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Offline BattleHymn

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primitive gets excused from jury duty
« on: December 18, 2014, 07:04:24 PM »
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Thu Dec 18, 2014, 04:42 PM
Brigid (16,851 posts)

I got excused from jury duty today!

They didn't want me!   

Was it because I know that "reasonable doubt" does not mean "no doubt" and what an "accomplice" is? Or was it because I mentioned MSNBC on my questionnaire when asked what news sources I watch or read regularly? Or do they not want paralegal students on juries?

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Thu Dec 18, 2014, 04:47 PM
Star Member brooklynite (18,086 posts)
1. My guess is the paralegal student angle sunk you...

My wife's a ;awyer and she's never been on a jury.

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Thu Dec 18, 2014, 04:52 PM
helpmetohelpyou (408 posts)
4. Too bad , they need people on juries who can think for them selves

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Star Member CaliforniaPeggy (112,716 posts)
5. They don't generally want smart people, and you're smart.

As a paralegal student, you know what's going on, and they don't want that. They want a "tabula rasa" as a juror, someone they can mold to see things their way.

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Thu Dec 18, 2014, 04:57 PM
Star Member COLGATE4 (6,191 posts)
7. I think it's more probable because (s)he is a

student. The lawyers trying the case might not want a law (or paralegal) student on the jury, fearing that there's a risk that (s)he might convey imprecise or inaccurate information about legal issues to other jury members.

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Thu Dec 18, 2014, 05:23 PM
Paper Roses (5,343 posts)
20. I have been excused from Jury duty twice. Here's why!

I've been called many times and have waited all day to be called from the pool and brought to the hall where the judge asks general questions of the potential jurors.
Many times, after spending about six hours waiting and finally being sent home, I was finally called to the main hall with the pool.

The following happened twice. The general audience was asked questions about many things, one of them was " would you take the word of the police over that of the defendant?"
The last time was 2 years ago. The same thing happened about 5 years ago.

We were asked to raise hands if we said 'yes' to this statement, but not to speak out loud. Of the--maybe 50 people in the room--, I was one of two people who were excused. Don't know what happened after I left thew hall.

After events of the last year or so, I wonder what I would do if called again and asked this same question.

BTW, At 72, I doubt I will be called again but this question has come to mind a lot as of late.
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Offline Carl

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Re: primitive gets excused from jury duty
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2014, 07:09:55 PM »
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Paper Roses (5,343 posts)
20. I have been excused from Jury duty twice. Here's why!

I've been called many times and have waited all day to be called from the pool and brought to the hall where the judge asks general questions of the potential jurors.
Many times, after spending about six hours waiting and finally being sent home, I was finally called to the main hall with the pool.

The following happened twice. The general audience was asked questions about many things, one of them was " would you take the word of the police over that of the defendant?"
The last time was 2 years ago. The same thing happened about 5 years ago.

We were asked to raise hands if we said 'yes' to this statement, but not to speak out loud. Of the--maybe 50 people in the room--, I was one of two people who were excused. Don't know what happened after I left thew hall.

After events of the last year or so, I wonder what I would do if called again and asked this same question.

BTW, At 72, I doubt I will be called again but this question has come to mind a lot as of late.

A pitiful bouncy,I could be wrong but I can`t imagine any circumstance that a defense attorney would stand for such a question to be asked much less not contested.

Btw,if Brigid were tree moss she would grow on the wrong side,that is really how much of an idiot she is.
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Re: primitive gets excused from jury duty
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2014, 07:12:59 PM »
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    Thu Dec 18, 2014, 04:42 PM
    Brigid (16,851 posts)

    I got excused from jury duty today!

    They didn't want me!   

    Was it because I know that "reasonable doubt" does not mean "no doubt" and what an "accomplice" is? Or was it because I mentioned MSNBC on my questionnaire when asked what news sources I watch or read regularly? Or do they not want paralegal students on juries?

Or it could be that they knew you were a DUer so they already knew what your jury vote would be.

Is the defendant black? Not guilty
Is the defendant female? Not guilty
is the defendant white? Guilty
Is the defendant a white homosexual? Not guilty

The list goes on. You guys are easier to read than a large type edition of Reader's Digest.
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Re: primitive gets excused from jury duty
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2014, 07:31:07 PM »
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Star Member CaliforniaPeggy (112,716 posts)
5. They don't generally want smart people, and you're smart.

As a paralegal student, you know what's going on, and they don't want that. They want a "tabula rasa" as a juror, someone they can mold to see things their way.

WTF is she talking about? I hate when DUmmies try and act smart.
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Re: primitive gets excused from jury duty
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2014, 07:42:14 PM »
Quote from: Carl on December 18, 2014, 07:09:55 PM
A pitiful bouncy,I could be wrong but I can`t imagine any circumstance that a defense attorney would stand for such a question to be asked much less not contested.

Btw,if Brigid were tree moss she would grow on the wrong side,that is really how much of an idiot she is.

That question has been asked in jury panels I have watched.  Clearly the Dummy answered yes, which is why she was sent home.
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Re: primitive gets excused from jury duty
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2014, 12:30:45 AM »
Perhaps the judge noticed Brigid's eyes don't look the same direction.
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Re: primitive gets excused from jury duty
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2014, 02:09:35 AM »
Quote from: Bad Dog on December 19, 2014, 12:30:45 AM
Perhaps the judge noticed Brigid's eyes don't look the same direction.

He may have missed that when he got fixated watching them SPIN in opposing directions.  :-) :fuelfire: :popcorn:
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Re: primitive gets excused from jury duty
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2014, 06:45:49 AM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on December 19, 2014, 02:09:35 AM
He may have missed that when he got fixated watching them SPIN in opposing directions.  :-) :fuelfire: :popcorn:

As her head was spinning at 120 rpm . . .  :panic:
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Re: primitive gets excused from jury duty
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2014, 09:15:00 PM »
I think it was a joint he was smoking in the jury box.
No one wants a pot head in a jury.
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Re: primitive gets excused from jury duty
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2014, 09:38:39 PM »
That unwashed democratic probably skunked the court room.
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Re: primitive gets excused from jury duty
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2014, 09:43:57 PM »
I've been through voir dire three times in Missouri and once in Ohio. The DUmmy'll get brain damage from all this bouncing around.
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Re: primitive gets excused from jury duty
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2014, 10:28:57 PM »
Quote from: Skul on December 19, 2014, 09:38:39 PM
That unwashed democratic probably skunked the court room.
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Re: primitive gets excused from jury duty
« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2014, 07:48:13 PM »
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4. Too bad , they need people on juries who can think for them selves

DUmmies are so smart they use two words when it should be one.
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