Should my presence be needed for a jury, I would be more than happy to serve.
It is not only duty, it is one of the great things about this country, the fact that we have the ability to serve on a jury is great. Many people around the world do not have the luxury of a jury of people comprised of the district in which the crime was committed. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:18 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Benefits of jury duty..., new thread - forced JD > > *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 > : Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion > : > : Advanced Intensive ColdFusion MX Training > : ColdFusion MX Master Class: > : March 31, 2003 - April 4, 2003 > : http://www.ColdFusionTraining.com > : > : > : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
