Jury duty and constitutional issues

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

I think you nicely skated the line between all your obligations.

[O2HeN2]

I think you nicely skated the line between all your obligations.

This is called damming with faint praise.

My obligation was to the truth. I stated what I sincerely believe in. I would have loved to be on the jury, but I truly thought the law was in conflict with the constitution.

This was by no means an attempt to avoid my obligations.

Seems there's an assumption that I was trying to "get out" of serving on the jury. That was not the case.

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[O2HeN2]

A friend just told me what happened to him during his jury selection.

It was a domestic violence case and they were asking all the men "Would you hit a woman?" to which all were responding "No".

He got up and said "Yes". Everyone was shocked, and they asked him to expand on his answer.

His reply was along the lines "If I'm in fear of bodily harm from anyone, including a woman, I will fight back. So yes, I'd hit a woman."

Every man from that point forward answered "Yes" to the question.

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[ray1970]

A friend just told me what happened to him during his jury selection.

It was a domestic violence case and they were asking all the men "Would you hit a woman?" to which all were responding "No".

He got up and said "Yes". Everyone was shocked, and they asked him to expand on his answer.

His reply was along the lines "If I'm in fear of bodily harm from anyone, including a woman, I will fight back. So yes, I'd hit a woman."

Every man from that point forward answered "Yes" to the question.

O2

If she?s man enough to throw a punch, she better be man enough to take one. Am I right?

[brutal]

If she?s man enough to throw a punch, she better be man enough to take one. Am I right?

Or refuses to make me a sammich.

[DDT951]

A friend just told me what happened to him during his jury selection.

It was a domestic violence case and they were asking all the men "Would you hit a woman?" to which all were responding "No".

He got up and said "Yes". Everyone was shocked, and they asked him to expand on his answer.

His reply was along the lines "If I'm in fear of bodily harm from anyone, including a woman, I will fight back. So yes, I'd hit a woman."

Every man from that point forward answered "Yes" to the question.

O2

A different, yet truthful answer to judge asking about her "following her instructions" would have been:

I can judge defendant impartially according the laws of the State of Colorado and the United States Constitution and not according to instructions from another person.

[Oscar77]

A friend just told me what happened to him during his jury selection.

It was a domestic violence case and they were asking all the men "Would you hit a woman?" to which all were responding "No".

He got up and said "Yes". Everyone was shocked, and they asked him to expand on his answer.

His reply was along the lines "If I'm in fear of bodily harm from anyone, including a woman, I will fight back. So yes, I'd hit a woman."

Every man from that point forward answered "Yes" to the question.

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And did he stay on the jury?

[TFOGGER]

My jury duty experience last June was in a civil trial. I was certain I would not be selected...and ended up as foreman on the jury. It was a case of an Amazon contractor being sued by one of their subcontractors over payment for snow removal services. The defendant's defense claim was that the subcontractor failed to fulfill some minor contractual obligations, not related to the quality of the snow removal service, and therefore they were not obligated to pay anything for the services rendered. It took us about 2 hours of deliberations to find for the plaintiff, the main question being how much of the claimed amount that they would have to pay. We awarded 100% of the suit amount, plus attorney's fees.

[rondog]

I'm 68, and have never been contacted about jury duty, anywhere I've lived. Guess keeping a low profile pays off.....

[asystejs]

I was on a jury 25+ years ago for a case about sexual assault on minors.
The guy was obviously guilty but two of the jurors
had a hard time voting guilty, even with all the evidence presented.

After the trial, the judge and prosecutors met with the jurors to answer questions.

One of the unsure jurors asked the judge if he thought the defendant was guilty.
The judge said, "Absolutely, no doubt at all".
The unsure juror replied with something along the lines of
"Thank you, that's a huge weight off my shoulders".