Jury Duty...jeez does this blow...
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Jury Duty...jeez does this blow...
Well, after being told for years that "You will not be needed today, please call back tomorrow evening." I expected the same thing last night.
Wrong.
Sheesh, I have to be at the courthouse at 7:30 am, dressed in "Business Casual".
Business casual? WTH is that? I work in jeans, t-shirts, sweat my butt off and don't normally shave to build speakers, load cabinets or do ship out orders.
Now I have to get my wife to go through my closet to tell me I have to wear.
Argh! There might be a whole week of this crap...
So I'm up at 5 am to process orders for my speaker builders, shipping/packing, etc before I shave, shower and hit the road to the courthouse.
Having to be anywhere in LA by 7:30 am is just torture...
Wrong.
Sheesh, I have to be at the courthouse at 7:30 am, dressed in "Business Casual".
Business casual? WTH is that? I work in jeans, t-shirts, sweat my butt off and don't normally shave to build speakers, load cabinets or do ship out orders.
Now I have to get my wife to go through my closet to tell me I have to wear.
Argh! There might be a whole week of this crap...
So I'm up at 5 am to process orders for my speaker builders, shipping/packing, etc before I shave, shower and hit the road to the courthouse.
Having to be anywhere in LA by 7:30 am is just torture...
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Re: Jury Duty...jeez does this blow...
It would be a shame if you said something they didn't like and kicked you off the jury.
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I can't imagine that happening...
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Re: Jury Duty...jeez does this blow...
Awe man, that blows. If I'm the prosecutor, I'd probably want to keep Jim at all cost! Hang em high! LOL
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I have decided to go all Billy Blades on the lawyers...complete with beer holder, blow and attitude.
Or not. Contempt of court might be invoked, but hang em high sounds good. LOL
Or not. Contempt of court might be invoked, but hang em high sounds good. LOL
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Re: Jury Duty...jeez does this blow...
Isn't once on the wrong side of the bars enough....Scumback Speakers wrote:I have decided to go all Billy Blades on the lawyers...complete with beer holder, blow and attitude.
Or not. Contempt of court might be invoked, but hang em high sounds good. LOL
Be grateful you didn't get on the Fullerton cop trial that just ended!
last time I got called it was for that mofo Avilla that killed Samantha Runnion. Bastard was in arms reach, jsut over the railing in teh courtroom. I told the bailiff no need for a trial, just leave us alone for a few minutes...
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Actually, it's been four times on the other side of the bars, but who's counting, counselor? LOL
Still sitting here bored to tears....waiting. Argh!
Still sitting here bored to tears....waiting. Argh!
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Re: Jury Duty...jeez does this blow...
I had to do 6 days for a civil suit last April. It was the worst thing ever!
That has been my only experience. I imagine a criminal case would be different.
That has been my only experience. I imagine a criminal case would be different.
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I did two weeks on a rape case just after I turned 18. I felt incredibly sorry for the poor girl, as my fellow jurors (all bar one) were the biggest bunch of assembled morons you could ever have the displeasure of meeting all at once.
So I like purple, okay!!!!!!
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Murder one case. I'm listening to the judge explain the case right now.
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I'll be lucky if I'm not in jail for contempt of court by this evening. The case involves two gang members killing another gang member one in a premeditated murder with a handgun(s).
I experienced an incident in 2001 where two rival gangs started spraying bullets at each other in Culver City where I lived. One day one of the gangs caught a rival gang member getting out of his truck to visit his girlfriend in the building behind mine. There were four gang members shooting at this one guy with a Mac 10, Tech 9, multiple handguns, and they all missed him. They did manage to spray my apartment building pretty good, with bullets zinging by my 2nd story front door.
Freaked out my client (Wheel of Fortune editor) on the phone I was walking through a problem, and my pit bull had a fit as well. Went downstairs after I hung up, and there were at least 50 shell casings on the street. These four gang members missed the rival gang member from a distance of 30 feet completely. They did put a bunch of holes in the apartment building and in other people's cars, though.
After relating this to the judge he asked me if I could fairly judge this case. I told him no, I would be hard pressed to objectively listen to an argument from the defense counsel about his client.
The judge wasn't happy with me at all, and he tried to convince me otherwise.
"Juror 13, don't you think you're being unfair to the defendant with this line of thinking?"
I just answered "Life isn't fair, your honor."
That shut him up. Even then the defense attorney didn't excuse me. So I have to go back today and listen to 40 other prospective jurors get asked the same questions I was.
I'm not sure if I'll get excused from this or not, but when they ask me my experiences with the police, they're not going to be happy about that, either. Both of the cops that tried to frame me for drug trafficking in the early 80's wound up eating their guns after they were indicted for criminal investigation. And I know both of their names and when they took themselves out.
Bet you didn't know I had such an interesting life, huh?
I have to be there at 9 am. Gotta go.
I experienced an incident in 2001 where two rival gangs started spraying bullets at each other in Culver City where I lived. One day one of the gangs caught a rival gang member getting out of his truck to visit his girlfriend in the building behind mine. There were four gang members shooting at this one guy with a Mac 10, Tech 9, multiple handguns, and they all missed him. They did manage to spray my apartment building pretty good, with bullets zinging by my 2nd story front door.
Freaked out my client (Wheel of Fortune editor) on the phone I was walking through a problem, and my pit bull had a fit as well. Went downstairs after I hung up, and there were at least 50 shell casings on the street. These four gang members missed the rival gang member from a distance of 30 feet completely. They did put a bunch of holes in the apartment building and in other people's cars, though.
After relating this to the judge he asked me if I could fairly judge this case. I told him no, I would be hard pressed to objectively listen to an argument from the defense counsel about his client.
The judge wasn't happy with me at all, and he tried to convince me otherwise.
"Juror 13, don't you think you're being unfair to the defendant with this line of thinking?"
I just answered "Life isn't fair, your honor."
That shut him up. Even then the defense attorney didn't excuse me. So I have to go back today and listen to 40 other prospective jurors get asked the same questions I was.
I'm not sure if I'll get excused from this or not, but when they ask me my experiences with the police, they're not going to be happy about that, either. Both of the cops that tried to frame me for drug trafficking in the early 80's wound up eating their guns after they were indicted for criminal investigation. And I know both of their names and when they took themselves out.
Bet you didn't know I had such an interesting life, huh?
I have to be there at 9 am. Gotta go.
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Re: Jury Duty...jeez does this blow...
Just take this trial, judges are known for punishing reluctant jurors by assigning them to asbestos class action suits. You could be sitting there for up to six months in a case like that, I know I was and it nearly ruined my life. Fucking litigation industry!
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I certainly had an eye opening experience.Strat78 wrote: Fucking litigation industry!
Good luck, Jim.
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They are bozos, plain and simple. I feel for the judge, frankly. But that doesn't mean I want to deal with these lawyers (both of them).
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Re: Jury Duty...jeez does this blow...
With that slant they'll have to excuse you, Jim. just gonna make you sit there a while. I had similar experience last time. Related three separate things that HAD to get me excused in a heart beat yet seven others were excused before me.
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