Anonymous-0
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My father died at 88 and was never called for jury duty,my two brothers rarely get called, but I get
called every couple of years it seems.
called every couple of years it seems.
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just another old geezer
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Here they pick then at random off of voter regestration lists. the more you vote, the more likley you will get called
Anonymous-0
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Well, why don't you just shut up instead of replying. idjut!
Anonymous-0
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If the only topics here were about tractors it would get pretty dull. After all there also forums for each make of tractor here as well. It's pretty clear from the title that this one isn't about tractors so just skip it. How hard is that?
Anonymous-0
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Cause it don't fit with some folks inner need to whine and have their virtual voice heard through gutless anonymous posts..
If the shoe fits, wear it.
Dave
Tom in TN
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x22,
I've often wondered about the same thing. I know that it is supposed to be a random selection off the voter rolls, but I'm 64 years old, I've been a registered voter since I was 21 years old (the minimum age to vote at that time). I've voted in virtually every election all of my life - primaries, special elections, and general elections.
I've never been called to jury duty. Strange isn't it?
Tom in TN
I've often wondered about the same thing. I know that it is supposed to be a random selection off the voter rolls, but I'm 64 years old, I've been a registered voter since I was 21 years old (the minimum age to vote at that time). I've voted in virtually every election all of my life - primaries, special elections, and general elections.
I've never been called to jury duty. Strange isn't it?
Tom in TN
Anonymous-0
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Wasn't referring to you at all Sid (I believe you used the handle that you always use). Wasn't even really restricting my anonymous comment to this thread alone. If you get off the defense, you'll know where I'm coming from.
Dave
Wisconsin noted to use voters registration rolls, drivers license database, property tax rolls. When some states only have a 40% voter turnout the possible voters list can miss a lot of people, jury diversity may not reflect state or county racial or gender of populace- one arguement used to try for drivers database to get jury of peers. I got a couple jury notices after I had moved out of Dane county, sent back forms and got another asking for drivers license number so county clerk could verify I had Green county address on some state records. Comments on jury notice that you"re willing to served on fully informed jury and you believe in John Lilbourns jury rights beliefs usually gets prosecuter to ask for your release from jury duty. RN.
Anonymous-0
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Water under the bridge..... Here's mine.
Dave
Hey Dave2, If you were referring to me and my comment, then maybe you should take a chill pill or something. I really do love this site and like to read about tractor related things. If you took it wrong or second guessed me then maybe you shouldnt put your mouth in gear before you do your brain! If im wrong about this then I apoligize,, but something tells me that im not. k560 ps: have a nice day!
Anonymous-0
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Talk about thin skin............. Wasn't really directing at you as you seem to have made your post legit. But, if you insist on wearing your heart on your sleeve and being insulted, may as well be by me as someone else.
Get a grip..
Dave
tn terry t
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hey tom im 45 yrs old ive been called up 5 times!!!!! i was told by the county court clerk that in TN its a computer generated luck of the draw based on your DL
Im Michigan, it's supposed to be random selection from a list of voters/drivers licensees, provided by secy of state. I had that problem of being "selected" regularly for a few times too. Once, I got a notice that I was in the pool during a time when I was under contract to teach summer driver ed. Short notice absences would have devistated the program. Superintendent and I contacted the court, asking if I could be moved to another time period. They did, but my name came up about every time for two or three time periods! Courts don't have any sense of humor.
stevejd4000
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yeah never know..
anyway would they want an deaf jury duty?
got send home any way.. did I get paid for day off work..?? NO..!!
anyway would they want an deaf jury duty?
got send home any way.. did I get paid for day off work..?? NO..!!
My Mom mentioned to a women she knew with connections at the courthouse that she had never been called and was curious, a month or two later she got called for jury duty.
I remember reading about a judge who ran out of possible jurors and sent a bailiff to the local mall to draft the necessary number. Wouldn't that be a surprise?
I remember reading about a judge who ran out of possible jurors and sent a bailiff to the local mall to draft the necessary number. Wouldn't that be a surprise?
In NC their picked at random from the lists of people with a DL and from the voter registration. I'm 41 and was just called for the first time about 8 months or so back. They said once your called you can't be called again for something like 5 years...really wasn't listening too hard that day...My main concern was just trying to get out of it and back to work instead sitting there on my a$$ for several days listening to an idiot trying to get away without paying the medical bills for hitting a guy on a motorcycle that was sitting, stopped, at a red light....right behind the courthouse....
Anonymous-0
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Wrong again Pal, but think what you want.
Anonymous-0
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Well we all get mad at courts letting the bad guys go and all but....When all the working folks with comon sence get out of jury duty, what happens? The little old lady that is very sympathetic lands the job of jury duty.
There is a real easy way to get out of it, but it might bite you in the shorts later on. Just say you hate minorities, and would like to hang everyone who breaks the law, you hate women, and everyone who ends up in court are usualy gilty. That my friend is a sure fire way.
Now what happens if you are accused of making bad coments to a person from a minority, a lady? ...it's on your record if some attorney digs deep enough.
There is a real easy way to get out of it, but it might bite you in the shorts later on. Just say you hate minorities, and would like to hang everyone who breaks the law, you hate women, and everyone who ends up in court are usualy gilty. That my friend is a sure fire way.
Now what happens if you are accused of making bad coments to a person from a minority, a lady? ...it's on your record if some attorney digs deep enough.
Goose
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I'm not sure. About 15 years ago, I got called up for four cases in four consecutive months. Each time they settled out of court the day before the trial was to start.
Before that, I got called up once on a car/truck accident case. When they were qualifying jurors, it came to light that a neurosurgeon who was to testify had operated on my back several years earlier. I was disqualified on that point and excused.
Our daughter gets called up all the time in DC, yet my wife has never been called. A black kid our daughter worked with in DC got called up all the time, also. He always joked that he was the only educated black male in DC without a criminal record.
Before that, I got called up once on a car/truck accident case. When they were qualifying jurors, it came to light that a neurosurgeon who was to testify had operated on my back several years earlier. I was disqualified on that point and excused.
Our daughter gets called up all the time in DC, yet my wife has never been called. A black kid our daughter worked with in DC got called up all the time, also. He always joked that he was the only educated black male in DC without a criminal record.
Anonymous-0
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Dude..You're like fingernails on a chalk board.... Not about being bold.t replied to MJbrown's question about why people don't just skip over the OT's if they aren't interested with my observation from OT posts in general.ince you brought it up, I guess your response did kind of fit into my generalization.
Take Care,
Dave
Anonymous-0
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I guess a way to get excused would be to (after you found out who's trial) throw about a few comments in the right company about how you'd been waiting on a chance to pay that SOB back.
MarkB_MI
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Courts can get names of candidates from any and all sources. Voter lists are the most obvious, but they'll also use driver's license lists, taxpayer rolls, just about anything including commercial mailing lists.
An old-timer back in North Carolina told me he used to run a business down the street from the court house. He was constantly getting pulled in for jury duty because if the court was short on jurors the judge would send the bailiff out to grab people off the street for jury duty.
An old-timer back in North Carolina told me he used to run a business down the street from the court house. He was constantly getting pulled in for jury duty because if the court was short on jurors the judge would send the bailiff out to grab people off the street for jury duty.
Anonymous-0
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Dont know how they select, but my dad got called several years after he died. My brothert called the court house and explained. The girl that answered said dad wasnt the only deceased person that had received a notice from that particular list.
buickanddeere
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I was called for the Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka trials. Managed to get out of that.
People that served on that jury were never right after hearing and seeing everything that happened.
People that served on that jury were never right after hearing and seeing everything that happened.
Not sure how they pick, but it sure runs heavy to ME. Been on jury panels probably a dozen times in my life. Wish they picked lottery winners the same way! The irritating thing is, I have to show up, sit through everything, then when they find out I'm a lawyer, I'm immediately kicked out (no defendant in his right mind wants a lawyer on the jury- Most criminal defense is smoke and mirrors, and the defense atty knows his colleagues will see right through it). In fact, I start my latest stint on May 1.
Here they pull a new jury pool of about 100 people every 6 months off the vote'n register. Don't register to vote and you don't get called. Last time I was in the pool about 7 years ago in the 6 months they only had three civil trials, all three were a joke, I served on two of them. No one got a dime.
Dave
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