04-16-2008, 08:44 PM | #1 |
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I had to report for Jury duty today
It was kind of interesting, I've never done it before. But I was thinking it would be a trial for a minor theft, a DUI, or maybe an assault.
Nope....rape and sodomy. The Judge warned everyone in the jury pool that the details would be graphic. Needless to say, I was very happy they didn't pick me for the jury. |
04-16-2008, 08:47 PM | #2 |
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First time I was summoned for Jury Duty about 11 years ago I had the same experience, and the case was aggravated sexual assault and sodomy of a minor.
I'm also glad I was in the first pool of dismissed jurors. Last time I was summoned for Jury Duty was last Summer. This was quite different. I was simply given a phone number to call, and specific week that we'd be told to be ready to go and each day after 5PM it would say whether we're to report the following morning for Jury Duty or not, and lucky for me, the entire week we never had to show
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04-16-2008, 08:47 PM | #3 |
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I wasn't picked for a molestation case. Thank goodness.
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04-16-2008, 08:51 PM | #4 |
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How many here, like me, have never even been notified of possible jury duty?
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04-16-2008, 08:54 PM | #5 |
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This didn't involve a minor, thank goodness. I was definitely willing to keep an open mind about things until the evidence was presented, but I'm grateful I didn't have to serve.
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04-16-2008, 09:08 PM | #6 |
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I wouldn't want to be picked in a case like that either.
I have an acquaintance who served as a juror on a murder trial. The victim was a child. After the trial, he had a breakdown and took a prolonged leave of absence from work. Maybe he had other issues prior to the trial, and it was only the trigger, but they weren’t evident. He was visibly different after the trial.
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It really made me think, though: everyone in the room has a story, and some of them have had horrible things happen to them. Five women raised their hand when the judge asked if anyone had ever been the victim of a sexual offense. And 3 men raised their hand when he asked if anyone had been charged with a sexual offense. |
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04-16-2008, 09:28 PM | #9 |
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DUring one job I was working on a capital appeal and I was requried to read the record, which included the defednant's confession to mulitple violent murders of children, along with doing unspeakable things to the children before and after they were dead. It was so utterly horrible that I could not stand ot read more than few paragraphs at a time before I would need to get up and take a walk.
I was required to read the confession, but it was one of the most horrible experiences of my life, seriously.
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I was on a jury once. I ended up being the foreman. Fortunately, it a civil trial related to a traffic accident. I actually enjoyed it.
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