Could it get any worse? I have been on call all week for this thing, and the one night I decide to get my drink on I have to be at the court house by 7:30...Not to mention it is over an hour away...O well Less complaining more drinking
Buzzed with Jury Duty in the Morning
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you'll be incoherent, and won't be chosen then 
strat_thru_marshall
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better to be hungover at jury duty than hungover at work
have another!
have another!
no lawyer wants a crazy-looking hobo "on his side"
BraveSirRobin
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I don't see the problem. I always thought it was a prerequisite.
It should be...I'm counting on this Forum to keep my sane, while I rot in court.
jgln
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What if it is a drunk driving case or something along those lines?
Drinking should be...at the very least for the jury selection!
You know I had a week of jury duty a while back and it wasn't so bad. I didn't worry about work while I was there, and I got to go to a bunch of restaurants and bars downtown every day that I normally don't have the opportunity due to distance and time. Lots of good food and beer!
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Never got called for jury duty yet (now I will) but have gone into work hung over many a time. Nothing like saying 'guilty' just to get it over with!
JebCkr
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Peter Griffin: "Awful lot of Honkies in here."
There ya go, you'll be the first to leave.
There ya go, you'll be the first to leave.
Actually my day was pretty good...got out of jury duty around 11 so I was only there for three hours...took the lady out to lunch. Went and bought a new xbox 360. Went home cracked open a couple of brews and tasted the thunderstruck! Which was amazing...thank you come again.
mikeysab
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I had to do standby once, and was so pissed off that I had to sit there all day. Lunch break was spent doing shots of jaeger and drinking magners at a nearby bar. I was so loud and abnoxious that by the time they got to my name for the interview and I stood up, everybody perked up in their seat and a moan came over the room. I heard someone go "Here we go", and another say "This is gonna make it all worth it". When my interview was over, everybody clapped. Needless to say, I wasn't selected.
I just got home from two days of jury duty. We never came to an agreement, so a hung jury resulted. Some insisted that we were stereotyping the young man. I looked him up on the Maryland judiciary case search web site when I got home. Turns out he has a previous assault charges, one manufacturing with intent to distribute cdcs, one auto theft and several driving without license charges and similar offences The great state of MD Did a poor job and he have away with punching a girl a least, and possibly a gun in her face, never found the gun.
GoldMiner
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He was framed...several times.
Sat on a Federal jury for 6 weeks a few years back. It was boring, but also a very good experience that I am glad I had. It also served to solidify my opinions concerning lawyers......
Don't like jury duty? Keep mumbling the words "jury nullification" :rockin:
Don't like jury duty? Keep mumbling the words "jury nullification" :rockin:
alcibiades
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Your reaction is the exact reason why prior criminal acts are not admissible during the guilt or innocence phase of a trial. That info is way too prejudicial.
They do come in for sentencing though...
Just got dismissed from jury duty yesterday. Showed up as summoned on Monday, and sat for 5 1/2 hours. One case went to a bench trial and the other was continued. Was told NOT to show up on Tueday...about half of the jury pool was told to appear. Appeared again yesterday, sat for 1 1/2 hours, and was dismissed from duty, since there were no other jury cases on the docket. Since I'm retired, it didn't really crimp my time.
glenn514
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Im in college and I brew beer, jury duty is the best thing that ever happened to me. I get to sit in a room full of people while surfing the web for a few hours. Its the same thing as going to class only in class I pay to surf in jury duty I get paid to surf the web.
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