On Jury Duty
Today was a waste of everyone’s time.
9 Responses to “On Jury Duty”
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June 19th, 2012 at 10:53 am
That’s almost always the case with jury duty.
June 19th, 2012 at 11:26 am
I have been called for jury duty half a dozen times. I only served on a jury once, when I was in college. I was easily the most competent person in the room that day, and that isn’t saying much.
I think that a jurist could be a valid profession. Instead of semi-randomly picking people from the populace, have it be a job that requires passing a test in criminal law in the region. The current system of having jurors hear only what the lawyers present with the presumption of no knowledge of actual laws is stupid.
If, forbid, I’m ever a defendant I hope that the jury is a group of the smartest SoBs I’ve ever met. If you could stack the jury with engineers, I would be just fine.
I’m pretty confident that if I could find a jury composed truly and solely of my peers, it would be a very short trial and end in my favor. Assuming I didn’t engage in aberrant behavior, my peers would act the same way I did in whatever circumstance or at least understand my rational for doing so. Also a jury of my peers would have no problem considering facts, separating facts from emotional bias and hyperbole, thereby rendering lawyers mostly useless.
June 19th, 2012 at 12:11 pm
The last time I was called up for jury duty it was for a case involving a stolen iPod. 4 lawyers, judge, court reporter, pawn shop employee and all the jurors. I can’t even begin to count how much money that trail cost. Over a stolen used iPod.
Talk about a waste of time. And money.
June 19th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Trial, not trail. D’oh!
June 19th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
I’d like to hear about your experience, sometime.
June 19th, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Served on the Grand Jury 2011/2012.
Almost all retired folks, a lot of us professionals.
Some sharp folks, some not so much.
I think we did some good for our county.
June 19th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
Been cooling my heels, wasting my time, and losing money (no sales, no commissions made) in a jury duty pool myself.
June 19th, 2012 at 5:15 pm
I got called up for jury duty a few years ago. Had to show up almost every day for two solid weeks. Went through voir dire twice, was seated on one jury (on the last or next-to-last day) for a trial which was declared a mistrial shortly after opening arguments and lunch. Didn’t get dismissed much before the middle of the afternoon.
And, I think, the state paid me the laughable sum of $12.50/day for expenses (gas, lunch, etc).
All things considered, seemed like a complete waste of time and energy, but I did learn that the justice system is …. markedly inefficient.
June 20th, 2012 at 2:27 am
Got called twice in college, never since. With my job, my education, the people I know, and the fact that I actually read the news probably precludes me from ever being seated on a jury.