Jury duty felony case

[Travelingchild]

So spent a week on jury duty on a felony case, talk about stress no it was not a national case. It's concluded & public knowledge. So we can discuss it publicly , per court instructions upon conclusion we delivered a not guilty verdict. It simply amazed me on how many people said why wasn't he guilty I heard he was Charged with xy or z and the media implied he was guilty so he must be.

Me no the state has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt,
Them but he was Charged so he must be guilty
Me no he's innocent until proven guilty
Them no the media said he was charged so he must be guilty
Anyhow just venting. As I decompress

[Moose-Knuckle]

I cannot think of a more fearful thing than to have one's life in the hands of a modern jury comprised of twelve peers . . .

[Travelingchild]

The hardest during deliberations was sticking to the evidence presented and leaving coulda woulda should as out of it. Without appearing sexist the female jurors had more difficulty keeping emotions out it due to the charges of felony aggravated assault & felony child abuse

[Moose-Knuckle]

Due to my line of employment I will NEVER be selected to sit on a jury. Dealing with the dregs of society day in and day out year after year makes one jaded I suppose.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

I've become friends with a defense attorney thru mutual kids events. He has some really interesting views on things- especially cases and juries where emotion overcomes evidence and logic.

One interesting thing is the trend in CO that if a defendant loses a case, they will get a public defender to file three different ways that the case should be thrown out. One was that the defense in the first case was not done right. He said a guy that he defended that got convicted had his new public defender lawyer contact him and request all his files because he was going to file a motion about a bad defense. My buddy was surprised since it was a pretty simple case. The Public defender said that he had no idea what his 'cause' would be, but he was sure that after going thru the file that he would find something to use.

He said the cases where kids were hurt were the worst if the guy was actually innocent or over charged. Juries just hate the defendant and can't see the legal issues.

Any links to the case?

[Travelingchild]

http://trib.com/news/local/crime-and...1d19794bf.html


http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/jackso...0501c8c06.html

Unfornately both require a login or survey to view...

That was an issue with some of the jurors sticking to to legal issues and not emotional one but in the end we all did..

[SteyrAUG]

I cannot think of a more fearful thing than to have one's life in the hands of a modern jury comprised of twelve peers . . .

Not sure they could find twelve people who are actually my "peers" in the entire county. Most people don't even comprehend my values let alone actually share them.

[LowSpeed_HighDrag]

Never did jury duty when I was in the Marine Corps. Will never have to sit on one as long as I do my current job. Thank God.

[Spurholder]

I did jury duty a couple of years ago. Nothing exciting, just a property dispute case. Still, watching the jury selection process was entertaining. And the people I served with were a great bunch of folks. Not many of them were critical thinkers, but they wanted to do the right thing.

In my state, jurors in the pool serve for 30 days, and the case I was involved in lasted about 10 days. I was called for another one - wrongful termination case - but was dismissed during jury selection. I was asked about whether I had ever fired someone. IIRC, every juror with management experience was thanked and sent home.

Would I do it again? Yes.

[Averageman]

Never did jury duty when I was in the Marine Corps. Will never have to sit on one as long as I do my current job. Thank God.

I get sent home every time under similar circumstances. When in the Military I would not get fully in the door before being dismissed, now I get three or four questions in and get sent home.
To some degree I understand where they are coming from but this area is dominated by Military, Military Retiree's and former Military. I would guess if I was to be judged by my peers I would prefer it to be those guys rather than some sluggo who has nothing better to do than to sit in on a jury to supplement his Government subsidies check.