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addicted_to_placebos t1_isbnxuv wrote

Reply to comment by dvowel in Parkland prosecutors ask for an investigation after a juror says she was threatened by ‘a fellow juror’ during deliberations - CNN by SilentR0b

It’s is here in the US as far as I know, but the jury selection process makes it easy to get out of a case if you really wanted to. My highschool civics teacher even suggested just acting super racist if you really don’t want to serve, tho I disagree with the idea of trying to skirt such duties personally.

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Tashus t1_isboe3w wrote

>I disagree with the idea of trying to skirt such duties personally.

Yeah, I hope I'm never charged with anything, with my fate in the hands of a jury of my peers, or rather the ones that weren't able to get out of it.

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addicted_to_placebos t1_isbqz29 wrote

I don’t really recall anyone specifically trying to get out of the jury I served on, tho the whole process was rather eye-opening.

I don’t particularly like the idea that the quicker they decide a case the quicker they can leave, I think that plays a big role in jurors intimidating/bullying each other. I had nearly the entire rest of the jury table yelling at me for being the one dissenter during our preliminary vote.

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Tashus t1_isbyzly wrote

If you haven't watched the 1957 classic Twelve Angry Men, I highly recommend it.

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addicted_to_placebos t1_isc0ohq wrote

Oh I’ve seen it, it’s certainly a classic. Our arguments were considerably less animated tho, luckily.

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DudeIsAbiden t1_iscgx04 wrote

Having been surrounded by barely literate idiots on every jury selection I have been on for 30 years, I will def ask for a bench trial if I ever get in enough trouble to need it.

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Saltyballs2020 t1_iscm3mj wrote

Ah yes. A bench trial in front of a Judge meeting these officers for a FOP endorsement, ex parte search warrants, and politically connected.

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equalsolstice t1_isbvwht wrote

Lmao this is literally the premise of an American dad episode

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onioning t1_isctfs8 wrote

Honestly the whole jury of our peers concept is pretty fucking awful all over. I do not see how letting the legal actors pick and choose twelve people who then somehow have power over law despite not having any relevant qualifications is possibly a good thing. I'm pretty hugely distrustful of the state, but at least the state is theoretically accountable.

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onioning t1_isd434h wrote

They have power over the facts before the law. That's a pedantic objection. Jurors have power over how the interaction between law and person will turn out.

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Inevitable_Physics t1_isbuzib wrote

There was a lady who showed up for jury duty dressed up in a Star Trek Next Generation (complete with tricorder, I think). Don't remember whether she got onto a jury.

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themoneybadger t1_iscov8q wrote

Theres an entire curb your enthusiasm based on this. Larry pretends to be super racist to get off a jury.

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Cfp0001-Iceman t1_iseq2ym wrote

If you cannot afford to miss work or that being on the jury would cause you intense financial hardship, you can request to be excused from duty. They don't pay you enough to cover anything more than some of you travel expenses.

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