

[Katipwnan]

This incorrect, had my DL for 17yrs and no summons yet, although I never registered to vote so I assume that's the list they pull from.

I just went through jury orentation and they said your chosen randomly based on your drivers license and if youve registered to vote. This is CA btw.

 

[Thread]

Driver's license.

wrong it's by voter registration. which is why I'll never get called in

 

[Katipwnan]

Just got past the first round of jury selection. Hopefully this keeps up and i can go home in the next hour or so.

 

[faustian]

I got to the federal courthouse at 7am this morning and sat there until 1:30pm only to be told to come back tomorrow morning at 8am for jury selection. All they did today was question summoned jurors who had "conflicts" in the next couple of weeks. Not sure why I had to be there at all today.

 

[IIIIIIII]

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.

if you don't want to go, don't show up. if you're called and asked about it, say, "what? i didn't get anything in the mail". there's no way for them to prove that you received the summons. the minute you reply back and register, you're fucked.

i did it a few years ago. it wasn't too bad. it was a landlord vs. tenant case. it lasted about three days and i was only in court for like five hours or so. it's cake if you're not on a criminal case.

best to figure out how long the case will be before agreeing to becoming a juror.

 

[KNN]

The juror room is a miserable place. Some of them do have TVs though.

I live in the LA area and I've been summoned 3 times, called to a court room twice, and put on a jury once. Two times in Compton and one time in Long Beach. I actually got dismissed from a courtroom once because the prosecutor from the DA's office had just put a close friend of the family behind bars for attempted murder with a gang enhancement.

 

[Katipwnan]

if you don't want to go, don't show up. if you're called and asked about it, say, "what? i didn't get anything in the mail". there's no way for them to prove that you received the summons. the minute you reply back and register, you're fucked.

i did it a few years ago. it wasn't too bad. it was a landlord vs. tenant case. it lasted about three days and i was only in court for like five hours or so. it's cake if you're not on a criminal case.

best to figure out how long the case will be before agreeing to becoming a juror.

http://www.legalzoom.com/everyday-law/courtroom/jury-dodgers-what-really-happens

Yeah i definitely do not want to spend time at county for jury dodging.

 

[faustian]

EDIT nevermind I probably shouldn't be giving any info about the case lol

 

[chunglii]

So, if you are never assigned to be interviewed or asked any questions by the end of the day, you're pretty much done and don't have to come back?

Or, if you are interviewed and end up being dismissed, you're done?

 

[Fedorgasm]

if you don't want to go, don't show up. if you're called and asked about it, say, "what? i didn't get anything in the mail". there's no way for them to prove that you received the summons. the minute you reply back and register, you're fucked.

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.

 

[Fedorgasm]

So, if you are never assigned to be interviewed or asked any questions by the end of the day, you're pretty much done and don't have to come back?

Or, if you are interviewed and end up being dismissed, you're done?

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.

 

[oceanlife**]

I'm 30 and I've never had to go in for jury service. I received my last jury summons this past yr and tried ignoring it like I've done with the rest of them, but I ended up receiving another notice stating that I would be fined up to $1,000 or imprisoned for 5 days if I failed to respond.

 

[faustian]

My summons was from federal district court so I was scurred to throw it away; I figure between not voting for Obama and ignoring a federal summons I might risk landing my name on some death list.

 

[crowded]

When I've gotten jury duty notices I've simply thrown them in the trash. When they start sending them certified is when I respond.

Actually I did respond the first time. I called and they said something about not needing to report because it was the holidays. Since then I just ignore them.

 

[Katipwnan]

Everything that was in Fedorgasm's analysis was pretty dead on. A transcription of events as follows:

1) Arrive at 7:20 in order to be punctual and dressed appropriatley. People start filing in at 8:10 dressed in nothing but jeans and a t-shirt.
2) Shit starts at 8:30 with the clerk reading off a damn script going on about its our civic duty and that we should be honored to serve as jurors. Then watch a stupid movie parroting what the clerk just said.
3) From 8:30 to 11:30 nothing but looking at my phone and watching the Today show. Bullshit going on about some royal baby. For some reason i'm being oogled at by some busted ass females. 2 cute looking latinas actually got up and moved to sit right next to me, but I ended up pussying out. :icon_sad:
4) Lunch recess starts at 11:30 to 1:30 and we are told to be back promptly at 1:30. Majority of the jurors come back at 1:45.
5) More waiting around and more watching TV (Days of our Lives, Anderson, and Dr. Phil) until 2:45 when the bailiff comes in to read the first batch of potential jurors. I don't make the cut. Much rejoicing and relief.
6) More waiting. 3:45 rolls around and I'm finally hoping i'm getting out of this shit hole of a place when the 2nd and last bailiff of the day comes to read the last batch of names. My name was unfortunately read and butchered.
7) Walk to the courtroom across the street. Unfortunately no hot ass to stare at on the way there.
8) Get to the courtroom when there is already a full roster of potential jurors who were already interviewed the day before. They just had to find the justification to bring another 20 potential jurors.
9) Instead of just running through all the potential jurors to find which ones will make the final cut, fucking dumb bitch judge adjourned court for the next following day to continue making final cuts to the jurors. Now I have to fucking comeback tomorrow and waste more fucking time to see if I'm going to make the final cut. I fucking hope not since its going to be a 4 day trial.

Now that I've experienced it, fuck jury duty. Now I can legitimately complain and bitch about jury duty. Instead of wasting my fucking time down at jury services for a whole fucking day just give me a call or a notice that on a said day I will be a put in a case that the system will find me useful enough to condemn or find an individual innocent. FUCK!

 

[chunglii]

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.

Damn. And I assume there's no way to choose when you're called for interview, so you just have to wait.

Would you say it's worth it or a good idea to lie during the interview to make yourself an undesireable juror? Like say you distrust cops or authority?

 

[v.kevin]

Damn. And I assume there's no way to choose when you're called for interview, so you just have to wait.

Would you say it's worth it or a good idea to lie during the interview to make yourself an undesireable juror? Like say you distrust cops or authority?

I wouldn't advocate lying or trying to get out of it once you're there. You got to that point you may as well ride it out and see if you get selected. Part of what makes the process so unbearably long is all the fuckos trying to come up with bullshit reasons why they can't serve.
If you flat out don't want to serve, throw away the notice.