tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post4200174965664224670..comments2024-03-18T02:22:56.392-04:00Comments on Disgusted Beyond Belief: My Civic DutyDBBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-63311683002037385802009-04-08T09:12:00.000-04:002009-04-08T09:12:00.000-04:00I thought judges were not qualified to serve on ju...I thought judges were not qualified to serve on juries in their own courts, but a state court judge could be on a federal jury and vice-versa. I'm too lazy to verify that right now. <BR/><BR/>In any case, I'm sure accomodations could be made, as were made for me - I did not have to call in on 6 different potential dates - I got to pick one, but then had to go for certain on that date. So it wasn't terribly inconvenient for me. That was done to accomodate my own court schedule, and I can assure you I'm not a judge.DBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-62922573556918856152009-04-07T11:40:00.000-04:002009-04-07T11:40:00.000-04:00Last time I was called for jury duty the whole gro...Last time I was called for jury duty the whole group was addressed by one of the judges who said, you think YOU have it bad....<BR/><BR/>Judges do get picked by the jury pool lottery and have to report for duty. But they NEVER actually serve on a jury, they are ALWAYS dropped for cause or peremptory, they KNOW this going in, but they have to show up every day until dismissed anyway.<BR/><BR/>They hate it.Steve T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12075948665118760070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-63594040321434148622009-04-02T10:55:00.000-04:002009-04-02T10:55:00.000-04:00I don't think I'm naturally contrarian - I like to...I don't think I'm naturally contrarian - I like to decide things fairly. I also would apply the correct standard, which perhaps would be more trouble for a criminal prosecutor than a defendant in a medmal. <BR/><BR/>I suppose jury selection is much more art than science, since most people defy simple labels, though there are the RWAs...DBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-7826103914503449412009-04-01T17:24:00.000-04:002009-04-01T17:24:00.000-04:00I'm a lawyer and we generally try to exclude lawye...I'm a lawyer and we generally try to exclude lawyers (as well as engineers, scientists) from juries - the folk wisdom is that they tend to be naturally contrarian and see the deliberations as a "contest".<BR/><BR/>That said, I was once seated on jury and I attempted to build consensus and there was a lone juror (a retired school teacher- generally considered to be safe, non-maverick jurors) who announced at the outset that she believed X and that nobody was going to change her mind. Her contributions to the deliberations were "You can think whatever you want, but I not changing my mind."Spirit of the Seasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00270367113791976585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-64130164047982509092009-03-31T12:08:00.000-04:002009-03-31T12:08:00.000-04:00I had a similar experience. As a former cop, I go...I had a similar experience. As a former cop, I got excused by the prosecutor (it was a criminal case), which led me to believe the state had a weak case and knew it.Mr. 618https://www.blogger.com/profile/09888639331798664267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-29937902885244140962009-03-24T20:25:00.000-04:002009-03-24T20:25:00.000-04:00Well, unless they run out of peremptory challenges...Well, unless they run out of peremptory challenges. They could have run out on this one. They had a huge pool - another trial for the same day was going to draw from it and it was cancelled because the judge was at a funeral. They tried to call off some of the pool but most still came.DBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-1540363518189541632009-03-24T20:07:00.000-04:002009-03-24T20:07:00.000-04:00Maybe one of these years I'll actually get seated ...<I>Maybe one of these years I'll actually get seated on a jury.</I><BR/><BR/>Ain't gonna happen. <BR/><BR/>If one party wants to keep the attorney (and I can actually think of one jury pool that contained an attorney I actively wanted to keep on the panel), the other party will boot him.armagh444https://www.blogger.com/profile/07082915043493514495noreply@blogger.com