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Guess who has Jury Duty?

#1 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:28 pm

Me! I just got the Jury Summons via mail a few weeks ago from Dallas County and was told to make a call on August 11th. I may be needed...then again I may not, but I will get reimbursed for my services. Wish me the best of luck.
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#2 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:35 pm

Good luck. I became a citizen on September 2006 and so far I have never heard from Jury Duty. Lets see how long my luck lasts!! Good luck.
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#3 Postby Derek Ortt » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:38 pm

I've never been called
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#4 Postby JonathanBelles » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:43 pm

My dad was called last year...lasted 4 days...4 days he had off of work, so he got paid for days off. lol
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Re: Guess who has Jury Duty?

#5 Postby Jinkers » Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:03 am

I served once, but the case I was on got resolved, so I didn't have to stay.
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Re: Guess who has Jury Duty?

#6 Postby angelwing » Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:36 am

Got called to jury duty for local and federal already, lucked out and didn't have to stay for the local; federal I had to call every day for a week at 4PM to see if they needed me the next day, thankfully no.
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#7 Postby Cryomaniac » Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:46 am

My mum served on a jury in the case of a pimp. He was found not guilty, because the judge said that they couldn't use a prostitutes private diary as evidence.
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Re: Guess who has Jury Duty?

#8 Postby Dionne » Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:24 am

I've had several local jury summons and one federal. Never got picked on the local. I was dismissed on the federal by the defense because of my position on the death penalty. I got paid mileage by the local but never received a dime on the federal.
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Re: Guess who has Jury Duty?

#9 Postby MGC » Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:25 pm

I've been called several times but never selected. Seems my right wing views are not wanted in civil trials. The few people I have known to be selected were left wingers. At least I got a paid day off work though...MGC
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Re: Guess who has Jury Duty?

#10 Postby george_r_1961 » Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:32 pm

Ive been called down to the courthouse but thus far have not had to serve on a jury.
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#11 Postby CajunMama » Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:06 am

I've been summoned 3 times, served once. I enjoyed it. I was surprised i was chosen

A lady was suing state farm

1. I have state farm insurance
2. I knew the judge
3. I knew the law clerk
4. I knew the baliff
5. I graduated high school with state farms attorney
6. I did business with the other attorney
7. I knew the attorney & his clients (who is his sister) family

I guess i was picked being the only white college grad female who ended up knowing everyone and they thought i could be fair, which i was.
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#12 Postby DaylilyDawn » Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:17 pm

I was picked to serve on a jury over 15 years ago in a case of a couple who were suing Orkin Termite Services for contaminating their house to the point that no one could live in it. During the time they had to leave their house, it was burglarized and Orkin was held responsible for that . Orkin had to pay over 2 million for the burglary and over 60 in punitive damages.
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#13 Postby x-y-no » Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:28 pm

There was a stretch back in the '80s when I got called almost every year. And in those days they made you sit there from 8am to 4:30pm all week long, even if you never got picked. Spent a lot of those afternoons drunk. :lol:

I've been on three juries, two civil, one criminal. The criminal one was particularly satisfactory - we found the (insert expletive here) guilty on five counts aggravated rape. Third conviction - he's never getting out.
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Re: Guess who has Jury Duty?

#14 Postby Brent » Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:14 pm

My dad got picked a few years ago and spent several days at the courthouse but never served. He's really opinionated on stuff like that.
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Re: Guess who has Jury Duty?

#15 Postby abajan » Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:19 pm

george_r_1961 wrote:Ive been called down to the courthouse but thus far have not had to serve on a jury.
Were you in handcuffs?
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#16 Postby sunny » Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:34 am

I used to get called religiously every 2 years before Katrina, haven't been called since the storm. I enjoyed it tbh, and I was always named jury foreman :lol:
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Re: Guess who has Jury Duty?

#17 Postby O Town » Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:14 am

abajan wrote:
george_r_1961 wrote:Ive been called down to the courthouse but thus far have not had to serve on a jury.
Were you in handcuffs?


:roflmao:
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Re: Guess who has Jury Duty?

#18 Postby Category 5 » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:08 am

abajan wrote:
george_r_1961 wrote:Ive been called down to the courthouse but thus far have not had to serve on a jury.
Were you in handcuffs?


:roflmao: :roflmao:

Pwned!
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Re: Guess who has Jury Duty?

#19 Postby coriolis » Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:43 am

Good luck TStooge.

Many are called, but few are chosen. The last time I was excused becaue it was a DUI case, and I was once the victim of a drunken-driver case.
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Re: Guess who has Jury Duty?

#20 Postby TexasStooge » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:54 pm

coriolis wrote:Many are called, but few are chosen.

You're right about that statement.

I called their offices like what the summons said and come to find out I wasn't needed for Jury Duty after all. I'M OFF THE HOOK...for now.
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