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GOSH DARN JURY DUTY! HELP?
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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1078660" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>I don't. I've never even considered shirking my jury duty or other civil responsibility even when I was a single parent raising 4 kids. Been on district court jury duty several times-the most recent for 7 days straight. (yes, we were impounded on Sunday)</p><p>I realize you are a busy man and all that, but consider this. </p><p>You, wind up in court some day as a defendant. Civil--criminal--your fault, some one else's fault, no one's fault--it doesn't matter. It happens.</p><p>Do you really want <u>YOUR</u> "jury of your peers" to be from the unemployment and assistance office? Probably not. At least show up for the pool selection process--maybe you won't get picked and even if you do get picked as part of the sub-pool for a specific case, there's still the chance you won't "survive" the <a href="http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=2229" target="_blank">voir dire</a></p><p></p><p>The process works like this:</p><p>The entire potential jury pool is assembled. It may be hundreds of potential jurors. A presiding judge usually asks if anyone has a verifiable "excuse" for not continuing in the process. After those are weeded out, there are usually several cases that are on docket for that time period--some civil-some criminal. The pool is narrowed down to about 25 potentials for each case, and the groups separated. The voir dire begins for each case, presided over by a judge. Attorney for each side asks each potential juror certain questions. Depending on the answers, the attorneys yay or nay that particular person. If selected, as a joror or alternate, you stay--otherwise you go home, unless your district specifies you go to another case's voir dire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1078660, member: 18945"] I don't. I've never even considered shirking my jury duty or other civil responsibility even when I was a single parent raising 4 kids. Been on district court jury duty several times-the most recent for 7 days straight. (yes, we were impounded on Sunday) I realize you are a busy man and all that, but consider this. You, wind up in court some day as a defendant. Civil--criminal--your fault, some one else's fault, no one's fault--it doesn't matter. It happens. Do you really want [u]YOUR[/u] "jury of your peers" to be from the unemployment and assistance office? Probably not. At least show up for the pool selection process--maybe you won't get picked and even if you do get picked as part of the sub-pool for a specific case, there's still the chance you won't "survive" the [url=http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=2229]voir dire[/url] The process works like this: The entire potential jury pool is assembled. It may be hundreds of potential jurors. A presiding judge usually asks if anyone has a verifiable "excuse" for not continuing in the process. After those are weeded out, there are usually several cases that are on docket for that time period--some civil-some criminal. The pool is narrowed down to about 25 potentials for each case, and the groups separated. The voir dire begins for each case, presided over by a judge. Attorney for each side asks each potential juror certain questions. Depending on the answers, the attorneys yay or nay that particular person. If selected, as a joror or alternate, you stay--otherwise you go home, unless your district specifies you go to another case's voir dire. [/QUOTE]
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