Jury Duty Again!

[TTSX]

Last time I was there one case was some kid abuser. They pulled a huge bunch of us aside to fill out long questionnaire about such a case. We all had a different color badge and sent back. Couple hours later they came and collected all our badges. Lady told us the creep and his lawyer decided to take whatever deal he had been offered to plea. Guess the responses did not look good for him

Even if I did it, that's one of those things I'd never, EVER voluntarily enter a guilty plea for. Your life is ruined whether you go to jail or not and ESPECIALLY ruined (and that's a good thing, IMO) if you do go to jail. I'd be fighting that charge all the way to the bitter end.

Glad he got what was coming to him, though. Hope his butt never heals.

 

[Tony617]

I got called to serve back in 2018 and was my first time I had ever been called and served on a condo HOA case. The 2nd time was was a year or two ago at a local court house instead of King County court house in downtown Seattle. I answered all of questions but they did not contact me to serve.

 

[TTSX]

I got called to serve back in 2018 and was my first time I had ever been called and served on a condo HOA case. The 2nd time was was a year or two ago at a local court house instead of King County court house in downtown Seattle. I answered all of questions but they did not contact me to serve.

If I'm on an HOA case, I'm against the HOA full stop. Feck those guys and everyone who looks like those guys.

 

[Char77]

First got called a month or two after turning 18, then 4 more times since. The next 2 times were in a county I had moved from so I didn't have to go. The one after that I wound up never actually having to go in and just had to check their website every day for a month. Most recent is upcoming.

 

[Tony617]

If I'm on an HOA case, I'm against the HOA full stop. Feck those guys and everyone who looks like those guys.

The condo HOA/association the condos burned in Bellevue, WA.

https://www.bellevuereporter.com/ne...-fire-in-downtown-bellevue-ruled-an-accident/

 

[Certaindeaf]

Two words.. one hat.

lol, never did that but if someone wanted out it'd probably be pretty easy.

 

[Stomper]

Two words.. one hat.

lol, never did that but if someone wanted out it'd probably be pretty easy.

Would it be THIS hat, by chance?









LOL....

 

[Certaindeaf]

Would it be THIS hat, by chance?

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LOL....

I was tying a red flag to some lumber and some whales thought I was going to force them to wear handsmaid dresses.. because it was red.




probably

 

[Member 361]

Would it be THIS hat, by chance?

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LOL....

Told my wife I was either going to wear a maga hat or one with a big pot leaf on it to see what happens.

 

[Stomper]

Told my wife I was either going to wear a maga hat or one with a big pot leaf on it to see what happens.

You wear a big pot leaf hat, they'd probably vote you in as Chief Justice....

 

[Member 361]

You wear a big pot leaf hat, they'd probably vote you in as Chief Justice....

I am in need of a new title...... Chief anything has a nice ring to it.

 

[CamoDeafie]

I am in need of a new title...... Chief anything has a nice ring to it.

Chief Bovine Scatologist?

 

[Member 361]

Chief Bovine Scatologist?

Always better to be chief no matter the job!

 

[Tlock]

4 times in linn county in 17 years. 2 times in Marion county. I was on the grand jury once and heard 3 days of trial and in the last minute they reached a agreement

 

[Stomper]

Always better to be chief no matter the job!

I'm not sure you'd feel that way as Chief Fluffer....

 

[Member 361]

I'm not sure you'd feel that way as Chief Fluffer....

As chief, I get to assign all the plebes rather than actually do the job so I'm good. By the way, are you looking for work?

 

[Tlock]

As chief, I get to assign all the plebes rather than actually do the job so I'm good. By the way, are you looking for work?

No.....ol stomp already has his hands full......

 

[gmerkt]

When I lived in California, I was called to JD on superior court. That was in the 1980's. There was an enormous jury holding room. Nice tables to sit and read, write, play checkers and cards with other jurors, etc. Sofas to sit on and doze if you wanted. You could go there day after day and and not get empaneled on a jury. My employer called the court clerk and got me excused after a few days and ruined my scam.

Around here, I've been called once in 38 years. For district court cases back around 1990. It was a crappy set-up, jurors had to stand around in the courthouse halls without even chairs to sit on. I was empaneled on two juries, at least they had chairs in the courtroom and jury room.

I've got all the time in the world, I'm a registered voter, available for duty and don't mind doing it. BUT: As I understand it, these days you are just on call in the morning. If they don't need you, that's it for the day. No getting to go down to the courthouse every day and socialize, which I have to admit I kind of like doing.

 

[monkeybutler]

I was called for jury duty once. It was a few weeks out, and I blanked on it. Probably due to time zone scrambling work travel. They never followed up. Okay. That was in King county.

I'm guessing the clerks who handle that crap in Cowlitz are a bit more on the ball. And these days it would be a Zoom meeting which would show up on my calendar. So I would not forget.

Happy to serve on a jury. Fairly likely I would be voir dire'd out.

 

[CountryGent]

I've been called into jury duty more times than I can possibly remember. I don't know why I'm called in like clockwork, but it has been that way since reaching the age of majority.

Twice I actually sat on a criminal trial; one went for three days, while the other two.

The first one the methed out scumbag was guilty as sin and we sent him away. He was convicted on all nine felony counts. The evidence presented was simply overwhelming. The idiot even confessed to the whole thing on a recorded line from the county jail.

The second one the methed out scumbag was, well, guilty as sin, but the mentally defective human garbage that constituted the rest of the jury panel wouldn't convict for the most dubious of reasons. The evidence was again overwhelming, including video footage from multiple angles capturing the entire incident. The accused was busted for a parole violation. I found out after the trial she was out on parole after attempting to murder her sleeping husband by dowsing him with gasoline and burning the house down.

The rest of them I was called in, but was eventually excused.

I didn't like the time away on either, but I did consider it my civic duty, and I am glad to have helped in some small way. As flawed as our system may be, I'll take it over a lot of other ones. Numerically speaking, most of my family lives in a country that, while not now, within my lifetime had people executed without trial for the "crime" of the government simply not liking them. So, yah, I'm not going to grumble too much about a summons.