YAY! Freedom!

[chaoswolf]

I did not want to be on the jury. I really don't want to be on the jury. Especially not if it's a criminal case....I don't like people who possess meth. I really don't like it.....

And I'm free. I've been dismissed by virtue that I'm a rebellious little brat and disagree with authority. And a lot of the statutes of CA I disagree with and argue amongst my friends.....so I'm free!

Different note: making pickles today. I am going to be a bit "sour" until they are done....hehehe.

Comments

[thraxarious.livejournal.com]

Congrats! nice that you got out of it pretty early. I had to wait ALL WEEK LONG before learning I was never going to be called in.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

And an accused man has been denied an intelligent voice sitting in judgement of him.

Jury duty is the one thing the state asks of you that takes time. You8 aren't sent to harvest grain, or scrub walls, but once every few years you are tagged to help the system of law work.

Forgive me, but I see that as an amazing privledge, not something to get out of.

Jury Duty

[roaringmouse.livejournal.com]

I agree with gridlore. Being on jury duty is a privilege. I got yelled at by a judge because of my job. Many people in SF are citizens; but can't understand or speak of word of English. The Judge asked me why... I said because Congress said so...

Re: Jury Duty

[chaoswolf]

It may be a privelige, but I do not want to be partially responsible for killing someone.

[mdlbear]

Well said.

Re: Jury Duty

[mdlbear]

A capital case??? You didn't mention that.

Re: Jury Duty

[chaoswolf]

Criminal, I thought I said. Not sure exactly what the words were.....

Re: Jury Duty

[drewkitty.livejournal.com]

Criminal: as distinct from civil, this is when the state accuses a person of an unlawful act, which is punished as a crime against everyone, not just the victim(s).

Capital: an infamous crime punishable by death. Only a select few crimes are punishable by death in California, the most famous including murder with special circumstances (torture, lying in wait, etc.) and aggravated assault on a corrections officer by a life inmate.

Three Strikes: a state constitutional amendment that asserts than any person convicted of any three felony crimes must be punished by life in prison. Note however that there is no requirement that any of the crimes have to be violent; that many drug crimes are felonies; and that petty theft after the first conviction is a felony.

[thraxarious.livejournal.com]

well, here is the problem. She obviously has a bias against people who have methanphetemines, and could you honestly say that this bias would be in his best interests?

She's not the right person for the jury because of that bias, and it sounds as if they struck her from the jury because of that bias. A smart move if the defendant is to get a jury of his/her peers.

Re: Jury Duty

[roaringmouse.livejournal.com]

You are given a Q&A or in technical terms Voi Deir (sic).. both attorneys will ask your opinion about Capital Punishment... You tell the truth. Besides, it is very rare to serve a criminal jury compared to a civil court.