Post by Bulldog Bill Barnhart on Jul 26, 2018 16:34:32 GMT -5
Some people ask me how you get out of Jury Duty. I've never tried to get out of doing it but I've only been selected for a Jury once in maybe 10 times I was called to be a prospective Juror. But I did want to share an amusing incident from San Bernardino County when I lived in Redlands, California before moving to Atlanta, Georgia.
The group of prospective jurors came into the courtreoom and they seated 12 of the 20 prospective jurors on the jury box. Then the Prosecution Attorney and the Defense Attorney asked questions of various prospective jurors to see if they wanted them on or off the jury.
The Defense Attorney targeted a male prospective juror and asked him "What do you, as a Juror, feel my job as the Defense Attorney is in this case?" to which the prospective Juror replied "To prove that your client is innocent of the charges against him." The Defense Attorney immediately told the Judge to kick this guy out of the jury pool. The prospective juror protested asking why he would toss him of the jury pool.
The response from the Defense Attorney was awesome. He told this guy that in the United States you are declared innocent until proven guilty. The entire burden of proof is on the part of the Prosecuting Attorney. He then went on to say that he and his client, as Defendant and Defense Attorney, can sit in the corner and play cards the entire trial, never question a witness on the stand, and present no evidence, and still the entire burden of proof is on the Prosecuting Attorney. Good Bye! You are off this panel as a prospective juror.
Just saying that's one way to get out of Jury Duty and another is one my co-worker in Redlands did. She said when they go to each Juror they ask you to give your full name and full address. My co-worker refused. When asked why she said "The Defendant is sitting right next to you and he has a pen and paper and is taking notes. How do I know if he will take my name and address and if I'm on the Jury and find him guilty that he will come after me to take revenge on me?" She was released from jury duty also for that comment.
I wouldn't do that. I don't mind serving on a Jury because I want both sides in the trial to get a fair trial and since I really have a low opinion of Attorneys it takes a lot for them to impress me with enough evidence to come up with a Guilty verdict.
Didn't mean to be boring with that but if you get called for Jury Duty you now have two ways of getting out of it. - Andy
The group of prospective jurors came into the courtreoom and they seated 12 of the 20 prospective jurors on the jury box. Then the Prosecution Attorney and the Defense Attorney asked questions of various prospective jurors to see if they wanted them on or off the jury.
The Defense Attorney targeted a male prospective juror and asked him "What do you, as a Juror, feel my job as the Defense Attorney is in this case?" to which the prospective Juror replied "To prove that your client is innocent of the charges against him." The Defense Attorney immediately told the Judge to kick this guy out of the jury pool. The prospective juror protested asking why he would toss him of the jury pool.
The response from the Defense Attorney was awesome. He told this guy that in the United States you are declared innocent until proven guilty. The entire burden of proof is on the part of the Prosecuting Attorney. He then went on to say that he and his client, as Defendant and Defense Attorney, can sit in the corner and play cards the entire trial, never question a witness on the stand, and present no evidence, and still the entire burden of proof is on the Prosecuting Attorney. Good Bye! You are off this panel as a prospective juror.
Just saying that's one way to get out of Jury Duty and another is one my co-worker in Redlands did. She said when they go to each Juror they ask you to give your full name and full address. My co-worker refused. When asked why she said "The Defendant is sitting right next to you and he has a pen and paper and is taking notes. How do I know if he will take my name and address and if I'm on the Jury and find him guilty that he will come after me to take revenge on me?" She was released from jury duty also for that comment.
I wouldn't do that. I don't mind serving on a Jury because I want both sides in the trial to get a fair trial and since I really have a low opinion of Attorneys it takes a lot for them to impress me with enough evidence to come up with a Guilty verdict.
Didn't mean to be boring with that but if you get called for Jury Duty you now have two ways of getting out of it. - Andy