OT: Jury Duty! Help!

[Daniel]

As Homer Simpson once said, you can get off jury duty by claiming that you’re biased against all races 🙂

On the other hand, IMO, the best idea is just to be honest. The odds are (overwhelmingly) that you won’t be picked anyways. It’s not worth gaming the system, work deadlines and all.

PS: if you happen to be highly educated, your chance of being picked is nearly zero. Lawyers seem to very much dislike educated jurors; that’s saying something sad about our legal system.

[HarryBosch]

One bit of advice.

If you are picked to serve on the jury make sure to volunteer to be the jury foreman. I did that about ten years ago on a drug case. Once we were behind closed doors I told everyone that we are not here to pass judgement on the morals (right or wrong) of the law – buying drugs – but that we are here to pass judgment on the defendant based “on” the law.

I could tell that there were a couple people who wanted to call the guy innocent based on some of their comments about illegal drugs.

We had two votes. First result was 10-2 in favor of guilty. The next day, after discussions, the vote was 12-0 guilty. We were done in a day and a half – because we passed judgement on the defendant and not the law.

BTW, the defense tried a variation of the OJ defense – “…how do we know that the rock cocaine taken as evidence from the defendant on that day is the same rock cocaine here in the courtroom today???” :)))

[HarryBosch]

One bit of advice.

If you are picked to serve on the jury make sure to volunteer to be the jury foreman. I did that about ten years ago on a drug case. Once we were behind closed doors I told everyone that we are not here to pass judgement on the morals (right or wrong) of the law – buying drugs – but that we are here to pass judgment on the defendant based “on” the law.

I could tell that there were a couple people who wanted to call the guy innocent based on some of their comments about illegal drugs.

We had two votes. First result was 10-2 in favor of guilty. The next day, after discussions, the vote was 12-0 guilty. We were done in a day and a half – because we passed judgement on the defendant and not the law.

BTW, the defense tried a variation of the OJ defense – “…how do we know that the rock cocaine taken as evidence from the defendant on that day is the same rock cocaine here in the courtroom today???” :)))

[HarryBosch]

One bit of advice.

If you are picked to serve on the jury make sure to volunteer to be the jury foreman. I did that about ten years ago on a drug case. Once we were behind closed doors I told everyone that we are not here to pass judgement on the morals (right or wrong) of the law – buying drugs – but that we are here to pass judgment on the defendant based “on” the law.

I could tell that there were a couple people who wanted to call the guy innocent based on some of their comments about illegal drugs.

We had two votes. First result was 10-2 in favor of guilty. The next day, after discussions, the vote was 12-0 guilty. We were done in a day and a half – because we passed judgement on the defendant and not the law.

BTW, the defense tried a variation of the OJ defense – “…how do we know that the rock cocaine taken as evidence from the defendant on that day is the same rock cocaine here in the courtroom today???” :)))

[HarryBosch]

One bit of advice.

If you are picked to serve on the jury make sure to volunteer to be the jury foreman. I did that about ten years ago on a drug case. Once we were behind closed doors I told everyone that we are not here to pass judgement on the morals (right or wrong) of the law – buying drugs – but that we are here to pass judgment on the defendant based “on” the law.

I could tell that there were a couple people who wanted to call the guy innocent based on some of their comments about illegal drugs.

We had two votes. First result was 10-2 in favor of guilty. The next day, after discussions, the vote was 12-0 guilty. We were done in a day and a half – because we passed judgement on the defendant and not the law.

BTW, the defense tried a variation of the OJ defense – “…how do we know that the rock cocaine taken as evidence from the defendant on that day is the same rock cocaine here in the courtroom today???” :)))

[HarryBosch]

One bit of advice.

If you are picked to serve on the jury make sure to volunteer to be the jury foreman. I did that about ten years ago on a drug case. Once we were behind closed doors I told everyone that we are not here to pass judgement on the morals (right or wrong) of the law – buying drugs – but that we are here to pass judgment on the defendant based “on” the law.

I could tell that there were a couple people who wanted to call the guy innocent based on some of their comments about illegal drugs.

We had two votes. First result was 10-2 in favor of guilty. The next day, after discussions, the vote was 12-0 guilty. We were done in a day and a half – because we passed judgement on the defendant and not the law.

BTW, the defense tried a variation of the OJ defense – “…how do we know that the rock cocaine taken as evidence from the defendant on that day is the same rock cocaine here in the courtroom today???” :)))

[HarryBosch]

I’m still waiting for “12 Angry Women” – if they’d only expand The View 🙂

[HarryBosch]

I’m still waiting for “12 Angry Women” – if they’d only expand The View 🙂

[HarryBosch]

I’m still waiting for “12 Angry Women” – if they’d only expand The View 🙂

[HarryBosch]

I’m still waiting for “12 Angry Women” – if they’d only expand The View 🙂

[HarryBosch]

I’m still waiting for “12 Angry Women” – if they’d only expand The View 🙂

[HarryBosch]

Temecula courthouse

If you do go for jury duty then go early. I went early and I was able to get my own cubicle in the back of the room. Brought my laptop and even had an internet connection for a while. Cell phone usage was also sporadic – best if you’re outside.

I actually didn’t respond to my first notice late last year. I never replied back. But they sent me another notice to which I replied and had to go on a Monday.

I’ve talked to some of my co-workers in OC and they said that they never respond and eventually they stopped receiving yearly notices. Some of my co-workers seemed to resent and even sniff at the idea that I was out of pocket for half a day because of jury duty.

(It’s just about a mini vacation for me so I kind of look forward to it just to get some time away from work.)

I’ve only been picked once but I’ve gotten out of 3 to 4 jury selections. Just a couple months ago I said (wrote) that my being on a jury would be a financial hardship. That got me dismissed for another year!

[HarryBosch]

Temecula courthouse

If you do go for jury duty then go early. I went early and I was able to get my own cubicle in the back of the room. Brought my laptop and even had an internet connection for a while. Cell phone usage was also sporadic – best if you’re outside.

I actually didn’t respond to my first notice late last year. I never replied back. But they sent me another notice to which I replied and had to go on a Monday.

I’ve talked to some of my co-workers in OC and they said that they never respond and eventually they stopped receiving yearly notices. Some of my co-workers seemed to resent and even sniff at the idea that I was out of pocket for half a day because of jury duty.

(It’s just about a mini vacation for me so I kind of look forward to it just to get some time away from work.)

I’ve only been picked once but I’ve gotten out of 3 to 4 jury selections. Just a couple months ago I said (wrote) that my being on a jury would be a financial hardship. That got me dismissed for another year!

[HarryBosch]

Temecula courthouse

If you do go for jury duty then go early. I went early and I was able to get my own cubicle in the back of the room. Brought my laptop and even had an internet connection for a while. Cell phone usage was also sporadic – best if you’re outside.

I actually didn’t respond to my first notice late last year. I never replied back. But they sent me another notice to which I replied and had to go on a Monday.

I’ve talked to some of my co-workers in OC and they said that they never respond and eventually they stopped receiving yearly notices. Some of my co-workers seemed to resent and even sniff at the idea that I was out of pocket for half a day because of jury duty.

(It’s just about a mini vacation for me so I kind of look forward to it just to get some time away from work.)

I’ve only been picked once but I’ve gotten out of 3 to 4 jury selections. Just a couple months ago I said (wrote) that my being on a jury would be a financial hardship. That got me dismissed for another year!

[HarryBosch]

Temecula courthouse

If you do go for jury duty then go early. I went early and I was able to get my own cubicle in the back of the room. Brought my laptop and even had an internet connection for a while. Cell phone usage was also sporadic – best if you’re outside.

I actually didn’t respond to my first notice late last year. I never replied back. But they sent me another notice to which I replied and had to go on a Monday.

I’ve talked to some of my co-workers in OC and they said that they never respond and eventually they stopped receiving yearly notices. Some of my co-workers seemed to resent and even sniff at the idea that I was out of pocket for half a day because of jury duty.

(It’s just about a mini vacation for me so I kind of look forward to it just to get some time away from work.)

I’ve only been picked once but I’ve gotten out of 3 to 4 jury selections. Just a couple months ago I said (wrote) that my being on a jury would be a financial hardship. That got me dismissed for another year!

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