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Posted on 03/01/2008 3:12:24 PM PST by neverdem
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Here is a good link to an essay that describes the gun registration issue quite well:
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a6659be6b20.htm
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If you don't want to sit on jury duty, or if you actually lose money at your job because of jury duty; some places pay only like $10 per day for jury duty and when your job lets you go to jury duty but does not pay you, you lose money. So, all you have to do when you get to jury duty, and say your are called for a DUI case. They will ask questions of each prospective jury member. If you say "I think all drunk drivers should go to jail for a minimum of 60 days and lose their licenses for ever" then the defense counsel will challenge you and the judge will kick you off the jury. Bam, you go home. End of jury duty.
the C.A.I.R (also know as that terrorist organization front) loving NRA will never get one more dollar from me or quite a few other non renewing or ex members I know. (C.A.I.R. is just one of the reasons). we will take care of our own weapons, now and in the future.
Tell me about this love affair.
I did just about that — which resulted in me getting dismissed from jury duty. A lawyer was suing a cop over a traffic accident which cost the lawyer vacation time, loss of lifestyle, etc. It also sounded like the lawyer was in the wrong, and was trying to cash in as much as possible. So in answer to the preliminary questions I said that a cop is more believable than a lawyer. It did waste my morning, but at least I didn’t have to spend all day or more at $3/day — with no pay from an employer cuz I was self-employed.
why go thru all that? anytime I have been called/asked/notified for jury duty it has been thru the mail. that notice goes in the shredder. they cannot prove it made it into your hands for you to have read or responded to. no signatures were ever required for those mailed notices. they do not have the time or manpower to “go after” anybody for something as nonesential as jury duty. when they start paying wages for jury duty instead of 10 bucks (oh unless you work in some form of the government, then you get paid in full)I’ll change my view. by the way ret. army, your page is the best one on FR, 100% on the money. the point of no return is almost here as I am thinking also.
I don’t know about RetiredArmy, but I like pizza delivery.
I get a jury duty summons at least every two years and get out of it every time.
The best thread headline since Saddam captured.
I was called for jury duty once, and was actually interested in the process. Unfortunately, it gave me a bad taste for our system. In our state/county, you are called in for the day, and panels of 25-30 people are chosen for each panel. The panel goes to another room with prosecution and defense teams (so that multiple panels can be done at a time), and they use their opportunity to eliminate people to narrow the group down to a jury and alternates. Since I was interested in the process, I dressed reasonably well, took a newspaper to read when nothing was going on, and paid attention when anything was going on. I was eliminated from every panel I was on - and I realized, based on who was chosen, that even at this local level the prosecution and defense are primarily interested in choosing a jury that can be easily manipulated. They are more interested in winning than in justice. On one panel, a man who demonstrated he could hardly hear was chosen over me! I became convinced that looking interested and educated was the key to not being chosen. I've advised a number of people to do that (including my husband) and everyone who tried it (dress reasonably well, take a newspaper to read, pay attention during the proceedings) has NOT been seated on a jury. I sure hope I never end up on trial in front of that kind of jury...
“Bam, you go home. End of jury duty.”
Depends on the locality. Most places won’t let you get away with that and if the judge thinks you are being an ass, he/she will fine you for contempt of court. Where I live, you are on jury duty every day for 30 days or until you get assigned to a trial. Once you are assigned and the trial is finished or thrown out, you are free for the remaining part of the 30 days and don’t have to come back. If you are not chosen, you have to keep coming back until the 30 days are up. This is designed to negate the behavior you mention, which is to try to get thrown off a case on purpose.
Guns can be registered to vote? Who knew?
“they cannot prove it made it into your hands for you to have read or responded to. “
Nice try, but that doesn’t work. I’ve seen where people who did not respond to jury duty were arrested by the civil sheriff and were then fined in court. Apparently the postmaster can attest that notices are delivered and then you have to prove that it was not (and you can’t prove a negative). You might get away with that a couple times, but when your name keeps coming up as a non-respondent, you get flagged and the sheriff’ office will track you down and bring you to court in handcuffs if necessary.
Lifer bump.
“you get flagged and the sheriff’ office will track you down and bring you to court in handcuffs if necessary.”
Can you ask for a trial by jury?
I told them I had trouble hearing, a high frequency hearing loss, and that when other people in the court spoke, e.g. clerk, court officer, doing their business in a low level while a defendant, witness or lawyer was speaking, I had trouble hearing them. The acoutics in the court were not good. I was dismissed.
That essay was really interesting. Thanks for linking it.
“Can you ask for a trial by jury?”
What trial? The last judge who asked you to appear will fine you for contempt of court and depending on your attitude, will also make you sit in the county lockup for a while. He/she will also expect a sincere apology to the court.
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