Jury duty

[Kat Kanning]

Hey, I got a summons for jury duty in TX 

[John]

petit or grand Juror? :-)

the tradition roll of a Juror is to stand on the side of the accused and hold the accused as innocent UNLESS proved guilty.

today Jurors are brainwashed (starting in the schools) to hold "the defendant" innocent "until" proven guilty. very subtle - very effective. the rotten system is rigged - top to bottom - for convictions.

- - - and then there is the vicimless (so-called) "crime" nonsense...

[Kat Kanning]

I don't know which, assumed petite.

[Russell Kanning]

How many of you guys have ever done this?

[KBCraig]

The only jury I ever actually served on was in civil court, for a medical malpractice lawsuit.

I always show up, hoping someday I'll be on a criminal court jury and do what I can to ensure real justice, not just the letter of the law.

[Jim Johnson]

I "served" on a robbery assault jury.  The victims were completely unbelievable.
The reason I was seated on the jury was that I rode a motorcycle; the prosecution want someone in the jury room who could talk down that all bikers are evil.

Then, in Las Vegas, I was picked as an alternate for a trial that was going to take seven weeks.  I only had to sit through the evidence that was going to be presented, which took several hours, before the defendant copped a deal.

I lived in Las Vegas 5 years and was called twice.  I've lived in New Hampshire 6 years now and I've never been called... co-incidents?

[Pat K]

I have been called 4 times, never made it through to serve.

[jerry]

I was called here in NH a couple years ago for a criminal assault trial.

I was pleased to see that every single juror read the Jury Nullification brochure that Graftonites handed them on their way in to the courthouse.

[KBCraig]

I was called here in NH a couple years ago for a criminal assault trial.

I was pleased to see that every single juror read the Jury Nullification brochure that Graftonites handed them on their way in to the courthouse.

When I was on that malpractice jury (in federal court), I was elected to be the foreman. The first thing I did was, take an initial vote. It was 10-2 in favor of the lawsuit lotto for the victims, and against everyone named as a defendant.

There was no doubt there was malpractice, but the suit was primarily against the doctor, and secondarily against the nurses and the hospital that employed them. The injury was a common after-effect for that type of surgery, and the nurses spoke several times with the doctor throughout the night and never told him the patient was complaining and showing obvious signs of this injury. They didn't notice, because they didn't make the rounds and checks required for that surgery (or at least didn't chart them).

When the doctor made rounds the next morning, he immediately recognized the injury and took measures, but by then it was too late; the injury was permanent, leaving the patient with a lifetime of pain and nerve damage in his arm.

After discussion, multiple votes, and traipsing back into the courtroom several times to review the evidence (not to mention several notes to the judge, who was an asshole to the nth degree), the jury finally agreed to a reasonable award that reflected future medical expenses, some for pain and suffering (limited, given that the patient and his wife were already elderly and in poor health before the injury), and legal expenses.

I thought the outcome was quite fair. It went from tens of millions for lawsuit lotto, to around a million bucks total. More importantly, it went from "everyone with insurance", to those actually responsible.

[Russell Kanning]

Interesting
I think I have only shown up once and they sent us away.

[Kat Kanning]

No jury for me :/

[doobie]

Anyone know what the state/counties use for 'calling people up' for jury duty?  Rumors always go by and I know people who get called and never serve almost yearly but I've never been called.

[JonM]

In New Hampshire they pull from registered voters and those people with NH driver's licenses.  Keep both up to date, you don't want to get called to jury duty in your old county if you move to a new one.

If you don't believe in voting, you can still register to vote and not actually vote if you want to participate in the jury system.

[Russell Kanning]

Yes they never called me in nh because I didn't have a DL