I have jury duty tomorrow

[smupony94]

I wonder if addiction to ponyfans is a cause for dismissal

[RGV Pony]

see if you can hijack the questions being asked in the same way one can hijack a pf.com thread. Challenge would be to do so without [deleted] off the judge.

[Junior]

What are the odds of having a case involving a UT football player? 1 in 5? 3 in 5?

[smupony94]

see if you can hijack the questions being asked in the same way one can hijack a pf.com thread. Challenge would be to do so without [deleted] off the judge.

Todd Dodge

[mrydel]

Be sure and take your laptop.

[MrMustang1965]

Do what I always do: when they're asking you questions about the case, look straight at the defendant and say you think they should fry his [deleted]. Gets you dismissed every time. And the last time I did it, the defendant jumped over the rail and tried to throttle me. Tainted the whole panel. EVERYONE got sent home. And everyone thanked me out in the hallway.

[Junior]

Can't you get charged with comtempt for that?

[jtstang]

Or perjury since you swear an oath to answer the voir dire questions honestly. Unless MrManifesto thinks every defendant should be "fried" (and even in death penalty cases, Texas does not use the electric chair), he's lying under oath.

[Terry Webster]

Actually that is really sad. My dad, a lawyer, always told me one of the best ways to support the police was to serve on juries so that their work would be worth it--to keep the bad guys off the street.

[smupony94]

Here at the courthouse and I do take jury duty seriously. Having a judge as an uncle I know how hard it is to get people to care. I hope the $6 doesn't go to my head.

[PK]

Here at the courthouse and I do take jury duty seriously. Having a judge as an uncle I know how hard it is to get people to care. I hope the $6 doesn't go to my head.

Try not to spend it all in one place.

I usually donate it back to the juvenile program the county runs.

[ponyte]

I have served on two juries. One a death penalty case. Jury duty is the only activity in our goobernment where ordinary citizens are direct participants in our governing process (voting only selects the people to represent us in the governing process). I found some people don’t take jury duty seriously (wanted to make political statements with the verdict) and others take their duty very seriously. Our country is held together by laws, not by force of arms. Thus, jury duty is a very important function in maintain trust in the laws we have. Good luck. Hope you don’t get a death penalty case. Those are very stressful.

[Terry Webster]

Wow. I couldn't imagine serving on a death penalty jury. That would be tough to do. I have only served once (only time I have been called) for a domestic violence charge. It was hard watching the lawyer for the accused go after the guys wife on the stand, trying to blame her for the guy beating her up. Didn't play too well with the jury. We found him guilty. It was an honor to serve in this situation for the 4 days. Time more than well spent. Made me gain a new appreciation for the police, the prosecutor and the courage of the woman to get on the stand and tell her story. I hope I get called on again.

[smupony94]

Turns out they failed to notify us that we were not needed. And I got a parking ticket warning for displaying the park pass on the wrong side of my dashboard.

[ponyte]

No good deed goes unpunished by our goobernment.