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Ugh... jury duty
2004-09-14, 10:01 PM #1
I have to show up at the courthouse at 8:15 am tomorrow. Bah!! Bah I say! This is going to screw up my schooling and whatnot. Oh well. Hope it's something stupid that only lasts a day like traffic court. The funny thing is, I'm only 19.. they sure nabbed me quick. :rolleyes:
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2004-09-14, 10:03 PM #2
Remember, everyones guilty of something.
2004-09-14, 10:04 PM #3
You get payed for that, right?.... Can I take your place?
"I got kicked off the high school debate team for saying 'Yeah? Well, **** you!'
... I thought I had won."
2004-09-14, 10:17 PM #4
Be my guest! It's only like 2 bucks an hour..
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2004-09-14, 10:21 PM #5
Lets just hope you reach a verdict unanimously ... otherwise you might be there for a while.

edit: btw good luck.
2004-09-14, 10:24 PM #6
Well I'll keep you guys updated on what happens! For now, though, I think I'm going to need some sleep for my big day tomorrow.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2004-09-14, 10:30 PM #7
I was called for Jury Duty back in July. Thankfully, I wasn't called to serve so I only had to spend only about an hour waiting in the waiting room for that one day. So far I've been called 3 times to Jury duty and all of them I never had to serve. Let's hope it stays that way.
The cake is a lie... THE CAKE IS A LIE!!!!!
2004-09-14, 10:53 PM #8
I've had a few jury notices, but I always end up postponing them to when I'm not in school. Both times I got them in the summer, I got call days at the end of the week, so I never actually had to go in to court.

Why didn't you postpone?
Pissed Off?
2004-09-14, 11:07 PM #9
Uh.. the bastards didn't let me know I could do that.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2004-09-14, 11:12 PM #10
If I am ever summoned to jury duty....I'll escape to Mexico or Canada.
2004-09-14, 11:16 PM #11
Quote:
Originally posted by Delphian
If I am ever summoned to jury duty....I'll escape to Mexico or Canada.




uh ... you sure that's WiSE!?!?!
2004-09-14, 11:17 PM #12
I recieved a jury summons a few months ago. I showed up at the appointed time, and when the lawyer talked to me, I told him I am the son of minister, go to church regularly, believe in the death penalty, and hate lawyers. I didn't have to serve on the jury.
2004-09-14, 11:21 PM #13
Quote:
Originally posted by Delphian
If I am ever summoned to jury duty....I'll escape to Mexico or Canada.

You're going to flee the country to escape jury duty.

:rolleyes:
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2004-09-15, 12:20 AM #14
The closest thing I have got to participate in a court session was when they told me I'd have to come to testify in one case. But then a few days before the big day, they reached a bloody agreement, and the whole thing was cancelled. When the lady from the courthouse called me and told I don't need to come, I just told her how disappointed I am. She was pretty surprised to hear that...
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2004-09-15, 4:11 AM #15
Why's everybody getting so bent out of shape over jury duty? Have you *seen* TV? Court is awesome! It's all "objection!" and "your honor, my client did *not* sleep with the defendant!"

As for you Freelancer, make sure you put the guy away for a long time.
COUCHMAN IS BACK BABY
2004-09-15, 4:37 AM #16
Juror: "But all he did was steal a bottle of pepsi..."
Freelancer: "DEATH PENALTY DAMNIT!"

I could see it now. :p
D E A T H
2004-09-15, 5:28 AM #17
Quote:
Originally posted by Delphian
If I am ever summoned to jury duty....I'll escape to Mexico or Canada.


Where you'll be immediately requisitioned for weeks of jury duty!! MWAHAHAH!!!
2004-09-15, 9:26 AM #18
jury duty = good thing

*sigh* society
Laughing at my spelling herts my feelings. Well laughing is fine actully, but posting about it is not.
2004-09-15, 9:30 AM #19
Jury duty is a good thing if you just sit around all day, and don't have bills to pay (read: high school student).

To everyone else, though, jury duty is bad. You have to take days, even weeks off of work, get paid something miserable (like $2.50 and hour). THis causes you to lose lots of time, as well as income. California minimum wage is $6.75, so even if you're bottom of the barrel, you're losing out on 4 bucks an hour. That's unacceptable to the typical college student wiht books to buy, car insurance, gasoline, and a myriad of other expenses.
2004-09-15, 9:33 AM #20
Just say you're biased against everybody but yourself. :p


It makes you look like a prick, but it gets you out of jury duty.
2004-09-15, 11:16 AM #21
Well I'm back. I was at the very end of the jury lineup, so there was noway in hell they even needed me. I just had to endure all the questioning from the stupid attorneys and I was free to go. However, it was really funny. It was like right from the movies. The defendent (trailor trash) had this scruffy, dime-a-dozen attorney, and representing the plaintiff (the state of Idaho), was a super-professional, super-hot young woman! Hehehe. :D I'm still on coall until Friday though.. here's hoping I don't have to miss anymore class.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2004-09-15, 11:19 AM #22
Quote:
Originally posted by Dj Yoshi
Juror: "But all he did was steal a bottle of pepsi..."
Freelancer: "DEATH PENALTY DAMNIT!"

I could see it now. :p


that made me laugh
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2004-09-15, 11:22 AM #23
When I got called for jury duty, I was so dopped up on codine from getting my widsom teeth out that I can hardly remember any of it. I think that probably wouldve been grounds for a dismissal, but they never even questioned me... the cases resolved themselves before they got to jury selection. I do remember wandering around downtown in a daze looking for the bus stop though. :)
2004-09-15, 1:41 PM #24
I am under the impression that here in Canadia you get paid minimum wage (or more) for jury duty, but I might be on crack.
2004-09-15, 1:50 PM #25
i would like to do jury duty, i was a member of my high school mock trail team and we were in like the the top ten schools in the nation, anyway im only 15 so i can't be in a real jury.
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2004-09-15, 2:03 PM #26
Quote:
Originally posted by Mikus
I am under the impression that here in Canadia you get paid minimum wage (or more) for jury duty, but I might be on crack.


In new york state, its 40 dollars per day served.
2004-09-15, 2:24 PM #27
$40? That's not fair. It's something like $15 a day here in California. Stupid New York :mad:
Pissed Off?
2004-09-15, 2:34 PM #28
I thought they have to pay a full days work (or something). But I never was a jury person.
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2004-09-15, 3:26 PM #29
One of the good things about forgetting to register to vote.
obviously you've never been able to harness the power of cleavage...

maeve
2004-09-15, 4:02 PM #30
I was called as a juror before I registered to vote.

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