Jury Duty

[cj001f]

200 people, taking a day off work to sit with their thumb up their asses to be told to go home at 3:30. Any more proof of the judicial systems contempt for everyone else necessary?

[P_McPoser]

Just be creative. I always manage to weasle out of even showing up.

[TNKen]

We had a local criminal court judge that was a little whacked. When he couldn't get enough jurors for a big murder trial, he sent the deputies to a major intersection and had them set up a road block to get jurors. Bizzare. He was dethroned in the next election.

Ken

[flatlander420]

I did it, couldn't get out of it once they picked me. The crazy woman that was suing Home Depot for 18 million probably regrets that her lawyers insisted I be on the panel. I had to be at court at 8:30 a.m. in the morning,(Malibu by the way) get out at 4 p.m., drive home, take a shower and a shit then go to work 'till midnite(I work swing shift). After six weeks of that I was so jaded with the total B.S. the plantiffs lawyers and witnesses spued at us ,I made sure I was head juror in deliberations.So in the end when I read the verdict, the bitch got nothing, not one f'ing penny. I was happy to have been part of the justice system and see justice prevail.

[hutash]

At least you got out at 3:30. I always get stuck until at least 4:30 or 5. I have never even had my number called, so I sit there all day listening to tunes and reading. I hate the Ventura Gov. center. They just better hope they never call me, I will do my best to continue in the trend of Flatlander.

[cj001f]

They just better hope they never call me, I will do my best to continue in the trend of Flatlander.

After seeing the prosecutors wheels I'd be hoping for an execute all of the participants option.

[Tippster]

Hopefully none of you haters will ever need to pin your future on people like yourselves.

Shit folks, it beats digging ditches.

[cj001f]

Shit folks, it beats digging ditches.

I'd get paid to dig a ditch.

I don't get paid for jury duty - by the state or by my employer, and if you'd read above, no one in my pool of 200 was empanelled, we were at the courthouse so lawyers could engage in bullshit brinksmanship. They don't have to pay for our time; they sure as shit don't value it - hence my comments about the systems contempt for the citizens.

[edg]

I'll give you each a cookie for your jury duty. They will each say "GUILY! HANG THE FUCKER!"

edg

[Jack]

I have been through the jury duty scene twice . Both times I wasn't working and figured why not?
Sitting for hours on end and every time you come up for selection you get excused because you got long hair or don't fit someones profile is pretty messed up.
They should not be allowed to excuse for anything but admitted bias or bias they can uncover. It is a waste of everyones time and getting paid 20 bucks is pretty much an insult .
Now when I get those invitations I just throw them away and if I ever get chalenged about it I will claim economic hardship.

[P_McPoser]

^^^
Either that, or have your employer grossly inflate the critical role you play in day-to-day operations. Works really well if your company is one of the key tax payers to the county.

[mr_gyptian]

Hopefully none of you haters will ever need to pin your future on people like yourselves.

Shit folks, it beats digging ditches.

No it does not. It is a colossal waste of human resource.

[hutash]

In California, or at least in Ventura county, it is almost impossible to get excussed from the waste of time CJ is talking about. You can get excussed if you are called for a trial, but you still have to show up and waste the day. They know full well they are not going to pick most people, but they want to be able to say they they picked a jury from 300 people.

I would rather be digging ditches, even if I didn't get paid, at least there is something to show for it at the end of the day, unlike jury duty.

[Trainwreck]

Bump.

I just got my summons for jury duty. I am having a hard time taking time off work to ski right now since I am broke and actually have work (for a change), so I can't take time off for this shit. Anyone have legit ideas on how to get out of even showing up?

[iceman]

Here you can plead Hardship but as far as I know you still have to show up to prove that you came. But shortly thereafter they give you the chance to plead, which they don't even argue, they just move you two years back. Takes less than an hour total. It may be on the summons so you can do it by mail, not sure about that

who is the cj100f guy who started this thread?