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From: paroper
Date: 12-09-2005, 12:51 AM (1 of 12)
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It has been a rough week. I've been on jury duty since Monday. It, as always, has been quite an experience and as always, there was a lot to absorb and learn. This particular jury was on a very controversial, highly publicized trial. It was a stressful and sad situation. I'm happy to be back "home" with you guys.
pam
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 12-09-2005, 01:01 AM (2 of 12)
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Have never been on jury duty, never have even been called to go and do the famous wait and see if you are picked. Glad you have gotten to come back home, stressful is not what you need at this time.
Summer
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From: bridesmom
Date: 12-09-2005, 05:54 AM (3 of 12)
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Pam, glad you're done with it. Never done that, but always am wondering, what if the jury made the wrong decision?? Don't think I'd want to be in a jury group at all, my BIL in Calif just got picked for jury duty, he's not thrilled at all. I think it would keep me up at night worrying about it.
Laura
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From: MaryW
Date: 12-09-2005, 07:08 AM (4 of 12)
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I have never been picked either but my BIL was years ago. It was a murder trial and quite gruesome. He has never forgotten the experience.
MaryW
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From: DorothyL
Date: 12-09-2005, 08:38 AM (5 of 12)
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I've been called but dismissed as soon as they find out I'm local press. I think it would be interesting. I like covering trials for the paper. I've done that several times. Dorothy |
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From: paroper
Date: 12-09-2005, 08:43 AM (6 of 12)
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In our state criminal trials are beyond a reasonable doubt. When you start deliberating and start with innocent people and then add up the evidence, it is sometimes pretty hard to make the leap. The easy thing to think is that if the police arrested them, they must have a reason...but it isn't necessarily so. I've been on several juries and it is a rare thing indeed where all the evidence is layed out for you and it is totally clear when you go to deliberation. I don't know about the men on the trial but most of us (women) didn't sleep most of the week. It really hit home when we had personal police escorts to our car and out of the parking garages at the end of the trial. pam
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User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: Magot
Date: 12-11-2005, 02:18 PM (7 of 12)
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What an experience Pam, welcome home
love and kisses, Jan
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From: beachgirl
Date: 12-12-2005, 01:01 AM (8 of 12)
| I've been called several times but have never been picked. I'm so glad I haven't been. One was even dismissed before anyone was picked. Was so glad to walk out of there & go home. Some people love to serve, not me. |
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From: paroper
Date: 12-12-2005, 11:10 AM (9 of 12)
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I've served on several juries. Embezzelment from an interstate trucking company (Federal trial), a couple of drug trials, harboring a fugitive (that was very sad) and this one a murder trial. This was a murder trial between rival street gangs. The defendants were very young and the penalty would have been life in prison. A few years ago I just escaped serving on a death penalty case. It had an organized crime tie-in. The man on trial was a police officer who had been fired because of his organized crime involvement. The former officer was accused of hiring a gunman in a pretty famous local case. I didn't expect to serve on the jury because I had grown up with the homicide detective in charge of the case. As it was, they kept on the jury until the last challenge. It took three days to seat the jury because of the death penalty element. I didn't keep up with the findings and I don't know why. I gues that the choosing of the jury was traumatic enough. When that jury was chosen, the left over jurors were sent to another case but it settled right before the case entered the court. pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
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From: SnufflesMama
Date: 12-15-2005, 11:06 AM (10 of 12)
| A little info, Bridesmom...Don't worry about having all the facts in a case. You can ask questions after the case "goes to jury". You can ask to review evidence and can also get transcripts of testimony. You never have to "fill in the blanks" with speculation. Now as far as it being stressfull....yup, without a doubt. Becoming emotionally connected is the worse part. Pam...Good for you for not just ditching the whole thing tho. So many people will say any old thing to get out of jury duty. It makes it really hard to work so hard to make a case-just to see potential juriors do this kind of stuff. Like it's not important. Anyway, Welcome home. Pam |
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From: paroper
Date: 12-15-2005, 11:14 AM (11 of 12)
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I always think about how I would feel if I were on trial and I couldn't get fair jurors. It almost demands that you try your best to give them a fair trial. The fact that we are lucky enough to have a jury to listen is part of what makes our country special. In order to protect that right, we have to have people who are willing to do their part, no matter how hard it is.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
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From: Sancin
Date: 12-15-2005, 03:38 PM (12 of 12)
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The Canadian and US justice systems are different, but citizens still sit on juries. I have been called 4x. The first I was in the middle of a major relocation which is just as well as it was a venure change murder trial where a day parolee murdered a guard's 4 yr old child. I likely wouldn't have been chosen as I was very emotional about it, having 2 small children myself. The next time was at the time of my father's death and I was unavailble. I rather wished I could have done it as I thought being a juror would be interesting. I finally sat on a coroner's jury. It was interesting as I did have some background on the cause of the death. BUT while it only went on 3 days, I was very uncomfortable sitting on the hard chairs. I was called again last year. I have, for years had degenerative arthritis, which has become much worse over the years. I phoned the sheriffs office and said I just couldn't sit without frequent breaks. I was told my name was to be taken off the list. Again that degeneration has kept me from doing things I may be interested in. But for those of you who do have health problems, even minor ones do consider the physical process of sitting on a jury.
*~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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