Getting out of jury duty for not being "of sound mind and good moral character" ?

Quote from Maverick74:

That's a good suggestion, although I'm not terribly certain if I was on trial for murder in a state that has capital punishment, that I would want my jury full of all the deadbeats out of work. Not to say that all people out of work are deadbeats. I'm just not sure I would feel comfortable with that jury demographic. A parking violation? Sure. Capital murder? No.

I know. That is a legitimate issue with my suggestion. A bonafide jury pool has to draw from all demographics, but the problem is the court system is so overburdened with lesser cases, yet is strained to find jurors. It's strained also because of guys like AK47 who are perfectly able to serve but are too busy posting Obama polls all day to actually do something worthwhile with their time.
 
Quote from Maverick74:

Amen brother. How goddam hard is to just do your f*cking duty as an American? We have men and women serving this country over seas getting their limbs blown off and yet dipshits on here can't take a day out of their life to serve their country in an air conditioned court house. Sometimes this country makes me sick. Yes, I know this country is f*cked. But we do as citizens have to be the ones that light the fuse?

I'll tell you what. Those of you who are opting out of jury duty. March down to your local army recruiter and sign up and serve a post.

For the record, I actually just got a notice to serve for jury duty. And yes, I will honor my obligation to my country.

It is offensive to me personally that you would dare to compare jury duty to combat service. Mav, some days, I worry about your pattern recognition skills, bruh.

And BTW, 3rd Infantry, 57th battalion, Echo Company, Ft. Benning, Ga. Went on to the 801st combat support Hospital attached to Ft. Sheridan, Il. And no, I WILL NOT DO JURY DUTY.
 
Quote from denner:

I was notified of jury duty a year ago and did my day in court. It was absolutely no big deal and quite educational to be honest. A black guy who was driving recklessly and plowed into a parked car. He clearly was liable for the damage to the parked car but our one female black juror figured that the prosecutor could not prove negligence.

Go figure.

My only beef with the whole "jury duty" thing and it is a legitimate one...I figure the top of the pool should be the unemployed drawing benefits AND the public sector retirees sucking off the public tax dole. If you want your public sponsored payments, well you better be first in line for jury duty, as the private sector doesn't get compensated for days off work. And we all know that if you own a small business, well you're fucked if you get stuck in some long trial.)

Well thank goodness for a jury of our "peers":)
 
Quote from RCG Trader:

It is offensive to me personally that you would dare to compare jury duty to combat service. Mav, some days, I worry about your pattern recognition skills, bruh.

And BTW, 3rd Infantry, 57th battalion, Echo Company, Ft. Benning, Ga. Went on to the 801st combat support Hospital attached to Ft. Sheridan, Il. And no, I WILL NOT DO JURY DUTY.

You know what RCG. Don't ever complain about justice in this country. Don't talk about how a black man can't get a fair trial. I don't ever want to hear the disproportionate amount of African Americans sitting in prison on drug crimes. If you can't even perform your civic duty to possibly defend an innocent person and keep them out of prison, then don't expect this country to ever do anything for you. You know, you sure bitch a lot about this government. It's too bad when asked to do perform your civic duty you can't seem to trouble yourself to do that.

BTW, Timothy McVeigh served his country as well and even earned the Army Commendation medal with an upgrade for valor.
 
Quote from Maverick74:

You know what RCG. Don't ever complain about justice in this country. Don't talk about how a black man can't get a fair trial. I don't ever want to hear the disproportionate amount of African Americans sitting in prison on drug crimes. If you can't even perform your civic duty to possibly defend an innocent person and keep them out of prison, then don't expect this country to ever do anything for you. You know, you sure bitch a lot about this government. It's too bad when asked to do perform your civic duty you can't seem to trouble yourself to do that.

BTW, Timothy McVeigh served his country as well and even earned the Army Commendation medal with an upgrade for valor.

And then went on to blow up a Federal Building. Are you drunk, dude?

And I have served my country for 8 years prepared for combat duties. So, while you are sermonizing, do you have the credentials to do so?

I can complain about my government cause I walked the walk while talking the talk. How about you?
 
Quote from Maverick74:

You know what RCG. Don't ever complain about justice in this country. Don't talk about how a black man can't get a fair trial. I don't ever want to hear the disproportionate amount of African Americans sitting in prison on drug crimes. If you can't even perform your civic duty to possibly defend an innocent person and keep them out of prison, then don't expect this country to ever do anything for you. You know, you sure bitch a lot about this government. It's too bad when asked to do perform your civic duty you can't seem to trouble yourself to do that.

BTW, Timothy McVeigh served his country as well and even earned the Army Commendation medal with an upgrade for valor.

One more thing, you have never heard me say a word about black men and fair trials and drug sentencing in this country.

Why?

It is well known that the drug laws and drug enforcement are ridiculously skewed against urban areas in this country. Knowing this from every other rap song put out, any black man caught in the system due to drugs was busy snake charming and got bitten.
Much like joining the military and then refusing to go to war.
 
Quote from shortie:

what's the probability of a long trial?

I dont know ,they tell you when you show up and are pick for a trial

I decided to check the not of sound mind and good moral character box and mail it in and see what happens






 
Calm down, folks.

Any sane, rational person, whom might be fit for jury duty-knows, the system does not work.

Let me play devil's advocate here,
what if you believe you should simply serve as a juror, as a civic duty, knowing you have many prejudices and biases?
You don't think your any worse than most....and likely aren't.

But you don't mention said marginal biases, before serving, precisely because you regard them as marginal in the extreme.

What if, at a later date, your "potential " bias becomes grounds for a mistrial, or similar?
"Perverting the course of justice", or "corrupting a jury", you do not want to be in that situation.

All can arise, from jury duty.

Like I said, Devil's advocate......but it's not as though these things have not occurred, at law.
 
Quote from RCG Trader:

Because it is not cost effective for intellegent productive citizens.

You're a nurse for Christ sake, they don't make that much money RCG.
 
Quote from AK Forty Seven:
Summer is the busiest time of year for my business,I am not giving up my income for 9 bucks a day ,fuck that
Quote from AK Forty Seven:
If they replaced my loss income I might consider it
Fortunately for the USA our national guardsmen don't agree with you.




I can't help but notice a pattern here, our left leaning members are the ones opposed to performing the civic duty in question.
 
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