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re: Tales from Jury Duty . . .
Posted on 3/9/16 at 4:53 pm to bitemetechfans
Posted on 3/9/16 at 4:53 pm to bitemetechfans
So as I said before, there should be qualifications to be on a jury based on the type of case. However, if not, then why have jury selection at all. A true jury of your peers should be the first 12 people that come up. By allowing the lawyers to select, you guarantee that you get the least intelligent or the ones with a hidden bias or agenda.
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Posted on 3/10/16 at 6:17 pm to Broncothor
Then I guess defense gets 6 they want and prosecution gets 6 they want, and you start rolling Yahtzee.
How does jury voting work in Georgis anyway? I don't even know. Does it have to be unanimous?
How does jury voting work in Georgis anyway? I don't even know. Does it have to be unanimous?
Posted on 3/11/16 at 10:26 am to Jefferson Dawg
I got picked for a murder trial around 1999 or 2000. The guys cousin had called him to come to her house because she was having a fight with her boyfriend. He made the mistake of taking a gun and when the fight broke out he killed the guy.
This was my first experience on a jury and I was rather young at the time. What struck me as strange was that 2 of the jurors picked with me knew the guy and had worked with him.
As the case went on I was really trying to pay attention and do the right thing. The prosecutor wanted murder 1 of course and the defense was trying to show that it was an accident. The witnesses testimony for lack of a better word absolutely sucked. They were there but nobody could or would give any straight answers.
When we went in to deliberate a vote was taken first and the 2 people that knew him basically said not guilty. We talked some more and all finally agreed. No one thought the guy went there intentionally to kill the guy. He carried a gun into a situation that escalated and he killed someone. The final verdict was voluntary manslaughter. The prosecutor was not satisfied though and polled the jury when the verdict came in. I think the guy served about 12 - 15 years in prison.
I ran into him at a store recently (this is a small town). He recognized me and was cordial.
Anyway that's my jury duty story.
This was my first experience on a jury and I was rather young at the time. What struck me as strange was that 2 of the jurors picked with me knew the guy and had worked with him.
As the case went on I was really trying to pay attention and do the right thing. The prosecutor wanted murder 1 of course and the defense was trying to show that it was an accident. The witnesses testimony for lack of a better word absolutely sucked. They were there but nobody could or would give any straight answers.
When we went in to deliberate a vote was taken first and the 2 people that knew him basically said not guilty. We talked some more and all finally agreed. No one thought the guy went there intentionally to kill the guy. He carried a gun into a situation that escalated and he killed someone. The final verdict was voluntary manslaughter. The prosecutor was not satisfied though and polled the jury when the verdict came in. I think the guy served about 12 - 15 years in prison.
I ran into him at a store recently (this is a small town). He recognized me and was cordial.
Anyway that's my jury duty story.
Posted on 3/11/16 at 10:40 am to Punctatus
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2 of the jurors picked with me knew the guy and had worked with him.
how is this even possible?
Posted on 3/11/16 at 11:12 am to WG_Dawg
Small town I guess. Everyone knows everyone else. I can only assume the lawyer and judge felt they answered the interview questions satisfactorily when they were chosen.
With the evidence given to us I still to this day feel like we got this one right.
With the evidence given to us I still to this day feel like we got this one right.
Posted on 3/11/16 at 11:35 am to Punctatus
Interesting story.
I've never made a jury but the time I made it to the final cut, I knew both the prosecuting lawyer and his client and either knew well or were acquainted with probably around 12 or so of the potential jurors.
That's just how it is. None of the people I knew made the jury either though.
I've never made a jury but the time I made it to the final cut, I knew both the prosecuting lawyer and his client and either knew well or were acquainted with probably around 12 or so of the potential jurors.
That's just how it is. None of the people I knew made the jury either though.
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