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A man is in a room that has no doors or windows with nothing but a table and a mirror. How does he get out?
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He looks into the mirror and sees what he saw.
He takes the saw and cuts the table in half.
Two halves make a whole.
He exists through the hole.
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Hi All,
Just wondered how many of us have completed Jury Service here and what were your thoughts? I'm on it this week and it is the most mind numbingly boring experience in the world! I've wasted all day sitting in a room and didn't even get on a case  Although it has given me the opportunity to knuckle down on my certifications lol.
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| I've been called many times over the years, but never posted to a jury. My observation has been that no one with an IQ over room temperature is wanted, as the lawyers want people they can manipulate.
Will Rogers never met me. |
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| Roger Wright wrote:no one with an IQ over room temperatureBriliant! I'm going to sell that line to Woody Allen.
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| I was actually selected once for pretrial interviews on a DUI case. I was the seventh person from a pool of 20 prospective jurors to be questioned, and after watching the previous six jurors be questioned, wasn't in the mood to be manipulated into the answers they wanted to hear.
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| "fair and impartial" is the legal term for "gullible and easily swayed by irrelevant emotional arguments."
On the other hand, my lady reported dutifully to jury duty 14 weeks ago, and was surprised to find herself selected for the Grand Jury. After conversations with the judge, she was... |
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| I think it really depends on the motivation of the defense attorney in criminal cases. My experience is that public defenders really don't care about winning that much. |
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| John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:wasn't in the mood to be manipulated into the answers they wanted to hear
That's how I always am whenever I have to sit at the court house waiting for my jury pool group to get called in. But the past several times, I've been in the group that gets... |
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| I served about three years ago. See Roger Wright's post, my experience was identical to his.
BDF
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| Yep - same as Roger and Farang - two days sitting in a room twiddling my thumbs, then allowed to go home on the grounds that we weren't needed - an earlier case was overrunning estimates. At least they paid for time and travel expenses, and gave a food / drink allowance. Not generous, but not... |
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| I was summoned and sat on a jury 3 years ago. It went to trial, it was much less boring than sitting a room. I didn't want to do it though, I tried to get out, but the state appointed defense attorney and judge didn't reject anyone. One of the charges was trespassing. This is how questioning... |
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| I've been called 4 times, and have served twice.
The first trial lasted one day, I was an alternate and got sent home just before jury deliberation.
The second trial lasted three days, after 1 hour of deliberation we sent an angry a$$hole to jail, a place where he belongs.... |
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| S Houghtelin wrote:The first trial lasted one day, I was an alternate and got sent home just before
jury deliberation.
Pretty much the same here. But I was even going to be the foreman before I was released. (They didn't do "alternates" so much as they had 14 sit through the trial,... |
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| Once. Since the jury pool called up was being used to create multiple juries it wasn't clear if lawyers were washing anyone out or not; they limited themselves to followups to a rote questionaire. The trial itself lasted about 4 hours and was something of a waste of time. The presented... |
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| I've been called three times, but have never actually served on a jury. When I tell the lawyer of my family's long line of peace officers, I'm immediately dismissed. While somewhat boring, it is a chance to read a book and get paid extra for the day.
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| No. In Australia, there are a number of occupations and other situations that make you ineligible to ever sit on a Jury. I used to have one of those occupations, hence even if I wanted to, I am never allowed to sit on a jury.
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| I got called up once, when I pointed out I had been in jail I was released, there is a silver lining to spending a weekend in jail to get rid of parking fines.
You can't do this now as some prat has woken up to the fact that spending 24 hours sitting in a cell reading a book or two... |
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