I was rejected for jury duty yesterday, for a case I would dearly loved to have been a juror (forcible child rape). Now, was it because I am taller than either attorney? Was it because I have an uncle who is fighting extradition on a similar case? Was it because I corrected my name with the court officer, since I am no longer hyphenated? I suspect the latter, no doubt it made me look like an uppity bitch, but ultimately it doesn't matter. They'll have another crack at me in three years.
It would be nice if the process could be organized a bit better. We were required to be in the courthouse at 8am, but didn't even have the orientation presentation until 10:30am. We finally got into a courtroom for jury selection at almost 11:30am. There were maybe forty or so people to choose from, and only the one trial that needed a jury, so the lawyers were pretty free with peremptory challenges. By the time I was rejected, and I was #23, there were only four folks who had been deemed suitable for sitting on this case. At least we were free to go at that point, instead of having to sit around and wait to be rejected for another case.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
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Wow,,, I don't know how I could sit on a jury for that one.... I'd be sitting in the courtroom in the jury stand wrapping a fake noose around my neck and pulling the imaginary rope up in the air, cocking my neck and tongue out showing my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI am called up every year, I was excused while I was in Alaska, and my new report date is Nov. 13th. The courtrooms down here are filled with lying cops, and cops witnesses in their favor while omitting anyone not stating their point of view (defendant doesn't even get the names because cops do not write the name of opposing witness's down) ..our states attorney condones this. You don't want to get me going on the ill-processed laws down here!
All I can say is that the police will lie on the stand to protect their rank, pay raise or fellow officer, they will delete video and audio to cover their ass! The jury is told to believe anything they say because "they" are honest. BULLSHIT, it's very hard to determine if a witness is lying! Professional witnesses ie: cops, experts, lawyers, are all trained to be on the stand. We need a better system, and all lawyers area codes should be (666).
LOL! 666, that works!
ReplyDeletePart of your problem in FL is you have Bush league politicos running the show. Vote the bastards out.
It's possible that the defendant's lawyer saw me looking daggers at his client...
ReplyDeleteLOL..... you probably guessed right!!!
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