Oh joy, I won the lottery

[jerrymrc]

Personally, I would love to serve on a jury but doubt I'll get to with my background as an engineer/physicist and analyst not to mention being retired military. For some reason, I'm led to believe neither the prosecutors nor the defense attorneys much like having a leader trained to think thoroughly and logically.

You would be surprised. There were 3-4 ex military among my group of 12.

[losttrail]

I've only been summoned 1 time since living in El Paso county in 13 years.

Served on 3 jury panels in 15 years when we lived in Texas. While something of an inconvenience, in the end it felt good doing my duty.

[cofi]

Or man up and do your civic duty. You might even enjoy yourself.

Its sad that a sacred duty that truly separates us from the hoards of serfs and subjects around the rest of this God-forsaken dirt ball is seen as such a burden.

I've been called half a dozen times over the years and only served once ... chances are even if you don't "dress to get rejected" you'll end up going home by lunch and even if you have to serve it'll likely only be a day or two.

Just look at is as an opportunity to get to see the inner workings of our legal system without it costing you any money or your freedom (and who knows, you might get a real interesting case ... in which case you're basically getting what amounts to free interactive dinner theater).

It's pretty fun

[Ronin13]

Just be honest, streetglide. Odds are, if you're conservative and lean more towards law and order, you'll get dismissed by the defense. I know I'll never serve on a jury- LE usually doesn't bode well for being "impartial" in the defense's eyes.

[funkymonkey1111]

[funkymonkey1111]

Just be honest, streetglide. Odds are, if you're conservative and lean more towards law and order, you'll get dismissed by the defense. I know I'll never serve on a jury- LE usually doesn't bode well for being "impartial" in the defense's eyes.

Not all cases are criminal, you know.

Just be glad you're not in the James Holmes jury pool

[Ronin13]

Not all cases are criminal, you know.

Just be glad you're not in the James Holmes jury pool

Of course- but defense attorneys don't like law and order leaning folks even for civil cases, they tend to mess up that whole preponderance of the evidence thing. Plus a friend of mine was called for jury duty and it was a DUI case- the first question got him dismissed, "How do you feel about drunk drivers?" He said "If they kill someone it should be no less than 2nd degree murder."

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

If people have such an issue with jury duty we could always have a computerized system that take the info that determine guilt or not. Look at how well it works for college football.



--> Alabama.

[Gman]

Last time I got called up, I was the first alternate and was in the group going through voir dire. It was a drunk driving case. The first juror was excused and I was asked to move over to the jury panel. No sooner did my butt hit the seat and I was excused by the defense. That's the closest I've ever been to being in a jury.

I don't believe that our system of laws is a million shades of grey, so I'll likely never be on a jury. I would like to be, but I don't ever see it happening. You have to respect the pattern.

[Zundfolge]

Personally, I would love to serve on a jury but doubt I'll get to with my background as an engineer/physicist and analyst not to mention being retired military. For some reason, I'm led to believe neither the prosecutors nor the defense attorneys much like having a leader trained to think thoroughly and logically.

It really depends on the case, each case is different and competent attorneys will take the facts of the case and their strategies into account when choosing who they'll keep on a jury and who they'll dismiss. The truth is that many cases are won and lost during vior dire.

And this idea that being a conservative or opinionated, or intelligent or even having law enforcement or legal experience will automatically get you disqualified is bunk ... different attorneys want different things from different juries and the MAIN reason people that get called don't make it onto juries is that most of the time they call a LOT more people than they need.