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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 8:59:42 GMT -5
Called for jury duty and waiting for the courthouse to open. I have been excused from duty every time before in my life. Either I was away from the county I was summoned for or was excused by juror number. Today will be the first time I get to go through the selection process. Looking forward to it. Snowstorm is on the way today and the furnace was out this morning. Wife is having to deal with getting an HVAC tech out to fix it. It seems like a furnace never fails at a convenient time.
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Post by roadsdiverged on Feb 6, 2019 9:05:19 GMT -5
Just like the AC units in the south!
I havent been summoned for jury duty in about 5 years. The last time I was I forgot to call before, like it said to on the paper. I took a vacation day and went up to the courthouse. When I went to check in they told me it was cancelled and I should have called. I ended up making the best of my vacation day and went to the beach for the day.
I've been summoned 4 times, selected 0 of 3.
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Post by exchef on Feb 6, 2019 9:11:17 GMT -5
Called for jury duty and waiting for the courthouse to open. I have been excused from duty every time before in my life. Either I was away from the county I was summoned for or was excused by juror number. Today will be the first time I get to go through the selection process. Looking forward to it. Snowstorm is on the way today and the furnace was out this morning. Wife is having to deal with getting an HVAC tech out to fix it. It seems like a furnace never fails at a convenient time. I recently got called and dismissed by number as well for state. Then get home on Thursday last week to a Federal jury duty summons.  Suppose I am glad that it wasn't the sort of summons that requires hearing the words "will the defendant please rise". ExChef |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 9:16:00 GMT -5
Good luck Don👌👍. Last time I was on a jury was 2010, now I’m disabled and no longer asked. I need that now like another hole in my head!!
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Post by Winton on Feb 6, 2019 9:41:03 GMT -5
I have been called and actually served on the jury. We agreed with the prosecution that the events happened as described. But we disagreed that it was a crime, so we declared Not Guilty.
I knew someone that served on a sequestered jury. Great! Live in a hotel and have no outside contact until the trial is over. Sounds like fun.
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Post by sperrytops on Feb 6, 2019 10:31:37 GMT -5
Been notified that I was called for jury duty in my County several times. We have an online capability where we can check on the status of the trial and juror call on the County website. All trials I was called for did not go to court. Perhaps they settled? I don't know. But never had to even show up.
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Post by Legend Lover on Feb 6, 2019 10:35:50 GMT -5
I've never done jury duty before. I think I would like it, but like Ted said, I've no time for that, so I'm glad I haven't been called yet. I hope it's a long time before I do.
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Post by toshtego on Feb 6, 2019 10:50:20 GMT -5
For years I wanted to serve on a Jury. Read about it, seen my share of courtroom movies. I was interested in the experience. I have served as a witness in a couple of criminal trials. So, I was never summoned. Finally, I aged to the point I need a bathroom every 15 minutes and, lo and behold, the summons role in from State District Court and from Federal Court in Santa Fe. Sorry I must decline. You should have gotten to me years ago.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Feb 6, 2019 10:52:36 GMT -5
 I was called for jury duty in the eighties, it was an Asbestos case, with my background in Chemical Plant work I was certain I would be excused. Wrong, I was chosen. Trial was about a man who ascertained that he had asbestos poisoning, walked very slowly, seemed feeble. We got his resume and what it leaned to is he was a driver procureing materials, encased in a box, never handling or installing materials. My fellow jurors asked for me to expound about how insulation work was done, procedures for stripping same. I gave them my honest opinion, knowing in the back of my mind this guy was a scammer, even though I was a Supervisor for Exxon I was ready to give him his just rewards. We denied his claim. I had parked my truck in a above ground parking lot, traffic was heavy and the wait to get out of the lot was long, on the street I made a couple blocks, and lo and behold the scammer was clicking along the sidewalk, gone was the slow feeble walk, it made me feel good that we had denied this scum bag money that should have gone to someone who was really afflicted.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 12:04:19 GMT -5
Well, that was quick. Three hours and my group was excused because the case was resolved without going to trial. Now to fix my furnace before the snow starts flying. Pipe first, though.
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Post by Butch Cassidy on Feb 6, 2019 12:59:52 GMT -5
I've lived in Connecticut for 15 years and have been called 4 times. I know people who have lived here all there lives and have never been called. This last time I postponed it and told the person on the phone I'm not doing it anymore....Anything I get in the mail from them from now on goes in the trash unopened....PITA !!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 13:20:28 GMT -5
I can't agree with that perspectve. I consider it a duty and privelage and will go when they need me. Doesn't mean I look forward to it with eagerness. Our system works better than most on this planet. I am thankfull for that. It is one of the things that makes us a great nation.
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Post by roadsdiverged on Feb 6, 2019 13:22:12 GMT -5
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Post by oldcajun123 on Feb 6, 2019 13:28:45 GMT -5
It is your duty as an American , IMHO, RESPONEABILITY is lacking in a lot of Americans, to my pipe smoker friend here, I am not directing this at you, just my obeservations.
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Post by Butch Cassidy on Feb 6, 2019 13:45:57 GMT -5
I also considered it a duty and a privilege and my responsibility , 2 times in NY and 4 times in Conn. Now I realize there selection process needs to be overhauled.....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 13:51:30 GMT -5
I can't agree with that perspectve. I consider it a duty and privelage and will go when they need me. Doesn't mean I look forward to it with eagerness. Our system works better than most on this planet. I am thankfull for that. It is one of the things that makes us a great nation. Agree.....it’s our Civil duty as Americans. Well put Don👌👍👍 |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 13:56:32 GMT -5
I've never done jury duty before. I think I would like it, but like Ted said, I've no time for that, so I'm glad I haven't been called yet. I hope it's a long time before I do. Paddy, I have the time, that’s all I have now. I need to be in the horizontal position every two hours, for the rest of my life. So jury duty is out for me, I did more than my share in life for years. |
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Post by AJ on Feb 6, 2019 15:09:51 GMT -5
I’ve been called for jury duty many times and have served on two juries. One case a woman stabbed her husband in the stomach with a dirty hunting knife. The husband eventually died from Peritonitis. The wife sued the doctor for negligence and malpractice stating the doctor’s examination didn’t reveal a puncture to the intestines resulting in feces entering the abdomen allowing Peritonitis to set in. She was asking for $50,000 in damages and a very large sum in punitive damages. The jury was asked to decide whether the death was caused by the doctor’s neglect or from the dirty hunting knife. It took the jury only 15 minutes to decide the case. Since there was no conclusive evidence either way we found for the defendant (the doctor) and the wife got nothing. We, the jury, found it amusing that the wife tried to murder her husband then sued the doctor because she was successful.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 15:14:39 GMT -5
I’ve been called for jury duty many times and have served on two juries. One case a woman stabbed her husband in the stomach with a dirty hunting knife. The husband eventually died from Peritonitis. The wife sued the doctor for negligence and malpractice stating the doctor’s examination didn’t reveal a puncture to the intestines resulting in feces entering the abdomen allowing Peritonitis to set in. She was asking for $50,000 in damages and a very large sum in punitive damages. The jury was asked to decide whether the death was caused by the doctor’s neglect or from the dirty hunting knife. It took the jury only 15 minutes to decide the case. Since there was no conclusive evidence either way we found for the defendant (the doctor) and the wife got nothing. We, the jury, found it amusing that the wife tried to murder her husband then sued the doctor because she was successful. AJ People are strange. -Jim Morrison |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 15:22:16 GMT -5
Got the furnace going. Also confirmed that the heat exchanger is cracked and the furnace is at the end of it's life. Time to spend another $5K. Hoping to limp through the rest of the heating season without getting killed by the furnace. We are re-financing next month and pulling equity out to do a lot of work on this almost 50 year old home. New furnace, whole house fan, new insulation and siding, new sewer line, new flooring, paint in and out, water heater, asbestos attic insulation removal, kitchen remodel, remodel all three bathrooms, move some interior walls. Then we will enjoy the house until retirement or long after if we decide to stay put. The location is on a green belt and creek and is really pleasant for the suburbs.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 15:39:44 GMT -5
I received my first jury summons two weeks after I retired. When I as working, HR would have given me a letter stating I couldn't be spared and that would have been the end.
I also received a required questionnaire. Most of the questions were pretty standard including age, citizenship, etc...; however, there were some which raised an eyebrow. One included educational background. Another included prior military service. Still another included past convictions specifically including traffic tickets.
In six months, I was called for jury selection eight times but only selected once for a transfer of power of attorney dispute between a father and his two daughters. The old man was obviously in bad shape and his daughters loved him. The six member jury selected me foreman. We deliberated forty-five minutes, gave the daughters power of attorney over the old man's affairs and headed out for lunch.
All other trials were criminal in nature and I always wondered if my earlier answers to the questions, including the Lexington revenuers snatching me for going 57 mph in a 45 mph zone entering the city in 2013, affected the selction outcome. Perhaps?
One last thing of significance is Kentucky used to draw their jury pools from voter registration rolls which prevented some people from registering to vote. We changed that some years ago to include driver's license and state income tax rolls; however, I've recently read our neighboring state of Ohio is still wrestling with this issue?
Just my $.02.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 21:41:37 GMT -5
I sat on a murder trial for a hitman back in '87. Sequestered for 10 days. Takes it's toll on you, but I took my toll on the state budget. Lobster for dinner. Pizza for desert.
I get back to work and my boss says, Hitman, eh? I looked squarely in his eyes for the first time since working there and said, Strictly business, Joe.
Worse multiple murderers have gotten free on parole years before while this guilty thug, and he was very guilty, has no chance of parole or redemption. I don't feel sorry for him, but if anyone ever wonders where my quirky moral values come from, it's this kind of stuff. Kill ten and get parole. Kill one before you're 25 and you are done.
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Post by Winton on Feb 7, 2019 8:26:45 GMT -5
My great aunt registered to vote as soon as women were allowed to vote. But she was never called for jury duty, until she was in her early 90's. They were about to dismiss her immediately, but she said that she wanted to serve. So she was an alternative juror. The local paper wrote an article about her.
Much of the extended family was happy about this. There was a slight chance that there was going to be a challenge to her will. It is hard to make this challenge if the courts had accepted her for jury duty, 10-20 years after the will was drawn up.
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Post by trailboss on Feb 7, 2019 15:21:24 GMT -5
I show up with a steely look on my face, a deerstalker hat on my head, and an attitude that I need to solve the crime if any such thing took place.
Neither parties want me around.
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Post by trailboss on Feb 7, 2019 15:35:46 GMT -5
I spent three days going through the jury selection process... I seemed to be one of the first ones vetted, and without any explanation, the defense attorney dismissed me. Some that remained behind were some of the most stupid people I have ever encountered... I have limited time on earth, and I cannot get them four days back.
My son in law for the last several years has been a deputy warden in the state prison system, that has gotten me a fast pass to the checkout line.... he went to a totally different line of work, so I cannot play that card anymore.
My takeaway, is that I sure as hell hope I never run afoul of the law, the comments I heard from fellow prospective jurors was pretty eye opening. A coworker told me that he got out of jury duty by asking if he could approach the bench to give his reason for not serving... in the presence of the judge and lawyers, he said that he had a really bad case of excessive flatulence, and thought it would be a distraction... he was excused.
I get the civic duty thing.
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I was called for jury duty in the eighties, it was an Asbestos case, with my background in Chemical Plant work I was certain I would be excused. Wrong, I was chosen. Trial was about a man who ascertained that he had asbestos poisoning, walked very slowly, seemed feeble. We got his resume and what it leaned to is he was a driver procureing materials, encased in a box, never handling or installing materials. My fellow jurors asked for me to expound about how insulation work was done, procedures for stripping same. I gave them my honest opinion, knowing in the back of my mind this guy was a scammer, even though I was a Supervisor for Exxon I was ready to give him his just rewards. We denied his claim. I had parked my truck in a above ground parking lot, traffic was heavy and the wait to get out of the lot was long, on the street I made a couple blocks, and lo and behold the scammer was clicking along the sidewalk, gone was the slow feeble walk, it made me feel good that we had denied this scum bag money that should have gone to someone who was really afflicted. 
