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Here it's once every 6 years for city/state court and once every 4 years for Federal. Serving in one excuses you for the other for the duration of the period, so I'll have to serve again in 2017 (at soonest).
Think of it as a tax on time -- small business owners still have to pay taxes, right? Secondly, jury trials (with the unpublicized but very real right of nullification) are one of the few things that are RIGHT about our justice system. Lastly, as far as calling more people than they can actually use, there are several reasons. First of all, some cases have the parties come to settlement just before trial, but they have to have enough jurors for each case if they DO all go to trial. Secondly, some jurors will have moved or just plain ignore their summons. Lastly, jurors can be challenged by one attorney or another, so they need more than the minimum for each case. Quote:
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Tell them that you will be great on the jury because you can tell if someone is guilty by just looking at them.
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Didn't work for me when I was a contractor, didn't work for my brother who owns a repair shop.
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As well it shouldn't!
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Legitimate basis for excuse by judge:
Health condition affecting ability to serve English comprehension Severe hardship that is unique to the juror, however remedy may be deferred service, not excusal. Likewise, travel plans are also likely to get only a deferred service. The next step is that you could get excused by the judge, for cause: Extreme personal bias Inability to abide by rules and instructions Or you could get excused through attorney preemptory challenges |
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Judge made and open call to all prospective jurors about self employment. Asked if missing a day or two of work would cause us or our customers undue hardship.
I could have lied and stated that I had emergency repairs to make, or some such, but didn't really see the need. Being part of what's right in this country is important.
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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST 1983 300SD - 305000 1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000 1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000 https://media.giphy.com/media/X3nnss8PAj5aU/giphy.gif |
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Deferral here is nice, because you can pick a week 1-6 months in the future and it's automatic the first time. Send in the paper and you don't need to come in to speak to a judge.
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I’m across the street in the brick building. If you want to meet just5 ask the guard and he will call me.
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recommended phone/phone answering machine
Our phone with answering on it finally crapped out a couple of weeks ago after 20 years of excellent service. It was an AT & T brand.
What is a good one to buy now? This is for our land line.
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About 25 years ago I got called, then got a call the day before telling me not to show up. I haven't been called since.
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They should pick retired old people to be on jury's, they are old and wise and have lots of time to do that kind of thing.
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It would turn my world upside down if I had to sit on a long case. Thankfully I've never been called.
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But it was something like this: The Repeat Offender insisted that that Honest and Decent People could not be on His Jury because He was entitled to a Jury of His Peers.
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Questioning process was interesting though for selecting jurors it seemed to me. There were no questions like "would you convict" ect, nothing that directly related to a court or a trial. There were weird questions, like "what kind of bumper stickers are on your car?" ect. It was pretty much, what do you do, and then weird questions like that.
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