Oh Great
I had the misfortune to do jury duty a couple of years back. I would like to think that I was doing my civic duty, but when we came to consider the verdict apparently I was in a different court room from the other eleven jurors. For me it was cut and dried. However the rest of them seemed to think I was some Judge Jeffries re-incarnated. It was pretty obvious to me what had transpired. So in the end the sex offender got away with it and the next time it wont be an assault, it will be a full blown rape. Hope these scumbags are pleased they upheld their liberal credentials.
In most states Drew all you have to do if your self employed in call the CH and tell them it will create a financial hardship for your family for you to miss work. They do not follow up on the why, they just say OK ,have a nice day.
Worked for me 4 times over the years although I did do JD once just for the experience. It wasn’t bad except for the sitting in the Waiting room Praying to be called on for duty. That was only 1.5 hours.
Lucky me, my trial lasted just 2 days and I was DONE.
Piercings, whether real or pretend, won’t get you disqualified. THAT is the mentality which lawyers look for these days in jury selection. The rest of your plan will, however, get you arrested. And jailed for contempt of court for the duration of the trial(s).
Posted by Mark Matis
07/04/2015 at 08:59 AM
Just act like an American, ask questions if you can, sit up straight and make eye contact, be patriotic, be HONEST, they’ll drop you like a hot rock.
Even better yet, when the judge giving instructions to prospective jurors tells you the Constitution is a ”living document”, let him know you understand he is committing treason. You’ll have an opportunity to live at taxpayer expense for an extended time…
}:-]Posted by Mark Matis
07/04/2015 at 10:44 AM
The idea is to sour the attorneys on selecting you, not on spending time in jail for contempt. You can always plead hardship, too far to travel, don’t have a car, chronic hangnail, herpes. It’s worth a shot.
Grand Jury, Isn’t that the Jury that decides to prosecute criminals for their alleged crimes. I doubt that most get out of jury ploys will work on that, since there is no defense since no charges have been met out until the grand jury votes. Good luck, it might be interesting. Last time I actually had to show up for jury duty ( last 3 times call the number every tuesday for 2 months to see if you have to show, and no trials went to a jury) I was in the box from the get go being an engineer and a grand theft auto case. After 2 days of testimony and 6 hours of deliberation we found the idiot guilty on 5 of the 8 counts. Then you find out later when they got around to the sentence he got 200 days of community control (parole). What a crock of shit.
In case anyone here forgets why this day is special I will lend a hand ,Courtesy of Professor Randy Barnett;
The political theory announced in the Declaration of Independence can be summed up by the proposition I mentioned above: First come rights, and then comes government. According to this view:The rights of individuals do not originate with any government, but pre-exist its formation.
The protection of these rights is both the purpose and first duty of government.
Even after government is formed, these rights provide a standard by which its performance is measured and, in extreme cases, its systemic failure to protect rights—or its systematic violation of rights—can justify its alteration or abolition.
At least some of these rights are so fundamental that they are “inalienable,” meaning they are so intimately connected to one’s nature as a human being that they cannot be transferred to another even if one consents to do so.
Happy Fourth of July!
60 years young - never, ever received a jury duty summons - hubby received one - when we were living in Germany. There are advantages to ‘serving’ your country - half the time, they can’t find you; the other half you’re far enough away that it doesn’t matter.
Only living here for just over 10 years - son’s been called twice. Go figure.
I’d probably be kicked off quickly - since I support the death penalty, maximum sentencing and don’t buy into the crappy childhood defense.
But who knows - they don’t even give me the chance.
And who says jury tampering doesn’t happen - I’d place bets that they have a data screening program that does it before they even send out the summons.
Hey, color me incredibly cynical about all things governmental.
When asked, express full support for the death penalty, the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th amendments, and above all the desire to see all politicians and lawyers indicted.
Who knows, you may actually get to participate in a case that mattes - say the illegal shooting of Tamir Rice or any other innocent.
Good luck, God Bless, and lock ‘n’ load.
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