Pigs Are Flying!
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don Tomás
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Pigs Are Flying!
To my LEO buddies, I think I just saw a pig fly past the house. Always wanted to serve on a jury, but knew I would never be selected due to my retired LEO status. Well, I was selected last week and the case was finally decided this afternoon. The case? 187PC (Ca. Penal Code - murder/homicide). D.A. wanted 1st Degree, we gave him Voluntary Manslaughter. Ain't that something???
Tom
'A Man's got to have a code...
I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
-John Bernard Books. Jan. 22, 1901
'A Man's got to have a code...
I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
-John Bernard Books. Jan. 22, 1901
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vancelw
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Re: Pigs Are Flying!
Defense didn't budget their strikes well, huh?
Everytime I'm in the pool I get asked LOTS of questions. I'm going to be stricken, but it educates the other potential jurors to the actual statutes.
Everytime I'm in the pool I get asked LOTS of questions. I'm going to be stricken, but it educates the other potential jurors to the actual statutes.
"Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world." - Thomas Carlyle
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don Tomás
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Re: Pigs Are Flying!
Oh, I got lots of questions during the selection process. I even admitted that all things being equal, I was hard-wired to be prejudiced towards the prosecution rather than the defense. Pretty sure the defense didn't exclude me because it was such a lousy case and they were counting that someone would see that the elements for a 1st or 2nd degree conviction just weren't there.
Tom
'A Man's got to have a code...
I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
-John Bernard Books. Jan. 22, 1901
'A Man's got to have a code...
I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
-John Bernard Books. Jan. 22, 1901
Re: Pigs Are Flying!
Jury trials might not always work, but no one has yet come up with a better idea.
D. Brian Casady
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Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
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44-40 Willy
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Re: Pigs Are Flying!
I keep getting called up for jury duty, but never selected. Right now I'm on standby until the middle of November.
44-40 Winchester. Whacking varmits and putting meat on the table since 1873.
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Griff
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Re: Pigs Are Flying!
I get called all the time. Report date is usualy at least 4 days before I get home. I call, explain, and they say, "maybe next time." My wife, who's home all the time, has never been called... sometimes I think of volunteering her... 
Griff,
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AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
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Ysabel Kid
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Re: Pigs Are Flying!
I usually would get tossed off juries right away as well. Finally got picked for one almost 20 years ago, and ended up being the foreman. It was a fascinating experience!
Re: Pigs Are Flying!
Used to get bothered every year. But, only actually served on two juries.
Sadly a few years ago a young lady I knew was murdered. After she had the restraining order and call the cops to say her ex was coming over to kill her. Next time I was on jury duty I let the DA and judge know what I thought of the legal (we do not have a system that has anything to do with justice) system. Ain't been contacted since.
I've always wondered if they have lists of folks who's companies pay regardless of the length of jury service, and of folks they just don't want around.
Sadly a few years ago a young lady I knew was murdered. After she had the restraining order and call the cops to say her ex was coming over to kill her. Next time I was on jury duty I let the DA and judge know what I thought of the legal (we do not have a system that has anything to do with justice) system. Ain't been contacted since.
I've always wondered if they have lists of folks who's companies pay regardless of the length of jury service, and of folks they just don't want around.
Jeepnik AKA "Old Eyes"
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"Go low, go slow and preferably in the dark" The old Sarge (he was maybe 24.
"Freedom is never more that a generation from extinction" Ronald Reagan
"Every man should have at least one good rifle and know how to use it" Dad