Ryan95 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Starting jury service tomorrow, anybody done it before? Heard I'm going to be bored as shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I done it, it's boring as fuck. You just sit around in what is like a massive hospital waiting room only with comfier chairs and they call you out every so often over the course of a week. I had two black lads getting done for burglary and one black bird getting done for bashing her careworker over the face with a mug of coffee. Boring as fuck though man, found this book there about The Stone Roses and read that, read Life by Keith Richards. It's alright when the actual case kicks off and you gotta go in there, y'know, it's novel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 found this book there about The Stone Roses and read that, read Life by Keith Richards. It's alright when the actual case kicks off and you gotta go in there, y'know, it's novel. Pun intended? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Jury duty notices go directly in the trash. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Don't you get done for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Don't you get done for it?That's what people tell me. I've never done jury duty in my life. Nothing has happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Rumour has it you get to eat lots of Chinese Food...I'm still waiting to get called up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITG Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Jury duty notices go directly in the trash.Despicable.Recycle.*Lost in the mail* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkAboutYou Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) I was called up and chosen for a trial that went a week then the judge threw the trial out something about the prosecution not proving their caseA lot of back and forth between the jury room and the court Edited February 17, 2014 by ThinkAboutYou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I was obviously too prejudice to do it. I turned up with my One in a Million shirt and a bottle Marlboro reds. I said death penalty and bring back public hangings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Yeah, I got called in for jury duty once. It was in the middle of summer, and the air conditioning in the room was busted, so it was warm as fuck. The case was this kid from the ghetto who allegedly murdered his own father. It was very interesting, because in the beginning of the deliberation, every jury member except for one found the kid guilty, and that guy eventually managed to convince everyone else that the kid was not guilty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlisOld Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Yeah, I got called in for jury duty once. It was in the middle of summer, and the air conditioning in the room was busted, so it was warm as fuck. The case was this kid from the ghetto who allegedly murdered his own father. It was very interesting, because in the beginning of the deliberation, every jury member except for one found the kid guilty, and that guy eventually managed to convince everyone else that the kid was not guilty.Did that make anyone angry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Yeah, I got called in for jury duty once. It was in the middle of summer, and the air conditioning in the room was busted, so it was warm as fuck. The case was this kid from the ghetto who allegedly murdered his own father. It was very interesting, because in the beginning of the deliberation, every jury member except for one found the kid guilty, and that guy eventually managed to convince everyone else that the kid was not guilty.Same thing happened to me with mine, only it was me and one other guy who convinced the other 10 jurors that the guys weren't guilty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) Starting jury service tomorrow, anybody done it before? Heard I'm going to be bored as shit.Yes; Got my summons in late November 2009 for a January 2010 case... I read on my summons that if I was caught under the influence of drugs or alcohol that the fine was a lot; so I quit smoking marijuana until my service was complete... That was easy, but finding something to replace it with wasn't. I actually tried drinking beer! - That was pathetic, even by my standards... So I joined my leisure centre/gym in December 2009 (as I wasn't smoking weed and beer just wasn't doing it for me). Got fit with in a couple of days of joining, loved that I did that, and have been going to the gym ever since. The summons was for Jury Service @ Blackfriars Crown Court in Southwark. - The case lasted for the better part of a month, like 3 weeks and in the end. the judge threw the case out of court.I... Had a funky seat... To my left was a guy with narcolepsy, and to my right, this guy who kept on noticing this guy with narcolepsy to my left and kept on getting me to wake him up. He said at one point he woke up and the judge was looking at him with a dirty look. - If it wasn't for Jury Service, I'd be an average/fat man right now;Thank you Jury Service. Edited February 17, 2014 by Snake-Pit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 As long as you don't come in pratted they ain't exactly gonna drug test ya. I had a spliff every morning before i set off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) As long as you don't come in pratted they ain't exactly gonna drug test ya. I had a spliff every morning before i set off. What's done is done, and besides, I was already letting myself go, so getting that summons and quitting weed for 3 months and joining a gym was the best thing to happen to me with that. Edited February 17, 2014 by Snake-Pit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I know, think what might've happened if you'd've stayed on that negative track, you might be piss fartin' around South London, on the dole, blazed off your tits, sippin' Hooch and trying to whore yourself out in porn or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I know, think what might've happened if you'd've stayed on that negative track, you might be piss fartin' around South London, on the dole, blazed off your tits, sippin' Hooch and trying to whore yourself out in porn or something I might be buying DVDs from Tesco and in denial about my being fat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 six of one, half a dozen of the other really innit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Before my summons/joining the gymAfter my summons/4 days after I joined the gyma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Before my summons/joining the gymAfter my summons/4 days after I joined the gymaYou should sell the rights to those before/after pictures to a supplement/exercise equipment company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Were this the 70s you'd at least have the pornstar haircut down 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracii Guns Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I've never done Jury Duty before, and nobody I know has mentioned it to me. So, I know that you have to take time off work. Do they give you a basic stipend for the days of work which you've missed, or any other bargaining tool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I done it, it's boring as fuck. You just sit around in what is like a massive hospital waiting room only with comfier chairs and they call you out every so often over the course of a week. I had two black lads getting done for burglary and one black bird getting done for bashing her careworker over the face with a mug of coffee. Boring as fuck though man, found this book there about The Stone Roses and read that, read Life by Keith Richards. It's alright when the actual case kicks off and you gotta go in there, y'know, it's novel. ^I've likened it to being at an airport and waiting to get on your plane; Only there is no plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val22 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) I served once. I had a boring case of fraud.both lawyers were so boring I was daydreaming some of the time.It was a pretty easy case. The whole jury knew the guy was guilty of fraud as he had been convicted twice before in California.I haven't served since. It was a good experience, but driving to Dallas with the rush hour traffic was horrible. My case listed a day and a half and I got $40 a day, plus parking. Not too bad. Edited February 18, 2014 by Val22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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