Maynard: Im in the running for a trial that is going to last 2 1/2 weeks......FML!

ITM: Just stand up and yell "Give em all the Lectric Chair"...You'll be a shoe in...or maybe not

Riverrat: If you work for a living getting out of a 2.5 week trial is easy. If you vacation for a living your screwed.

milesotoole: How excited would anyone be to have their fate judged by twelve people not smart enough to evade jury duty?

milesotoole: Hey, isn't King County Seattle Washington?

milesotoole: I only ask because I know that's the city that recently passed that living wage law, and I was curious to know how your restaurant closings are going.

KingHade: "As the implementation date for Seattle’s strict $15 per hour minimum wage law approaches, the city is experiencing a rising trend in restaurant closures. The tough new law goes into effect April 1st. The closings have occurred across the city, from Grub in the upscale Queen Anne Hill neighborhood, to Little Uncle in gritty Pioneer Square, to the Boat Street Cafe on Western Avenue near the waterfront. The shut-downs have idled dozens of low-wage workers, the very people advocates say the wage law is supposed to help. Instead of delivering the promised “living wage” of $15 an hour, economic realities created by the new law have dropped the hourly wage for these workers to zero. Advocates of a high minimum wage said businesses would simply pay the mandated wage out of profits, raising earnings for workers. Restaurants operate on thin margins, though, with average profits of 4% or less, and the business is highly competitive."

Fleedle: Just tell them you hate whitey and you'll walk

KingHade: ^Getting out of it isn't that hard... But its still a waste of a day or two to get to the "excusal" step...

Riverrat: There should be a questionnaire with the paper work to fill out to determine if you can be excused. If there is just fill it out and you might not have to go in.

UncleJesse: The People vs. Fruit Of The Loom?

Homer: i got out of a drunk driving case once, when they asked me if i had a problem serving on such a case (while seated in jorror box)i siad yes sir i do, judge said y mr simpson?. I said, not one of us here has not driving drunk at one time or another and i would be a hypocrite if i said i never did, the judge laughed and said dismissed.

Deleted User: LOL !!!!

Maynard: i got dismissed from the case yesterday. hopefully it'll be another 40 years before i'm called to jury duty again.

gettheledout: it's much easier to tell people how to get out of jury duty than it is to actually do. I was on a one week trial three years ago and it sucked. Especially since I was an alternate

Maynard: i think i was being seriously considered because after the group questioning of potential jurors i was called back into the courtroom with just the judge, prosecutor, defendant and his lawyers, and the bailiff to ask my specific questions. that lasted about 20 minutes. they must've not liked what i said because i was dismissed right after that.

Homer: You dodged a bullet maynard for sure. i once got off a manslaughter case after getting called back in like you did, i told them i feel the DA is corrupt they asked why i said this? I told them cause he just sent my cousin up on bs manslaughter charges for 6 years, the judge said young man approach the bench, then said who is your cousin, i told him his name he sent the bailiff out the guy came back in 30 secs whispered in the judges ear, judge looked me in the eyes and said thank you for you time your free to go... true story...

KingHade: ^A few years ago I got called for Civil Court jury duty, they called me into the questioning room and told us it was a car accident case. They then asked what everyone did for a living. When I told them, they asked "do you deal with car accidents? And how do you feel about them?" I said "Yes. And I feel there are alot of scammers." DISMISSED!

Speedy: I'm not 100% positive, but I think law enforcement folks are automatically exempt from jury duty here.

Homer: used to be that way here also speedy, they changed it like 10 15 years ago

KingHade: ^They used to be here too (cause no lawyer on earth wants us)... But the liberals complained about "automatic" exemptions being unfair, so now everyone goes for atleast the 1st day...

gettheledout: I would think prosecutors would want police officers on their jury, defense attorneys not so much

milesotoole: Is there a statue of Kelsey Grammar in a tweed jacket and vest in Seattle, kinda like there was a statue of Sylvester Stallone in boxing shit in Pittsburgh?

BigJay: ^ that would be Philly

gettheledout: Pittsburgh, Philly, it's all the same...

BigJay: You guys got any idea what it's like to pick a jury? Almost like bein at a homely party and pickin witch ugly chick yer gonna fuck... (True story)

Deleted User: ^^^^^^^^ Damn......

Riverrat: The lawyers just try and pick the 12 stupidest people in the room. They don't want people that can think or have opinions. They want to tell them what to think and what their opinions are.

gettheledout: I agree with clam

HechoAmano: Old thread but what the hell. I once got sat on a double murder trial, mostly a lot of circumstantial evidence, so we compromised, found them guilty on the one count, and gave them 10 years probation. We figured she had a hand in it, but had no idea if she did any of the killing. Not sure I would come to that decision now, but hey, only one person on our jury felt different. DA should have gotten more evidence. Since then, I have given goofy answers on questionnaires, acted very uninterest, don't pay attention, stare off into space, and last time I got called before Covid I didn't fill out the only forms, and just showed up at my designated time and filled stuff then. I did get send to a jury pool, where after ten minutes the bailiff said someone with the trial hadn't shown up so we got dismissed. Two hours max, and every sucker on the bus over who had signed up online already had a jury pool assigned to them...suckers.

Fleedle: just throw the card away its not registered mail