Politics Jury Duty:

[JfizzleBlazer]

It sounds corny, but it's our civic duty. I don't enjoy doing it, but citizenship comes with responsibility as well as privileges.

Sure and I have no problem with it. But fix the system. It's obviously broken if I've been called four or so times and I know multiple people who haven't been summoned once.

 

[santeesioux]

I'm going to be an asshole and wear a t shirt and jeans and not shave, but then again I'll look like everyone else down here anyway.

 

[kingslayer]

So I read this topic last week when it was posted....and lo and behold I get a summons from Multnomah County today.

I haven't been asked since 2004 ugh lol

 

[barfo]

So I read this topic last week when it was posted....and lo and behold I get a summons from Multnomah County today.

County knows how to use the internets!

barfo

 

[santeesioux]

Good news on that jury duty thing you guys were all so concerned about. I'm going to have my wisdom teeth removed around the same time I have to do it so I might be able to get out of it.

 

[jlprk]

I'm going to be an asshole and wear a t shirt and jeans and not shave, but then again I'll look like everyone else down here anyway.

Pay a printer to make a t-shirt that says, "Legalize acid." They won't pick you.

If they do, keep wearing it to the trial. And pick your nose and stick it on the wooden thing in front of the seats. Wait to do it till the judge looks at you. Make sure the prosecutor sees you doing it, too.

On another note, sometime I'll tell you how I tried to flunk my draft exam at Los Angeles Selective Service. (I failed to fail it. Fuck.)

 

[santeesioux]

Pay a printer to make a t-shirt that says, "Legalize acid." They won't pick you.

If they do, keep wearing it to the trial. And pick your nose and stick it on the wooden thing in front of the seats. Wait to do it till the judge looks at you. Make sure the prosecutor sees you doing it, too.

On another note, sometime I'll tell you how I tried to flunk my draft exam at Los Angeles Selective Service. (I failed to fail it. Fuck.)

Picking my nose doesn't sound like a bad idea.... I think I might just show up high from the Vicodin from my wisdom teeth removal though, that might do it.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

FUCK.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I don't know how it works now, but back in 1988 I got jury duty in Portland. Back then you had to go all day, everyday, for two weeks. Everyone sat in a jury room and numbers were called. If your number was called you'd go to the courtroom to see if you were selected. If not it was back to the jury room.

I happened to go during the Olympics, and basically watched that for 2 weeks on the big screen tv.

I was chosen for 3 trials.

Malpractice
Robbery
Robbery

 

[Lanny]

How many times have you gotten summoned to Jury duty? Did you actually have to attend or was your number waived?

Once for me and three times for my wife.
I've begged for years to be put on the list and then they added me when my medical procedures made it impossible to attend to jury duty. Sucks.
My wife declined because or her advanced age but really didn't want to go because of her broken English.
Wish they had chosen me sooner.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

How I'm going to look at the defendant:

 

[e_blazer]

Just finished jury duty last month. Since we moved to Oregon City, within 10 minutes of the courthouse, it seems like either my wife or I get a summons every other year. The case I just finished was a drug/car theft deal. The guy looked like he was from central casting for the part of a meth junkie financing his habit through car theft. Turns out that was the truth of the matter. Maybe it's my soft nature, but I really wanted to believe the guy, but when he was busted he was using Caddie keys to drive the stolen Impala and the hacksaw that he used to cut the steering wheel to remove the Club-type steering wheel lock was plainly visible in the back of the car. He had dozens of keys on him that the prosecutor said could be used to start older cars with worn ignitions. The guy swore that the Impala key on one of the key rings was the actual key to the car. When we examined the keys, it was obvious that the Impala key and the Caddie key he'd been using would never fit into the same ignitions. Needless to say, it didn't take too long to decide the case. BTW, I learned that even the smallest amount of meth residue on a pipe is enough to get a conviction for possession.