Jury duty felony case

[Alex V]

The closest I came was being dismissed during the selection process for having a "NoBama" bumper sticker...

[Vandal]

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.

I hadn't thought of that yet but myself and others on this forum are in the same boat.

I sat on a jury in college for a felony burglary. It was ridiculously easy as the gas station had color digital video and digital audio. We took longer to eat lunch than to deliberate.

[Hmac]

I got selected for jury duty once. They wouldn't let me out of it, but did agree to release me after being called but not used for one case that settled. Then I was off the hook. No objections to serving, but I'm one of 4 trauma surgeons for the entire county. Couldn't take that amount of time off.

[SilverBullet432]

12 angry men. Good film.( the old one)

[Eurodriver]

My mother, the epitome of a Blue Dog Democrat, has said my entire life "Well, if they're on trial they've gotta be guilty of something."

Never really resonated with me much until she actually made it to trial as a juror and found the guy guilty...

[jpmuscle]

My mother, the epitome of a Blue Dog Democrat, has said my entire life "Well, if they're on trial they've gotta be guilty of something."

Never really resonated with me much until she actually made it to trial as a juror and found the guy guilty...

Ouch.... Bet she'd sing a different tune if wrongfully accused herself.

[Hmac]

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.

Around here, actually being selected to sit on a jury is rare since most cases scheduled for jury trial are settled before day one. The problem is that when you get selected for jury duty, it means that you have to hang around, put your work on hold, while you wait for them to call you to come in and be interviewed for a specific case. If you aren't selected to serve on that case, you go right back into the pool. This can go on for a month. You can't schedule your life more than about 3 days in advance because you might have go down and cool your ass at the courthouse on any given day (or two)

So, unless you have a job that completely removes you from the possibility of jury duty, you may still have to suffer the inconvenience that goes along with doing your civic duty.

[Greg Bell]

We need more intelligent, thoughtful folks on juries. If you get wrongfully accused of a crime it is your ONLY shot of not being convicted. The Judges, Prosecutors, Cops and even most defense attorneys just assume you are guilty no matter what happens.

[williejc]

A very large number of cases--misdemeanor and felony--are settled and closed by means of plea bargaining. In my area, attorney fees for this method are determined according to a formula: one price for misdemeanor pleas and a higher price for guilty pleas. Attorneys and inmates communicate through video conferencing only. Nobody running the system sees the possibility of innocence with the result that an innocent person with no money is screwed. It's almost like the innocent person wanting a jury trial is viewed as a trouble maker. Many citizens are not aware that attorneys sometimes persuade the accused to plead guilty to a lesser charge even when the accused is innocent.

It's not cops who perpetuate this system. Judges, district attorneys, and defense attorneys do.

Let me remind everybody. If you must shoot for your life, then you too may be thrown into this meat grinder. A best possible outcome could be financial ruin. So, be careful.

[C-grunt]

The Judges, Prosecutors, Cops and even most defense attorneys just assume you are guilty no matter what happens.

I disagree with this. I know a couple defense attorneys and I've never heard them say anything like that. Even when they know their client is guilty they ensure a fair trial is given. As a cop I've written many reports about accused crimes that there was no evidence or indipendent witnesses. Now I can't remember ever actually going to court on one of those cases as our DA won't file on those kind of reports. However if they did every cop I know for damn sure wouldn't just assume the accused was guilty. We see false reports, especially during divorce and child custody disputes, that we can't prove pretty often.