How many juries have you served on?

[ohiosmith]

37 for me.

[Ptah]

1. Will you still need me, will you feed me, when I'm

[ohiosmith]

2. Of course.

[OriginalGeek]

3. 5

and I have a 48% chance of being on another one.





You'd think after 5 previously stellar juryings, I'd have a greater chance for another. :/

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. No star automatically drops you to a 60% chance in itself.

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. 35. And one (First Degree Murder trial - the Tucson yoga instructor murder) in real life.

[ohiosmith]

8. Did you serve on the hung jury or the one that convicted her?

[MiddleFingerMom]

11. I was hung.

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We were doomed from the start -- we had an old racist homophobe on the jury and
the defendant was white, the victim Mexican -- AND she claimed anal rape which
made the old guy start referring to him oh-so-subtly as "the gay-ro" instead of "the
guru". We didn't find out 'til afterwards that we probably could have had him removed
from the jury. If we had known, we would have and I think we MIGHT have compromised
to a second-degree conviction, also. With HIM on the jury, it was pointless (he was pushing
for "manslaughter" -- a change from his initial "not guilty" after we started WONDERING
out loud whether we could have him removed or not).
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I think the second jury found her guilty of second-degree murder, rather than the
alternatives of first-degree or manslaughter.
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It was frustrating and fascinating. I sought out his parents in the hallway afterwards
and hugged them and apologized for our outcome. I was utterly convinced of her
guilt -- I changed some minds in the jury room from second-degree to first-degree
votes (though not enough minds) AND I asked the judge (who agreed) to have the
D.A. explain the forensic gun findings to the jury again -- almost none of them had
experience with guns and had missed her points completely the first time.
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The D.A. was a brilliant, little bitty fearless fireball. I thought she was hot.
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[ohiosmith]

26. Did you tell the hot D.A. you were hung?

[Kali]

34. you do realize who you were asking that, right?

[ohiosmith]

45. Bad idea eh?

[MiddleFingerMom]

46. Well, um... you see... um... you DO know that's um... you know... all relative, right?

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[ohiosmith]

56. Hahahaha!

[deucemagnet]

5. 14 for me.

I enjoy jury duty, but it's been a mighty long time since I've seen that blue banner.

On edit: 15! The blue banner came back two clicks after this post!

[REP]

7. 54

[Ohio Joe]

9. 68 - nt

[RedCloud]

10. Still at zero! It's all about the timing!

Besides I think a Bar be que is a perfect jury meal during the trial!

[AnneD]

12. One....

They love to get Nurses. I have gotten out of a few because I was the only school nurse for our district too.

[pacalo]

13. 43 for me.

[trof]

14. 3? You must be a hanging judge.

[Initech]

15. 10 for me, canceled maybe 4-5

The reason I backed out of a few was because some complaints I can't see while using the mobile version (images, avatars, videos, etc.)

[dimbear]

16. 21

Proud to say I am uninfluenced by the physical appearance of the poster and have so far refused all bribes, even those of a romantic nature.

[kentauros]

17. Ummmmmmmmmm.... where is it? Oh. 29

[RebelOne]

18. Didn't count them, but at least one a day for the past month. n/t

[Kali]

35. you have done 29

(it is in your profile)

[amyrose2712]

19. 5

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. 61!

In this thread, only Ohio Joe and Ptah have more!

[Ptah]

21. I have 64

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. Oh, my dear Ptah!

My apologies...

I didn't know that.

Good for you!

[Ptah]

28. Just like the Beatles song, Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64

[KamaAina]

22. Same as my total number of Dead shows

13.

[Curmudgeoness]

24. Too many. I'm at 21, and have learned to hate it.

Luckily, it has probably been a week since I have been on one, but before that, it would be one of more every day. Ugh.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. You can opt out...why don't you?

Or do you think you're still being fair even while hating it so much?

[Curmudgeoness]

29. I have thought about it. But it seems to be this stupid sense of duty

that keeps me from doing it---so far. I do believe that I am still fair, which is probably why I hate it so much---I take is too seriously and spend too much time studying the whole thing.

[Duer 157099]

25. Only 31

Clearly I'm not spending enough time here.

[oneshooter]

30. Don't know, never kept track of them.

[GoCubsGo]

31. About the same as you.

I lost count, but I have been averaging about one per day.

[Kali]

36. 39 for you

[GoCubsGo]

54. I didn't realize the number of juries served was on our profiles.

Maybe I should read my whole profile one of these days.

I just hit #40 this morning.

[bluedigger]

32. Couple dozen.

They seem to be less frequent lately.

[csziggy]

33. 31 - and 100% chance of serving again

How do I reduce those odds?

[Kali]

37. get some posts hidden

[csziggy]

41. With my luck, I'd go over the line and get tombstoned

I'm not getting hit with jury duty often enough to be inconvenient. I have opted out a few times - for threads on subjects I am biased about or threads I had read before the alert and didn't want to judge.

[Kali]

38. 43 for me

get one about once a day - due for today's any minute

[ScreamingMeemie]

39. 43

[applegrove]

40. Same as you.

[Neoma]

42. 17

[BiggJawn]

43. Real juries?

Or this kangaroo court bullshit DU3 introduced?

I served on 3 then opted out.

They're not juries. On juries you discuss, debate, then vote. These DU "juries" are like a CNN poll "Does Kim Kardashian have a big butt? Yes or No."

[bluesbassman]

44. 19, and as I'm usually on here late and on West Coast time I mostly get the night court cases.

We've got a great judge though...

[TreasonousBastard]

47. Only two.

[Iggo]

48. 38.

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And I bet half or more were at 5am taking my morning deuce.

EDIT: No real life juries.

[laconicsax]

49. 52

And it took all 52 before I got to be juror #1

[HappyMe]

50. 31

I just go for the free refreshments.

[Ilsa]

51. On DU, 11 or 12. None in real life. nt

[seabeyond]

52. 72. nt

[PRETZEL]

53. Around 25 or so,

but it was the last one that has made me rethink the jury system as it stands now.

[charlie and algernon]

55. 37, but I've also had to turn down 5-10

[geardaddy]

57. 15

[Swede]

58. 19 so far.

I have no problem doing it.

[jorno67]

59. 8

and I'm 90% likely to serve...

[Ron Obvious]

60. Six

Six! Voted to acquit every single time, carrying the day on some 3-3 votes.

I'm still waiting to see a post I would obviously ban, and yes, I do have my standards and take jury duty very seriously.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

61. 1, and I was released, because I knew the defendant.

It was during the judge's opening remarks. I asked if I could speak with him and the attorneys privately. I said "I know this man, I've worked with him...I just don't remember where."

So they went to the defendant and he said "I know him too, and I also can't remember where."

Thee judge said "Is this going to affect your ability to serve on this jury?"

I said "Yes, if I remember who he is halfway through the trial."

He said "You're dismissed."

Halfway home I remembered that we worked together at Apple, and he was a nice guy. It was a DUI trial. DUI is a crime, but I'm glad that I wasn't on the jury.