Sitting as a Juror on a murder trial

[esoxx]

Not only was I on a jury about 8 years ago, they vote me as the jury foreman. That was fun trying to keep the peace in deliberations and trying to get a concensus.

[oregonpackfan]

I have never been a juror despite voting in all elections. It is my understanding they take potential jurors from voters' lists.

I was called to jury duty once but was disqualified because I had moved to a different county the month before.

My wife is baffled by my "luck" because she has served on juries four times in two different states since we have been married.

[CaliforniaCheez]

Every other year I get called.

The best one was a child molest of a "mature" 15 year old who was the babysitter.

First asked to model a company T-shirt for a photo then asking for the shirt to be removed and taking a photo.

Yes, that constitutes child molest in California.
Spousal abuse can occur with no physical injury.
DUI is .08 but .02 can be reckless driving.

The laws are just crazy.

[Fosco33]

I had to spend 5 days trying to get out of a month long, 5 murder gang related trial in Compton 2 years ago. Did not want to convict some thugs or be stuck in Compton for obvious reasons.

[pacfan]

I was elected as Jury foreman, thankfully it wasn't a murder trial. Personal injury with alcohol involved.

Pretty tough crowd.

[swede]

Should you be discussing any part of this trial? I thought jurors were supposed to keep absolute silence about any part of the trial while it was in progress.

You are supposed to avoid all media about the case and if anyone starts to bring the subject up you are supposed to stop them or walk away....all the things I have stated about the case have been known to the public for years here.

But you are correct, you are not supposed to talk about it...with anybody. Not the other jurors, spouse....whoever.

I'll stop now.....

It is best not to discuss it at all I suppose, but it is not inappropriate to share the nature of the indictment with friends as long as you do not discuss the evidence or come to a conclusion about guilt or innocence until all the evidence has been presented and you complete deliberations.

You're okay so far.

[Freak Out]

Did I mention the weapon was a .44 Desert Eagle? Not a very well designed weapon.

[GrnBay007]

Did I mention the weapon was a .44 Desert Eagle? Not a very well designed weapon.

ok! ok! if you force me, I will sit in a day with you on jury duty!! ...some people are so lucky. lol

[the_idle_threat]

Did I mention the weapon was a .44 Desert Eagle? Not a very well designed weapon.

How do you mean? Sounds like it got the job done.

[MadtownPacker]

Did I mention the weapon was a .44 Desert Eagle? Not a very well designed weapon.

How do you mean? Sounds like it got the job done.

Thats what I was gonna say. Shot one of these once, straight up testosterone booster.

[Zool]

Dont hold the deagle gansta style. You will end up punching yourself in the face or chest.

[the_idle_threat]

.44 Desert Eagle is a pansy gun compared to the .454 Casull.

[Merlin]

The closest I got was on jury call for a week for the County. Never got called in though. I would LOVE to be on a jury for one of these people who sue for stupidity and WIN. Like spilling coffee on yourself or suing McDonald's because you are fat. I am not a small guy and I will admit that I love McDonald's. But is their fault I pay to eat their food? Um no...lol. What is the old saying when one of those cases win? "The District Attorney was so stupid that he found 12 people that were too stupid to avoid jury duty."

Steven Avery is a good reason to bring back the death penalty. So was Ed Geene (sp?) and Jeffry Dahlmer and anyone who intentionally kills a police officer.

A few years back, armed robbery and murder carried the same sentence, 25 years. So if you robbed someone you might as well kill them because you wouldn't get anything more if you got caught. Now there was a law to protect the citizen's!!! I don't believe it's like that anymore but even so, why should we imprison someone for life and basically pay for a roof over their head, TV, meals, library, work outs, etc?

[the_idle_threat]

.44 Desert Eagle is a pansy gun compared to the .454 Casull.

And then there's this thing: http://emuse.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/16789

[Badgepack]

I was a juror in a Federal trial in the early 80's in Madison.
It involved a Cuban cocaine dealer who was guilty as sin.
I was in my early 20's and like to do a line or two myself at times.
During deliberations, the evidence, which was a Kilo and a half of coke, was set right in the middle of our table. Damn, I wanted to dive headfirst into it.
Anyhow, it was really a cool experience and we put his ass away for a long time. The Cuban's brother, who was a mean looking dude, sat in and stared at the jury the whole time, kinda freaked me out a little.