Jury duty
I had jury duty today. It made wonder how it works in other countries, Canada?, UK?
shareNever been called for jury duty. Not once...
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I sat for about 2 hours listening to people give excuses why they couldn't serve. Most were dismissed. This was a grand jury trial so it was going to be every wednesday until March 1.
sharewe don't have grand juries here, thankfully.
shareso what do you do when that 1 in 500,000 person kills someone:) I love Canadas murder rate. Its like .08%
shareThere's a preliminary hearing and the judge decides if there should be a trial. No grand juries here.
shareIt's that way in California and other States that don't have a Grand Jury system. There is a preliminary hearing in front of a judge who decides if the case should go to trial.
IIRC ALL Perry Mason TV series cases were preliminary hearings, not trials. You never see Perry Mason addressing a jury.
now that you mention it.
shareWhen 19, I simply ignored my Jury Summons until they threatened to prosecute me lol. I showed up, but ended up dismissing us all. I now have a health condition, so I'll just get a Doctors note if called again.
shareGuilty! Guilty I say! They're all guilty and I demand the death penalty!
"Thank you for your time, Mr Cruz. You can go now".
Lol!
I had jury duty once when I was about 21.
I went to the courthouse, sat in a room with about 35 other people for about 4 hours. Then they came in and let us out for lunch.
We went back and sat for another hour or so, and then a guy came in and called 12 names, including mine. We were led to a courtroom, where the judge told us that our case had been thrown out and we could all go home.
Not a bad day. I wonder what happened to the other people.