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    • I have yet to be called for Jury Duty. anyone here been called? any interestingcases?

    Looks like President Bush got called though

    President Bush Is Called to Jury Duty


    From Associated Press
    December 01, 2005 12:59 PM EST
    WACO, Texas - President Bush could get a new title: juror No. 286. The president is among 600 potential jurors who have been summoned to report to court Monday in McLennan County, where his 1,600-acre Crawford ranch is located.

    State District Judge Ralph Strother said he expects to get a response about the summons but doesn't expect Bush to report for duty.

    "I don't think I'll be sending the sheriff out to bring the president in," said Strother, a Republican who has a grandson serving in Iraq. "It seems to me that the president has plenty of things to occupy his attention. Jury duty is a very important civic function, but running the country, I think, especially in wartime, takes priority over jury service."

    White House spokesman Allen Abney said Bush was not aware of the situation and had not received the summons, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported Thursday. He declined to elaborate on how the president would handle the jury notice when it arrived at the White House.

    While it's not know if the president will report, Bush's Democratic rival in the 2004 election served on a Massachusetts jury last month. Kerry not only served, but was elected foreman of the Suffolk Superior Court jury, which rejected a claim by two men who sued the city of Boston for injuries suffered in a car accident involving a school principal
     
    I got called a couple summers ago. But it wasn't for a specific case. They just needed a certain amount of people who were "on call" (for lack of a better phrase) to be ready if there was a need. They didn't end up needing me. I was actually kind of disappointed. I wanted to check it out.
     
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    I got summoned a couple of years ago. The day before I was supposed to go, I got a phone call telling me that the case had been settled out of court. Damn. I was looking forward to missing work.
     
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    I had it earlier this week. Was put on the first jury, they had us ready to start the trial and then they postponed it. We were done with our duty since we were a seated jury and could not be seated for another trial that week.

    The jury clerk, who had been doing that job for over 20 years, said she never saw a seated jury excused just before a trial was to begin.

    It would have been an interesting trial as the defense attorney was an idiot. I grew up in a cop family and work with cops. Somehow she never asked a question that would have excused me. Every attorney I spoke with was dumbfounded I was seated.
     
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    BuckinMichigan said:
    I had it earlier this week. Was put on the first jury, they had us ready to start the trial and then they postponed it. We were done with our duty since we were a seated jury and could not be seated for another trial that week.

    The jury clerk, who had been doing that job for over 20 years, said she never saw a seated jury excused just before a trial was to begin.

    It would have been an interesting trial as the defense attorney was an idiot. I grew up in a cop family and work with cops. Somehow she never asked a question that would have excused me. Every attorney I spoke with was dumbfounded I was seated.
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    they didn't ask if you could read? :biggrin:
     
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    I was on a jury once-a HS kid got in a fight w/ his dad, because the dad caught him smoking weed, and the cops got called. Because the guy was tussling w/ a kid under 18, the cops had to file misdemeanor child abuse charges. We found the guy not guilty in about 10 minutes.
     
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    I've only been called once. Strange case, lasted all week. Substance abusing debarred lawyer, representing himself, against his head doctor, represented by an irritating, but good attorney. A week long headache!!!!!!!
     
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    methomps said:
    I got OJ off
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