This is my first time ever!
It sayd I am HEREBY COMMANDED to appear at Parish Courthouse....
COMMANDED!
Whoa.
It sayd I am HEREBY COMMANDED to appear at Parish Courthouse....
COMMANDED!
Whoa.
I got a summons for Jury Duty...
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I enjoyed it when I took my turn.
Ignore the clods who will offer advice on avoiding your duty...
Ignore the clods who will offer advice on avoiding your duty...
Just tell them you know the President.
Tell them you're an ultra con - pro death penalty - gun toting NRA member. I'm sure the defense will dismiss you.
It won't even be perjury.
It won't even be perjury.
Tell them you LOVE CSI and Law and Order and watch it every night.
Just refer the Judge to this site. Let them decide for themselves. 
hooples3 said:
Maybe its a grand jury summons. He could be gone for months!
I have heard that engineers are usually not asked to serve... too much into the facts and details and not emotional enough.
Yes, heaven forbid we look at silly things like "facts" in our justice system.N8 said:
"The facts, although interesting, were irrelevant." - OJ Simpson Jury MemberJeremy R said:
N8 said:
Yep. I suspect I was dismissed for that reason myself.
Just tell them you have 55,555,573 post on RM, or just wear that outfit from your New Years Eve party, that'll get you out of it.
I got called for jury duty two or three years ago, but couldn't go because of school. I was really disappointed; I think it would be so fun!
i was impanelled for a criminal case and before the case was started it was settled out of court. weird.
And that you thinks it real!ThePriceSeliger said:
To be honest, I sat on a civil case once, and it wasn't so bad. As long as your work pays for it, it will be a nice vacation...
How can you settle a criminal case? You mean plea bargain?narlus said:
when i was called i was picked for a case, we broke for lunch , came back the people settled. they wanted us to go back and wait in that huge room to possibly be picked for another case, jokingly i said "come on we have been through so much today already" . the lady tells us "ok you can leave" and we didnt even have to come the next 3 days
sanjuro said:
Yeah you're probably right.
I can hear it now...
Judge: "as to the crime of stealing candy from a baby, Mr. foreman of the jury, what say yee?"
N8: "Guilty as charged - Hang 'em!"
I recommend the death penalty.
I got summoned a few months ago. I just had to call this number every day to see if they needed me. They go alphabetically and never got to my name. Sweet.
Oh damn if N8 gets on the "jury of peers" who the hell is on trial?
Biker Fox?
That's how it works here in Los Angeles county. I called and on the second day they called me in. I went in, read a book and watched the World Series on tele and went home after 7 or 8 hours. Duty served, see ya next year.Echo said:
When I was a young punk I avoided it at all costs. Now I go because there has to be someone there to counteract all the N8s.
Interesting note: As I walked up to the courthouse in downtown LA I noticed that the Criminal Court building I was going into was hustling and bustling, while across the street the HALL OF JUSTICE (yes, it really exists!) was boarded up and closed. I wish I had a camera at that moment, the juxtaposition of the two buildings in their differing states would have been a sweet picture. As it is I thought it was an interisting commentary on (metaphor for) society today.
Edit: I don't think "commentary" is the word I am looking for. What word fits better?
"metaphor for"?
Dubya, rumsfeld, pat robertson?OGRipper said:
I was on a Hung jury once...
WELL hung.
WELL hung.
-BB- said:I was on a Hung jury once...
WELL hung.
Yeah, the one where you were found NOT GUILTY.
My mom was on the jury for Project Pat's felony weapons possession charge. While most people outside of the south and Memphis specifically wouldn't know Project Pat, I thought it was pretty cool.
i was searching for something witty and dumb to say, but it appears as if enough of that kinda stuff gravitates towards N8 threads anyways.laura said:
Besides now i'm curious, what the hell is project Pat?
Skookum said:
Project Pat, convicted last month on federal weapons charges, is seeking a new trial, claiming that the judge and jury were improperly influenced by his lyrics. In a filing to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, defense attorneys argue that Judge Robert H. Cleland, a visiting federal jurist from Detroit, allowed images of guns in Project Pat's music to be used unfairly. During the trial, Pat's lawyers tried to limit questions about rap music or his lyrics on a claim of "protected speech." The defense also objected to using the term "gangsta rap," which prosecutors argued referred specifically to Pat's style of music. The judge sentenced Project Pat, whose real name is Patrick Houston, to four years and three months in prison. "We contend ... (Cleland) increased the sentence as a result of the lyrics of some of Mr. Houston's songs," defense attorney John E. Herbison of Nashville said this week. "I have some concerns ... as to whether that violates the First Amendment." Project Pat, a state felon convicted of aggravated robbery, was arrested in January 2001 when Memphis police looking for stolen sport utility vehicles pulled him over and found two loaded revolvers under a front floor mat in his Cadillac Escalade.
I showed up this morning all psyched to lynch someone... and the damn trial was canceled.
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igh: and here i though we were getting a week off 