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I don't really believe in what I was saying, but I had to say something to get off that case.

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You should have said the opposite then. "I have a high opinion of police officers and feel they are here to protect the community. blahblahblabhalblahbahl"

The defense would have let you off quick.

The defense let me off in both cases. I saw the plaintiff in the elevator later after lunch and we just smiled & nodded at each other and he said "good luck with the next one."

I bet he wanted me on that jury soooooooooooooo bad.

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If you are ever picked to serve on a jury, be sure exercise your duty to judge the law in question as well as the facts of the case.

www.fija.org

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i got one of those letters, and was going to do the same thing you did, but it would have meant getting there at 8am. the hell with that. i got out of it before-hand by telling them i'd be out of town for a month. does that make me a scumbag?

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I do feel a bit guilty that it is my civic duty according to the Constitution and that I managed to escape.

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Is it really in the constitution? I don't remember that.

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[At this point, the Prosecutor goes over to the Judge and they sidebar briefly and quietly]


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This was undoubtedly because they knew you were full of [censored], but cut you loose anyway.



I served on a capital murder trial in which the defendant went on a kill spree that included stabbing a nine year-old girl in the chest and cutting her 13 year-old brother's throat (they both survived and testified). He shot their dad execution style and stabbed their mom in the back.

Some of the evidence was so horrible even the judge cried on the bench.

That [censored] is now on death row.

He challenged the case using one of those anti-death penalty law firms out of NYC. Claimed incompetent defense. I recently found the transcript of the court's findings. Basically they said this guy was a stone killer. Jury decisions upheld.

I hope that piece of [censored] gets pounded in the ass every day for the rest of his worthless life; then on D-Day his sleepy shot mix is done wrong so he dies screaming in convulsions.

Anti-death penalty pantywaists may now flame.

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ARCHIE: I served my time on the jury.

MIKE: You did?

EDITH: Well, almost. He was thrown off because he insulted the defense attorney.

ARCHIE: He asked me what I thought of capital punishment, and I told him.

EDITH: For 30 minutes.

ARCHIE: It's a proven fact that capital punishment is a well-known detergent to crime.

MIKE: That's false! Capital punishment has *never* been proven to be a "deterant" to crime.

ARCHIE: We believe it is in this house.

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I lied to get on a jury.

It was right after Christmas, and I was really stressed at work, so sitting on a jury would have been relaxing.

A guy was suing New York City, and the first thing they asked was "Is anyone a current or former employee of the City of New York?"

I said no, even though I worked for the Board of Ed in the past.

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If you're just going to try to get out of actually serving, why bother to show up at all. They really can't do anything if you just don't show up.

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Is it really in the constitution? I don't remember that.

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Excellent point. Just checked the Constitution and it's not explicitly stated. I suppose it's implied since the accused are entitled to a trial by jury and the said jury must be selected in some fashion.

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Capital punishment has *never* been proven to be a "deterant" to crime.

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I had my speech for a response to this comment rehearsed if it ever came up.

Death penalty isn't a deterrent... and it's not supposed to be. It's a way of permanently removing a dangerous criminal from society without a recurring annual cost to tax payers. A cold-blooded murderer is a useless piece of garbage that contributes nothing to society. Why should the taxpayers spend money on him year after year? Or risk him being paroled or escaping? Or killing a guard? Or finding some way to reproduce?