Got dismissed from jury duty yesterday

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The judge asked if after hearing the charges (murder, evading, and criminal damage) because he used his car to ram the police cruiser when they found him 150 miles away hiding in another town, if there was any reason we felt we could not be a fair and impartial juror.

Well, I raised my hand (the only one that did) and the judge asked me why I felt I couldn't be impartial.
I told her "Because 99% percent of the time a person ends up in court with multiple charges and one of the being murder they are guilty as sin, and that killing his neighbor with a shotgun, running from the cops and then using his car against them as a weapon to try and avoid arrest only proved that the guy is lethally violent and guilty as hell and I don't want him free in my town.

"You are dismissed"

What?
Was my logic faulty here? :D
 
I agree, and good move on your part to speak up, trials like this should be herd, but a waist of tax payers money.. Open and shut case!
 
While I agree with you in todays butt patting, soft society this mentality is prejudicial.
 
I have jury duty soon.. I have never had to sit on a jury (so far it's never made it to that point when I have had to serve) and to be honest, I doubt I ever will... I won't "speak up" and try to get dismissed but, I was a trouble-makin' little chit in my youth and I KNOW that my history would preclude me once they *ahem* find it.. all. :D
 
I have jury duty soon.. I have never had to sit on a jury (so far it's never made it to that point when I have had to serve) and to be honest, I doubt I ever will... I won't "speak up" and try to get dismissed but, I was a trouble-makin' little chit in my youth and I KNOW that my history would preclude me once they *ahem* find it.. all. :D

I think they've already found mine. I've never been called upon to serve. :(
 
I can tell a guilty person by looking at them....
 
I usually start with "where's the guilty sonofabitch"?? It usually goes down hill from there!!
 
..."You are dismissed"
What?
Was my logic faulty here? :D

You f#cked it up.

No-one wants a murderer living next to them, and the only way to stop that happening it is to make sure you're on the jury.

I served on a jury during an incest case. It was pretty unsavory, but we got a conviction and the guy got 8-10 years.

I highly recommend the experience. You learn a lot about people, sympathy, heartbreak, compassion, hate, justice, intelligence, stupidity...etc.
 
Last time I was on jury duty, when I was asked what did for a living, I was told I was tainted.
I was a mail carrier at the time.
 
You f#cked it up.

No-one wants a murderer living next to them, and the only way to stop that happening it is to make sure you're on the jury.

I served on a jury during an incest case. It was pretty unsavory, but we got a conviction and the guy got 8-10 years.

I highly recommend the experience. You learn a lot about people, sympathy, heartbreak, compassion, hate, justice, intelligence, stupidity...etc.

I don't have the time, energy or give a **** to try to help fix BS in this world anymore.
All it has ever gotten me was a feeling of overwhelming despair for the future of the human race.
Besides, everyone knew he was guilty whether they would admit it or not as now it's just a matter of how much time his Lawyer was able to get his punishment reduced to.
They should have saved us and the system a lot of wasted time and money and just shot and killed the SOB when he used his car as a weapon.

Just my opinion of course.
 
I went to jury duty. My daughter in law worked for Family Services, and my nephew is a cop. They sent me home.
 
Despite several family members working for an insurance company, and a cop son-in-law, I was called fourteen times in two states, one of which required serving in the pool two weeks at a time in district court. On my first tour, I was within two days of being released when I was chosen for a trial that lasted nearly a month, and it was a case that never should have gone to trial. It was just another attempt to redistribute wealth.

The last time I was called in that state, when asked by the judge if I enjoyed my previous jury experiences, I told him no. When asked why, I explained that I had seen lots of law being practiced, but precious little justice being dispensed. He got an angry look on his face, but dismissed me. That was the only time I got out of it.

After my first few times, I began to see jury duty as akin to cleaning toilets, except it can last for weeks on end and even after you clean up one mess, there is a line of scumbags waiting to crap in them again.
 
I served on one jury and was dismissed from another after they asked me what my favorite TV show was. My answer: CSI. I guess they figured I would want to see the DNA evidence.
 
I've been summoned but never gotten beyond the phone call stage. It would be hard for me because I have little patience being teamed up with slow people. But I don't think they'd choose me anyway. I do feel it's a duty...should I ever be on trial, I would want a jury of my peers, people with sound judgment.
 
It would be hard for me because I have little patience being teamed up with slow people.

I'm glad someone else said that. :D
Listening to the people talk while waiting about drove me nuts, but the only thing worse was that the woman sitting next to me (prob 40's) had breath that would knock a buzzard off a **** wagon, and THANK GOD she never turned her head towards me for any reason.

I was actually contemplating asking if I could change seats right in the middle of things because if she turned towards me and opened her mouth for anything I would have gagged right then and there for sure.
 
Have only had jury duty once and got selected. Was a 3 day trial that felt like it took 3yrs.
Had a pregnant chick next to me and first day of trial, they kept rolling past lunch time and could tell she was about ready to snap.
Around 1:30 the judge asked jurors if we would like break or keep going.
She hollered f&@k yea we want a break right in courtroom. Was spectacular.
Got back from lunch and had alternate next to me. LOL.
 
And the truth shall set you free. I really believe it pisses people off if you tell the truth. I just show up looking like an overworked mechanic and they just zoom by me. Wonder if they would pick me if they new I have never voted to retain a judge...ever. And never will.
 
I never got invited for jury duty...that delight is reserved for citizens
 
I never got invited for jury duty...that delight is reserved for citizens
I got summoned a minimum of twice a year in the 10 years I lived in Lansing in spite of having gone in the first time with my Canadian birth certificate , It's a drivers licence lottery and I won it on a regular basis , my american wife got called once in the same period , she wanted to serve but got sent home after the first day of selection.
 
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