Have you ever done jury duty

Specialun · 18-01-2014 11:01PM #1

Watching runaway jury on sky

Have you ever served on a jury..if so when and for what...what was it like

I havnt btw

the groutch · 18-01-2014 11:04PM

The trick is to tell them you're prejudice against all races

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Sierra 117 · 18-01-2014 11:05PM

I have jury duty on Tuesday, as it happens.

michael999999 · 18-01-2014 11:06PM

The most boring period you'll ever spend in your life.

A couple of plump overpaid barristers repeating ad nauseum the same thing over and over again very very slowly while ratcheting up the Euros!

Sierra 117 · 18-01-2014 11:08PM

michael999999 wrote: »

A couple of plump overpaid barristers repeating ad nauseum the same thing over and over again very very slowly while ratcheting up the Euros!

While the jury can't even get travel expenses.

Muise... · 18-01-2014 11:09PM

Sierra 117 wrote: »

I have jury duty on Tuesday, as it happens.

Start a thread here and report it live!

I was only asked once, and I got out of it as I was a student in a different city at the time. But I wish I had been able to do it - long stints of boredom aside, I'd love to be encouraged to be analytical and judgey.

Greenmachine · 18-01-2014 11:10PM

Got called for jury duty panel. Had to go three days in total but wasn't picked for any of the cases.

Sierra 117 · 18-01-2014 11:12PM

Are you now exempt from jury duty for a certain period, Greenmachine, or can you be called again since you weren't picked for a trial?

Wabbit Ears · 18-01-2014 11:13PM

I think Ive gotten letters 3 times. Into the bin they went.

thee glitz · 18-01-2014 11:14PM

Sierra 117 wrote: »

Are you now exempt from jury duty for a certain period, Greenmachine, or can you be called again since you weren't picked for a trial?

You can be called again even if you are picked. Exemptions are rare I think.

caustic 1 · 18-01-2014 11:16PM

Yes, over a fight outside club at chipvan, such a fe cking waste of time and money, we all got lunch in local hotel, whatever we wanted, all because two fe cking eejits got drunk and had a barney.

Sierra 117 · 18-01-2014 11:16PM

thee glitz wrote: »

You can be called again even if you are picked. Exemptions are rare I think.

I think there's a period of three years where you can't be called for jury duty. Not sure if that only applies to those who served on a trial though,

DEFTLEFTHAND · 18-01-2014 11:24PM

Exempt due to my job.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 18-01-2014 11:28PM

Arrah5hur wrote: »

what does 'sequestered' mean?

Very rare in Ireland, CCC deals with most of those cases. The jury are kept together in the same hotel for the duration of the trial. It does happen sometimes, especially in organised crime cases where jury members could be threatened or influenced by outside third parties.

liliq · 18-01-2014 11:29PM

Yep but got exempt the times I've been called.
Once was college exams, another time was shortly after having a baby and I doubt they wanted the baby on the jury

, can't remember why I couldn't go the third time.
I wouldn't mind doing it, I think.

donutheadhomer · 18-01-2014 11:29PM

I spent 4 weeks in court many years ago and practically froze with boredom. I couldn’t tell you a thing about the case other than he looked pretty guilty anyway - the DPP dropped the case on some technicality then after 4 weeks. I lost my job too a week after coming back as the guy they got to replace me while on jury duty was far better than me.

deco nate · 18-01-2014 11:30PM

Sierra 117 wrote: »

I think there's a period of three years where you can't be called for jury duty. Not sure if that only applies to those who served on a trial though,

You are right, I did jury duty in 2012 and am out of the game till 2016 thank fcuk. Boring stuff and free dinners don't do it for me.

DazMarz · 18-01-2014 11:33PM

Aw, jury duty?! I'll see that Quimby kid HANG for this!!!

18-01-2014 11:34PM

I wouldn't mind doing it, I do think it's a civic duty.

I'd hate to show up day after day and not get picked but I'd also hate to have to sift through evidence in the case of a violent crime or abuse. I think I'd find the responsibility of deciding on someones freedom and guilt very onerous. But, it's a duty to society so I don't think I'd try get out of it lightly.

Galadriel · 18-01-2014 11:35PM

thee glitz wrote: »

You can be called again even if you are picked. Exemptions are rare I think.

I served on a case for about 3 weeks, we where told at the end we didn't have to serve again for 10 years.

e.r · 18-01-2014 11:36PM

I did it once , bout 13 years ago .
Got the week off work with pay !

Case was a family from Mayo taking a bank to court over defamation of character .

Bank would not loan money to said family, and it made them a laughing stock to their friends etc...

The family lost rightly so, absolute waste of time for everyone involved.

deco nate · 18-01-2014 11:43PM

Galadriel wrote: »

I served on a case for about 3 weeks, we where told at the end we didn't have to serve again for 10 years.

10 years? That must have been a big case, drugs, rape murder? Most cases is 3 years.
You know, petty crime stuff.

Edit:3 weeks oh god, I'm glad mine was just 3 days long!

BNMC · 18-01-2014 11:44PM

Sat on the jury of a very sad and difficult case. It was big news in Ireland at the time. Got 3 weeks off work on full pay plus regular sex with a fellow juror in a pretty nice hotel.

Good times.

Galadriel · 18-01-2014 11:48PM

deco nate wrote: »

10 years? That must have been a big case, drugs, rape murder? Most cases is 3 years.
You know, petty crime stuff.

Edit:3 weeks oh god, I'm glad mine was just 3 days long!

It was the George Redmond corruption case, crikey it was in 2003 :eek:

Doom · 18-01-2014 11:51PM

I was asked to attend for selection, seen a couple of scumbags threatening some people to fcuk off home at the back of the court....lovely system

fungun · 18-01-2014 11:52PM

called twice, did it once.
Got a case of a scumbag who was clearly guilty in retrospect but as part of the case we had to go out as some evidence was deemed inadmissable. He was found not guilty, prosecution made an arse of it if you ask me, they left a lot of open items, enough to throw doubt on it.
I asked could we ask a clarifying question at some point but the answer was no. Prosecution should have made it clear though

Despite a jury of 12, all decisions were made by 3 people, everyone else followed so dont underestimate your influence on the result if you are semi-intelligent

aodhan2 · 19-01-2014 12:01AM

I did it for three weeks on a case about a portakabin that one bloke said he moved for another lad who stole it from a school and he was the principal of this school. Not sure how much I can say. But it was a blatant lie.thet dragged up a lot of dirt. Both legal teams had a barrister sat in the roomand they took notes on the jury reaction. EventuAlly the guy admitted he lied ! We didn't even make a descision ! Waste of three weeks !

JupiterKid · 19-01-2014 12:05AM

I served on a jury back in 1998. I found it interesting and the free lunches were nice. I would be willing to serve again.

19-01-2014 12:20AM

Was on a jury for a rape case a few years ago. Not nice what we had to see but that's society. Apart from that the whole process was interesting.

Exempt for eight years following it.

F1ngers · 19-01-2014 12:26AM

Greenmachine wrote: »

Got called for jury duty panel. Had to go three days in total but wasn't picked for any of the cases.

Similar, had to go five days.
Closest I got was three away from a murder trial.
Jury was picked before they got to me.

Uaru · 19-01-2014 12:26AM

I got called and picked to be on a case that ended up lasting months. I got out of it as I was going on holidays the next week.

If you don't want to get called get yourself removed from the voting register.

Have you ever done jury duty

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