# So I had jury duty today **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 23, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-i-had-jury-duty-today/183000 "2006-03-23T01:48:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-i-had-jury-duty-today/183000/1 "2006-03-23T01:48:37Z")
…and it wasn’t as bad as I had expected. I was expecting DMV-like service, but everyone was very friendly, and the judge excused me from serving because I’ll be away on travel for the next week :hugegrin: The case that I might have been put on was a 1st degree murder trial that might have lasted about 4 weeks. Has anybody else had to go through this? :} ---
**Author:** ![upuaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9fc348/32.png) [@upuaut](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/upuaut)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-i-had-jury-duty-today/183000/2 "2006-03-23T01:58:43Z")
Got called, but was told to call in on a monday. I called in, and they said I didn’t have to go. Looking forward to my next one. ---
**Author:** ![wizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wizard)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-i-had-jury-duty-today/183000/3 "2006-03-23T02:29:22Z")
When you were talking to the judge, where you like “do you know who I am? I’m practically an internet celebrity!” ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-i-had-jury-duty-today/183000/4 "2006-03-23T02:31:56Z")
Ha. You’re lucky you got off… 😛 I can’t serve yet. :thumb: ---
**Author:** ![fester8542](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a183cd/32.png) [@fester8542](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fester8542)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-i-had-jury-duty-today/183000/5 "2006-03-23T02:48:24Z")
With my record. I doubt I will ever get called up :thumb: ---
**Author:** ![kdd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kdd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kdd)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-i-had-jury-duty-today/183000/6 "2006-03-23T03:13:55Z")
:lol: @ fester… it takes them 4+ weeks to figure out what to do with a person who killed someone? gosh… ---
**Author:** ![eilsoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc348/32.png) [@eilsoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eilsoe)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-i-had-jury-duty-today/183000/7 "2006-03-23T06:32:17Z")
because you and a group of other people have the power to either imprison a person for a looong time, or clear him completely 🙂 I think you’d want to be ABSOLUTELY sure that you’re doing the right thing. I really wouldn’t enjoy having to make such a decision, glad there’s no jury duty here in DK 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RabBell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/rabbell/32/340_2.png) [@RabBell](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RabBell)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-i-had-jury-duty-today/183000/8 "2006-03-23T09:15:11Z")
as Homer Simpson said the trick to get out of jury duty is …tell them your prejudice against all races :thumb: ---
**Author:** ![icio](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/icio/32/484_2.png) [@icio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/icio)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-i-had-jury-duty-today/183000/9 "2006-03-23T12:02:44Z")
:lol:, Rab. Did you get a free lunch, K? My maths teacher says that lunches that he got are great. ---
**Author:** ![hl1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/hl1/32/849_2.png) [@hl1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hl1)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-i-had-jury-duty-today/183000/10 "2006-03-23T12:23:59Z")
Was it all 24-like? ---
**Author:** ![hybrid101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7993a0/32.png) [@hybrid101](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hybrid101)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-i-had-jury-duty-today/183000/11 "2006-03-23T14:18:35Z")
^lol no jury duty here in the phils, what does it feel like? ---
**Author:** ![ya3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@ya3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ya3)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-i-had-jury-duty-today/183000/12 "2006-03-23T15:06:03Z")
> [@Eilsoe](#): > > because you and a group of other people have the power to either imprison a person for a looong time, or clear him completely 🙂 I think you’d want to be ABSOLUTELY sure that you’re doing the right thing. > > I really wouldn’t enjoy having to make such a decision, glad there’s no jury duty here in DK 🙂 Twelve Angry Men, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![garyzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@garyzero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/garyzero)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-i-had-jury-duty-today/183000/13 "2006-03-23T20:09:28Z")
I’ve been called 6 times the first 5 of the 6 I was a hippy and I looked as bad as the person on trial. Was dismissed each time. The sixth time I had to serve, by then my hair was short and I had a job where they made you dress casual rather than Jeans and T-shirt. That case was pretty fun, it involved drugs and attempted murder. We set our guy free though. He was either a better liar than the other scumbags or truly innocent. When he broke into tears and they didn’t I just couldn’t convict him. ---
**Author:** ![garyzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@garyzero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/garyzero)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-i-had-jury-duty-today/183000/14 "2006-03-23T21:16:18Z")
Sorry, I forgot to mention he didn’t have a record. The people used against him 70% of them were currently in jail or prison for other offenses and were in their jumpsuits fresh from their cell. I think he was one of those people in the wrong place at the wrong time. His lawyer was awesome. You haven’t seen a court case on TV that is as good as the real thing.