Okay, three others who agree with me. I'm feeling better. :-)
I understand about the jokes, but in my own little paranoid way, I was
starting to feel that it was way more one-sided than I felt comfortable
with.
-- Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software, Inc
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:30 AM
: To: CF-Community
: Subject: RE: Benefits of jury duty..., new thread - forced JD
:
:
: No, Ben.
:
: I agree wholeheartedly.
:
: If I am not willing to do my part, then how can I expect anyone
: else to do so?
:
: And if the only people on a jury are those not smart enough to
: avoid service, we are in deep trouble.
:
: Of course, I also feel the same way about taxes.
:
: Jerry Johnson
:
: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/11/03 09:18AM >>>
: *sigh* Am I the only one here who feels like it's my duty? I
: mean, there's
: a lot of talk around here about various parts and pieces of the
: Constitution, and how they mean a lot to various people, but I'm
: getting the
: (hopefully incorrect) feeling that trial by jury isn't one of those pieces
: that means something.
:
: :-(
:
:
: -- Ben Doom
: Programmer & General Lackey
: Moonbow Software, Inc
:
: : -----Original Message-----
: : From: Bill Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: : Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 7:52 AM
: : To: CF-Community
: : Subject: Re: Benefits of jury duty..., new thread - forced JD
: :
: :
: : hhaha I heard a good quote one time i like.
: :
: : Why cant you fool a jury they are the people that are the ones
: : who cant find
: : a good reason to get out of jury duty
: :
: : ----- Original Message -----
: : From: "Adam Churvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: : To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: : Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 1:17 PM
: : Subject: Re: Benefits of jury duty..., new thread - forced JD
: :
: :
: : > So, I've never had to serve on a jury - but something I've always
: : > wondered about - they can't force someone who is supporting
: their family
: : > to go on jury duty, can they? Or how about a single guy/gal - what if
: : > they can't afford to pay rent because they can't go to work?
: :
: : They most certainly can, and they will. Hospital stays and military
: : deployments are typically honored, but the rest is fair game for jury
: : selection. If they didn't do it this way then everyone would have an
: : excuse. It's kind of like a civilian version of being called
: up from the
: : Reserves for duty to your country.
: :
: : If the jury candidate can document clear cause for relief from
: : service, then
: : that _sometimes_ works, but not always. And some courts require jury
: : candidates to show up in person to make their claim for relief with
: : documentation in hand. Every court is different, so make sure to
: : check, and
: : get the rules in writing (or a printout from the court's
: website), not by
: : what some clerk tells you.
: :
: : I know a guy who was heavily medicated for a heart condition which also
: : required that he not undergo stress. He was scheduled for an
: out-of-town
: : business meeting weeks in advance of his jury notice; he explained his
: : situation to the court clerk who told him he shouldn't have a
: : problem being
: : relieved from duty.
: :
: : He assumed this meant there wouldn't be a problem if he didn't
: : show up. Big
: : mistake.
: :
: : During his business meeting a few states away from home, no more
: : than three
: : hours after he was supposed to arrive for morning jury
: selection, federal
: : marshalls arrived with handcuffs drawn and an arrest warrant in hand.
: :
: : The marshalls brought him back to his home state and in front of
: : the judge,
: : where he explained his situation and also his physician called the court
: : clerk with an explanation for the judge. Everything was
: finally resolved
: : and he was relieved from service, but it took an affidavit from his
: : physician to be filed to get him relieved.
: :
: : One piece of advice: never say to a judge, "You can't do that."
: They love
: : to hear it, because it's always so much fun to prove you wrong.
: Don't try
: : to use layman's logic in determining what a judge can and can't
: : do, because
: : that's mostly up to his discretion.
: :
: : Respectfully,
: :
: : Adam Phillip Churvis
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