Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Just selected to jury panel today

First time . . . Criminal case. . . Expected to run five days. . . Can't talk about it now, but will report back when it is over.

Good luck... been there on a jury 8 times and each was at least interesting in its own way.

Love jury duty. Since I don't have a criminal record and don't associate with many criminals, I end up in the box every time I have jury duty. It's a hoot and always look forward to it.

I was interviewed at a gunsight company, B.E. Meyer ~ 12 years ago.
Everyone there was a gun nut.
They had looked me up on the internet and thought my handloads were too hot.

They probably don't like hot handloads on juries either.... I have never been arrested and always vote... by the jury duty never calls.

Been on several criminal cases. The first couple were interesting.

The worst jury duty I ever had was a child custody trial. It was like I was trapped in a "Jerry Springer Show" for 4 days. It was pure hell.

Another member was summoned few yrs back..

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...s/9084030/Got_Summoned_for_FEDERAL_COURT

JFC, what a dïck tease.

I sat on a jury in our local court last December ,a DUI case....Started 8:00 am and ran to the afternoon, at that point the judge (a soft spoken gentleman ) asked if we would like to try and get this finished today if possible...They bought dinner, we carried on... I was out the door at 9:30 pm, done for the year

I'm 56 and have been voting ever since I legally could but have never been called for jury duty. Go figure.

just got the letter and a survey questions last week. Heard there is a murder trial in the works.

Never had the honor.

Roy Bean

Been called several times, picked 4. Two criminal and 2 civil. One of the civil cases involved 2 old guys in a dispute over a relatively small sum of money supposedly owed by one to the other. The defendant was acting as his own lawyer and got in one sentence during opening statements before the plaintiff's lawyer asked for and was granted a mistrial. Information the jury wasn't supposed to hear was revealed. They can be interesting, they can make you feel that you wasted your time.

Yep, thats how I get off jury duty too, I discuss "hot handloads" and let my briefcase full of Penthouse strategically fall open.

I'd kinda like to do it sometime. Never been called.

I've sat on two civil cases and missed a murder case by the skin of my teeth that was asking for the death penalty. On that one there were only four of us left to be called up out of around 150 summoned to the court house that day to seat twelve p[us alternates. My name must have been stuck at the bottom of the hat that day...What county you in Okie?

I've sat on several. Some people have genuine hardships and are excused but it chaps my ass to see people lie their way out of it. One case was a DUI and the number of people who couldn't be fair and impartial because they "had a relative killed by a drunk driver" was unbelievable.

It's rewarding in it's own right. In one case we convicted a punk gang-banger who shot up a dice game and needed to be put away. In another, we found a young guy who was at odds with his girlfriend's dad not guilty of some obviously trumped-up harassment charges.

Been on two civil cases, one in federal court and the other in state court. Can be interesting.

Have only been called once, and was excused because I had a non-refundable cruise scheduled that same week. I'd be honored to serve, but am almost certain that I'd be picked as foreman. Not sure how I'd do at that, because I'm not a good people manager.

I had forgotten how funny I am.

Thanks for reminding me.




Clark