Jury duty - Page 2

karl_1052 · 02-24-2010, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Racerboy

Enter time number 3. I was called in immediately, spent the bulk of the day in the voir dire getting drilled about my past, work history, drinking history, etc. It turns out the case was a Vietnamese man who had a translator with him who was charged with Vehicular Manslaughter. When it came down to the very end of the day, I was one of the jurors selected. They then asked us if we had any questions. I did. If this man was a licensed driver in the state of Florida who only speaks Vietnamese, how is it that he was able to become a licensed driver in a state that does not offer the testing in anything other than English, Spanish and French/Creole??

No one said a thing for like 10 seconds.

All of a sudden there is a commotion and a buzz in the court room, the lawyers talked to the judge and we were all dismissed. The guy started speaking English, no longer needed a translator, and copped a plea while we were in the jurors waiting room. It was very cool.

Have not been selected since.

Best jury story ever!

OneSickPsycho · 02-24-2010, 09:42 PM

Fuck me... I just received a jury summons today... FanFuckingTastic.

marko138 · 02-19-2010, 11:02 AM

Never been summoned for JD.

Homeslice · 02-19-2010, 11:47 AM

Here, jury duty means hearding 200-300 people into a room to sit on their ass for 4-5 hours, and later told that only 20 of them have been chosen for futher processing.

tommymac · 02-19-2010, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

Here, jury duty means hearding 200-300 people into a room to sit on their ass for 4-5 hours, and later told that only 20 of them have been chosen for futher processing.

thats prety much what I went through.

z06boy · 02-19-2010, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

Here, jury duty means hearding 200-300 people into a room to sit on their ass for 4-5 hours, and later told that only 20 of them have been chosen for futher processing.

Yep...pretty much the same and NO cell phones...lap tops....blah..blah...blah....totally boring for the most part.

tommymac · 02-19-2010, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by z06boy

Yep...pretty much the same and NO cell phones...lap tops....blah..blah...blah....totally boring for the most part.

They didnt harasss us about cell phones and even had a separate lounge area with public computers you could use to pass the time

z06boy · 02-19-2010, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by tommymac

They didnt harasss us about cell phones and even had a separate lounge area with public computers you could use to pass the time

That's how it was in the last county I lived in but in this rural area I'm in now (Mayberry

) the letter specifically stated...to have none of that.

Homeslice · 02-19-2010, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by z06boy

Yep...pretty much the same and NO cell phones...lap tops....blah..blah...blah....totally boring for the most part.

Teh ghey......I brought my laptop and used my wireless card.

z06boy · 02-19-2010, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

Teh ghey......I brought my laptop and used my wireless card.

Now that wouldn't be too bad...well it would...but not as bad.

I have a little netbook that I could put to use.

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Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	Here, jury duty means hearding 200-300 people into a room to sit on their ass for 4-5 hours, and later told that only 20 of them have been chosen for futher processing.