Jury Duty

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4V50 Gary

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Lucky me! I got a note for Jury Duty and rather than waive, I sent in asking for a new date (don't want it to interfer with vacation). Anyway, I'm hoping to get moved from a criminal jury to a civil jury. For one, the likelihood of me being selected as a juror on a criminal trial is close to nil (LEO, victim of criminal assaults, battery, theft, related to cops and best friends are cops - but I have lotsa non cop friends too) and am going to try to get transferred to a civil jury.

Here's why. As a civil juror, you can protect a gun maker/user/dealer if the case involves some sort of liability because of a gun. An argument that guns are inherently dangerous won't fly with any TFLer. Likewise that some design like a Glock (with no external manually operated safety) is unsafe will also die at our hands. I personally would like to be on a jury where the gun makers are charged with negligently marketing guns to criminals. What a bunch of hogwash. Do your civic duty and protect the Second Amendment!
 
I scold everyone who expresses to me how lucky they were to get out of jury duty!

"Shame on you!" I tell them. "You've just elected to have someone else determine how you will live in this country!"

So,

Good for you, GARY!

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John/az
"When freedom is at stake, your silence is not golden, it's yellow..." RKBA!

See The Legacy of Gun Control film at: www.cphv.com

Do it for the children...

[This message has been edited by John/az2 (edited September 13, 2000).]
 
I report for jury duty manana...8:00 am.

Could have gotten out of it, but that would be wrong :). I just have to remember to act like a liberal so I'll be picked...or I can wear a short skirt and low cut blouse <eg>

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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
 
Anyone contemplating jury duty would be well advised to visit www.fija.org .

And, in the process of voir dire, and they ask you whether you can follow the judge's instructions, etc., well ... that is when you will decide how you will behave during coercion by the state.

Will you answer truthfully, and probably be excluded from the panel, or will you be more creative. Each of us must make his / her own decision. This is where the 'rubber meets the road' for freedom and liberty. This is when we repay our debt to those who formed and died for this country.

Best wishes during your service. Regards from AZ
 
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I showed up for jury duty last winter.
The defendant didn't. :(
Thoughts of Alices' resteraunt, the 8x10 color glossy prints, and the blind judge went through my head. *sigh*

I've given a lot of thought to the concept of jury duty, and the duty of office elected officials take. It seems like the founding fathers had the same thing in mind for both. If you read George Washington's inagural speeches, you get a sense that he was being asked to serve as president in a way that is similar to being asked to serve on jury duty. The way I see it, jury duty is as much a right as voting.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jeff Thomas:
...in the process of voir dire, and they ask you whether you can follow the judge's instructions, etc... [/quote]

Well, almost everyone CAN follow the judge's instructions. They usually don't ask, WILL you? And of course, you might change your mind sometime after voir dire...
 
Jury duty is just that -- DUTY. Those who duck it because it's an inconvenience earn my contempt. The courts are where citizens stand up for their rights.

My last stint on a jury was a divorce case. The guy (who had beat his spouse with the crutch she was using after his previous assault), had transferred all his assets to his Daddy, who was also his employer and who had obviously spoiled this guy all his life. We of the jury were able to wade through the financial tangle, and get the woman and her kids, if not justice, at least some decent compensation. I will remember that woman's face all my life. She was expecting to be left destitute, and when the damages and child support were read out it was like the light came on again for her. That felt good.

Jury duty is part of the price of liberty. Don't pass it by.

[This message has been edited by David Scott (edited September 14, 2000).]
 
I was on Jury duty last year. Got selected for a murder trial. We found him guilty and setenced him to death. He is now on death row in Huntsville. It only took us 1 hour to find him guilty and just over that to decide on death. We all thought it was better than he should have gotten. He should have been skinned and boiled in oil.

You can die by the numbers in Texas and by God we want to keep it that way.
 
Hurrah! Hurrah!
For TexasRusty Hurrah!
Hurrah for the man who puts
Murderers behinds the Bars!

(Sung to the tune of Bonnie Blue Flag)
 
I have't been called for jury duty for a few years but have been on 2 criminal cases and 1 civil case. All of them were real eye openers. The worst was a rape case by a county sheriff's son after a high school basketball game. I had gone to school with the girls dad.

The most informative judicial process I've ever been involved in was serving on 2 grand juries. Don't miss the chance if you ever have the opportunity to do so. I learned more of what goes on around my little world in a few weeks than I ever thought possible. Scared me have to death too. If all you ever see is what's in the newspaper and/or TV you don't have a clue of how bad you're own little world really is. The wife knew I had gone over the edge after each session when I'd come home close all the blinds, not let her or the kids out of the house and cuddle my 12 guage all night. Don't let the opportunity pass you by. You'll recover. I finally did and became a much more alert person for it.

RKBA!
 
I love jury duty!!!!!!

Like I love getting shot.

Never been picked and do everything I can not to be.

No way am I going to be a juror losing over $200.00 per day. If they reimbursed me for my salary, that's a different story.

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"Are You Gonna Bark All Day Little Doggie, Or Are You Gonna Bite?"
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by westex:
The most informative judicial process I've ever been involved in was serving on 2 grand juries.[/quote]

How do you get on a grand jury?
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mr. Blonde:
I love jury duty!!!!!!

Like I love getting shot.

Never been picked and do everything I can not to be.

No way am I going to be a juror losing over $200.00 per day. If they reimbursed me for my salary, that's a different story.

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Ah yes, Mr. Blonde. Money over freedom. Truly the "Amerikan" way!

When I served I lost about $300.00/day. A small price to pay for exercising my resposibility as an American citizen.

However, if losing that money means missing the mortgage payment, then by all means get your afairs in order so that you can serve.


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John/az
"When freedom is at stake, your silence is not golden, it's yellow..." RKBA!

See The Legacy of Gun Control film at: www.cphv.com

Do it for the children...
 
Most companies that I have worked for will continue to pay you your regular salary when you are serving on jury duty. When you get paid from the court, you sign the check over to the company. I think its a tax write-off.

John, You said, "Money over freedom." Sadly, that *is* the outlook of most Americans today. No sense of duty, honor or sacrifice. :(
 
Every time I move to a new county, the old one promptly sends me a jury duty notice. Wish they'd get their act together and send me the notice well BEFORE I leave the jurisdiction!
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BarrySDCA:
How do you get on a grand jury?[/quote]

You get called for it, just like a regular jury. I was on a grand jury once when I was 19 or 20. Don't confuse a regular grand jury (which simply decides whether the state has enough evidence to warrant trying the suspect) with a SPECIAL grand jury (which can subpoena witnesses and compel testimoney and all sorts of things).

My grand jury (like most) basically just rubber-stamped every case brought to us--everything from passing bad checks to drug charges to one murder case. Theoretically, we were on call for two weeks. In practice, it being a small rural county in Virginia (Campbell County, if anyone cares), we spent a single afternoon and then we were done.

If I had it to do over again (and who knows, one day I might) I'd do it differently. I'd still vote to try folks for passing bad checks, vandalism, and murder and the like. But I'd also ask "What evidence have you seen that the suspect _didn't_ do it?" and see what they say. And I for damn sure would refuse to go along with "vice" charges of any kind, or any gun charge that didn't involve actually _threatening_ or _using_ it on an innocent person.
 
Jury duty for me on Monday, too. A civil case. Co-workers think I am nots not to wiggle out of this. I think they are sheep.
 
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