You like the your right for a fair trail and a jury of your own peers, but you hate the idea of serving in the jury. Those that make sence? Some people say its boring, tiring, and aggravating. Why? Its your civic responsiblity. The only thing you should dislike is the idea that you have some one's life in your hands just by simply voting.Grow up!! Who AGREE or disagree?
2007-03-22 17:09:25 · 14 answers · asked by N E G R O P L E A S E 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
well i don't agree with judging people but i would take part in a jury if i was asked so long as the matter was one i felt i could remain impartial too.
2007-03-22 17:17:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From friends of mine who have served on the jury, most of them say fairly much the same thing.
You are part of a group of other civilians who must come to a conclusion.
Many get manipulated because they all come from different backgrounds.
Also the stipend, for want of a better word, is lower than what the person would make in their employment.
Which is a good enough reason , I guess.
From my thinking, a jury member should be picked-up and returned home, as the courts are usually in the cities.Making it inconvenient for jury members to access public transport.
If it's someones life, the legal system should be obligated to see that the jury members are not placed in boring,tiring, and aggravating situations. After all the civilian doesn't do this every day.
2007-03-23 00:36:33 · answer #2 · answered by jemima 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jury duty is NOT anyone's civic responsibility. It is involuntary servitude, which is illegal under Amendment 13 of the U.S. Constitution. If most people realized this, they'd be furious. So that's why you're told it's your civic responsibility and that you're a great American for serving and whatever else it is they say on that video while the flag waves in the background. Placating platitudes, I call them.
I fulfill my civic responsibility in other ways. I vote. I volunteer. I work. You'll never convince me I'm not a good person because I don't like serving jury duty.
And if I were the one on trial, I'd hold out no hope of anyone on the jury caring whether I lived or died. I'd know most of them didn't want to be there, probably wouldn't understand the more complex aspects of my case, might not even speak or understand English well enough to make a decision, and would probably go along with everything the judge says, forgetting to think for themselves. On second thought, Your Honor, just toss me in the clink.
Hats off to the card-carrying FIJA member in the peanut gallery! :)
2007-03-23 01:01:25 · answer #3 · answered by Carrie G 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I find that if we serve on a jury it offers us a chance to be a part of the judicial system and it does give the defendant their right to a jury of their peers.
Every time I have gone on jury duty they let those go who did not want to serve because a fair and open minded group was what worked and what they wanted.
I would want willing people to serve as a jury for me if it were to ever arise
2007-03-23 00:57:06 · answer #4 · answered by stbill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No biggie to me any more.. In fact I'd love to serve jury duty and nullify these days.. (I dont care.. (really i dont) anyone is automatically innocent in my book.. Not my job to judge) guess thats why i get kicked off jury duty huh? and i'm retired.. nothing better to do.. I can hold out for months in a hotel... bastards wont let me on a jury though.. too many ties to law enforcement ,and federal government or so they say... besides I have the bad habit of actually knowing what my rights as a juror actually are as opposed to what the judge sez they are (FIJA card carrying member LOL)
2007-03-23 00:18:50 · answer #5 · answered by darchangel_3 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in the jury process, how ever where I have the problem is that you get paid $15 dollars a day. It makes it hard to pay the bills working for $1 and hour. Or I can use my vacation time to sit a courthouse. That is the issue that I have with the system.
2007-03-23 04:14:07 · answer #6 · answered by fireguyjay01 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is boring and it is tiring and it is aggravating. Where I have been called to jury duty, the jury room consists of long wooden seats with no cushions. I have been called four times and served on one jury. The rest of the time I spent waiting on those long hard wooden seats. Do I complain? Yes. Do I try to find ways to get out of it? No. Do I want a bench warrant issued against me? No. Do I consider it my civic duty to serve? Yes.
2007-03-23 00:23:05 · answer #7 · answered by ♂ ♫ Timberwolf 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jury duty is a serious responsibility and people must not evade from serving as a juror. It is everybody's concern since it involves administration of justice.
2007-03-23 01:36:09 · answer #8 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My guess is you've never spent 9-3 every day for two weeks sitting in a hot, airless, windowless jury pool, not allowed to speak or read or do anything else. Meanwhile you're losing money from missing work and the work is piling up for when you return.
2007-03-23 00:18:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
yeah well all the letters to appear go right in to the trash.
first of all I am not going to sit and listen to petty BS from lawyers and judges.
second the justice system is just a revolving door for criminals
third god can decide what to do with people who break the law
2007-03-23 02:53:05 · answer #10 · answered by 3cents 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋