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Post subject: I've Been Summoned...
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:33 am
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For jury duty. 20 years ago I may have been intersted in doing this, but now I have so many resonsibilities that I don't think I can. It could be an interesting experience, but I can't leave my wife and 2 kids, under age 2, at home if I am sequestered. I guess I'll see if I am the chosen one...of many.

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Post subject: Re: I've Been Summoned...
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:51 am
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make blatantly racist and hateful remarks, they will send you home :lol:

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Post subject: Re: I've Been Summoned...
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:05 am
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Yeah, tell them you believe in the Judicial System.
They'll think you're a escapee and set you loose. :lol:

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Post subject: Re: I've Been Summoned...
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:10 am
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you could also yell ""RUBY RIDGE" several times loudly, they will send ya straight home, possibly with police escort :lol:

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Post subject: Re: I've Been Summoned...
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:34 am
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Unfortunately this is one if our civic duties. As others have said, you could answer the questions is such a way that you are not picked. This is why they send out so many summons, to find the right 12 people for the job.

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Post subject: Re: I've Been Summoned...
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 11:27 am
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Up to you, but as an American, it's your DUTY.

Just be honest, you will be under oath.


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Post subject: Re: I've Been Summoned...
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 11:54 am
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they don't put you under oath when you go in for the initial first day evaluation. ( they didn't where i live )the judge simply tells you about your duty's and explains your responsibility's if selected. this way they can weed out the obvious. both times i have gone in i was never placed under oath..... and i always had some excuse :lol:

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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 11:55 am
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Chances are you will sit in a room and do nothing all day. Thats been my experence anyway. It is you civic duty and should not be taken lightly.


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Post subject: Re: I've Been Summoned...
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:01 pm
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L.A. wrote:
Up to you, but as an American, it's your DUTY.

Just be honest, you will be under oath.


How about if I'm Canadian.

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Post subject: Re: I've Been Summoned...
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:16 pm
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ohhhhh yeaaaaa No clue there buddy.

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Post subject: Re: I've Been Summoned...
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:41 pm
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L.A. wrote:
Up to you, but as an American, it's your DUTY.

Just be honest, you will be under oath.

+1. My grandmother was called for jury duty, after the trial she told the judge she really enjoyed it and to call her anytime to serve. :lol:


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Post subject: Re: I've Been Summoned...
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:31 pm
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Don't do anything stupid to try and get out of it. Judges aren't idiots, usually, and there are punishments available to them.

Here's your chance to improve the quality of the juror pool. Almost no cases are sequestered, especially if it's a county summons.

We've got it good here. No going in and sitting waiting to be called. They have a call in system. Unless there are a crazy number of cases most people never even have to go in. I did, sat for three days, found out I was the alternate and kicked out right before deliberations. Which is a good thing because I probably would have been stuck voting not guilty for someone who was fairly obviously guilty, and not in a jury nullification kind of way.


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Post subject: Re: I've Been Summoned...
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:36 pm
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i guess i'm weird, i've always looked forward to the day that i get called for jury duty. about a year ago it finally happened, but it was a summons from a town 2 hours away where i don't live anymore. i was ready to go anyway, but somewhere in the fine print it says you don't qualify if you don't live in said county anymore. so i had to call and tell them the bad news.... darn. maybe i'll get another chance someday

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Post subject: Re: I've Been Summoned...
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:58 pm
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Civic Duty is Civic Duty...regardless of what country your from. Do it to the best of your abilities.

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