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Post by Sara on May 22, 2012 19:18:27 GMT -5
O.M.G. That is hilarious! I wish I had potential jurors like you when I was in trial. It sure would have been more fun. ;D What can I say? I take my civic duty seriously. Perfect melding of avatar and quote.
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Post by SpringSummers on May 22, 2012 20:21:54 GMT -5
I caught about the last 20 minutes of the finale of House. The ending was IMO, disappointing. Won't say more for now for fear of screwing up those who plan to watch but haven't seen it yet. Really? I thought it was great. It's SO House. In his mind it was the only way out of the situation. It was just . . . I'm trying to put words to the feeling I had. Maybe - exasperatingly predictable? Predictably exasperating? The no-body/unrecognizable body funeral, where the dead one isn't really dead has been done a to death (so to speak), mostly in cheesy soaps or Lifetime Movies. Were we even supposed to believe it, or were our two black-clad bikers taking an after-death journey together into eternity? I remember thinking there was something that got my mind wondering, but I haven't got it in me to rewatch.
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Post by Queen E on May 22, 2012 20:22:09 GMT -5
What can I say? I take my civic duty seriously. Perfect melding of avatar and quote. Hee! I finally found the right combo.
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Post by Queen E on May 22, 2012 20:23:19 GMT -5
Heh; that's what I did. They voir-dired the HELL out of me, actually. It was a case against a dentist, and when they asked me if I could be impartial, I said, "Probably not, since both my uncles are dentists." The defense attorney said something like: "You're worried you'd be biased because of the family connection?" To which I answered yes and he basically asked whether it would be for or against, and I said: "Oh, against. My uncles are douchebags." After people stopped laughing, I was excused. On one particularly stupid case I glanced and the defendant and upon voir dire annouced there was no way I could be fair since he was a ringer for my ex and I knew what a snake HE was. I was released as soon as the court, judge, prosecution, defense and defenant finally stopped laughing. Slap my hand now!
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on May 22, 2012 21:49:10 GMT -5
On one particularly stupid case I glanced and the defendant and upon voir dire annouced there was no way I could be fair since he was a ringer for my ex and I knew what a snake HE was. I was released as soon as the court, judge, prosecution, defense and defenant finally stopped laughing. Slap my hand now! Can you figure a jury trial over the alleged theft of two pair of blue jeans? I mean, really? We were supposed to disrupt the lives of 12 citizen for THAT!??
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on May 22, 2012 21:58:55 GMT -5
We just watched the House finale. That... was weird.
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Post by Onjel on May 23, 2012 8:36:44 GMT -5
O.M.G. That is hilarious! I wish I had potential jurors like you when I was in trial. It sure would have been more fun. ;D What can I say? I take my civic duty seriously. As you should. I am very proud of your devotion to duty. ;D
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Post by Onjel on May 23, 2012 8:39:08 GMT -5
Heh; that's what I did. They voir-dired the HELL out of me, actually. It was a case against a dentist, and when they asked me if I could be impartial, I said, "Probably not, since both my uncles are dentists." The defense attorney said something like: "You're worried you'd be biased because of the family connection?" To which I answered yes and he basically asked whether it would be for or against, and I said: "Oh, against. My uncles are douchebags." After people stopped laughing, I was excused. On one particularly stupid case I glanced and the defendant and upon voir dire annouced there was no way I could be fair since he was a ringer for my ex and I knew what a snake HE was. I was released as soon as the court, judge, prosecution, defense and defenant finally stopped laughing. Ha! Between you and Erin I would have had such a blast doing voir dire. It's one of the worst parts of the trial. You feel sooooo intrusive and it's pretty nerve-wracking since you want to stack the jury in your favor as much as you can get as fair and impartial a jury as possible.
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Post by Onjel on May 23, 2012 8:44:47 GMT -5
O.M.G. That is hilarious! I wish I had potential jurors like you when I was in trial. It sure would have been more fun. ;D I heart that if you are or act like a professional you're more likely to be excused. The idea being that a professional supposedly will be more likely to lead the other jurors. Is that true? I think it would be interesting to do jury duty. I haven't done jury duty yet, and if I got summoned now or in residency I would get deferred. I don't know whether I wold get deferral when I set up a practice. I suppose it depends on where I am and availability of locums tenens. It depends. As a civil defense attorney I prefer professionals, since my defenses are usually technical (medical experts, engineers, accident reconstructionists, arson investigators and the like) and I think professionals, or at least college grads are better able to cut through the bullshit emotional arguments usually put forth by the plaintiffs and see facts as they are. I've been burned by that though. Some professionals are know-it-alls and think they know more than the experts, so it's a risk. I've had better luck with the college grad/professional group on the whole, though. It probably works differently for criminal cases. But, for civil cases, being a professional is no guarantee that you'd get bounced. Bias is a pretty good insurance policy in that regard, though. For both types of cases. ;D I've never been summoned. I'm pretty sure I'd get bounced, being an attorney and all, but I do know of a couple of lawyers that have actually sat as jurors. I think it would be good training for me to sit on a jury, but hey, it is what it is. I can tell you this, no matter what a lawyer thinks is important to his or her case, jurors tend to focus on things we never think are significant, and that's what makes it interesting. They notice everything that goes on in court and choice of words is very important.
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Post by Onjel on May 23, 2012 8:46:09 GMT -5
Perfect melding of avatar and quote. Hee! I finally found the right combo. Most definitely. It suits you. ;D
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Post by Onjel on May 23, 2012 8:47:13 GMT -5
Slap my hand now! Can you figure a jury trial over the alleged theft of two pair of blue jeans? I mean, really? We were supposed to disrupt the lives of 12 citizen for THAT!?? Um, nooooooooo. That is a profound waste of time and public resources. Whichever attorney is responsible for taking that case to trial should be shot taken severely to task by the court.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on May 23, 2012 9:56:17 GMT -5
Can you figure a jury trial over the alleged theft of two pair of blue jeans? I mean, really? We were supposed to disrupt the lives of 12 citizen for THAT!?? Um, nooooooooo. That is a profound waste of time and public resources. Whichever attorney is responsible for taking that case to trial should be shot taken severely to task by the court. Thanks. So do you forgive me for blowing my voir dire?
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Post by Onjel on May 23, 2012 11:44:11 GMT -5
Um, nooooooooo. That is a profound waste of time and public resources. Whichever attorney is responsible for taking that case to trial should be shot taken severely to task by the court. Thanks. So do you forgive me for blowing my voir dire? Hell, there's nothing to forgive! The case should never had made it that far. I only wish you had been in my jury pools. Maybe you can start a training course for how to break the ice during voir dire. ;D
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Post by Queen E on May 23, 2012 13:57:16 GMT -5
Hee! I finally found the right combo. Most definitely. It suits you. ;D
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Post by SpringSummers on May 23, 2012 15:08:11 GMT -5
We just watched the House finale. That... was weird. Well said.
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