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Gregory Best · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:13 am Post subject: Jury Duty or sitting for hours

Once again I find myself sitting in a juror's lounge with several hundred other civic minded folks in El Cajon, California. We are here performing our civic duty warming the chairs. I've been here two and a half hours. It will be at least another hour before they will know if they may need us. The wheels of justice turn slowly. Why can't they give us a pager like the food joints do when there is a long wait? At least I have by Blackberry. I am like the Pres, they will need to pry it from my cold stiff hands. I think it is protected by one of those amendments in the Bill of Rights. I am not bored.
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Gregory Best · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:38 am Post subject: Still waiting.......

Three and a half hours and still waiting.
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todd ellis · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:47 pm Post subject:

greg - if you hold a bible and wear a rush limbaugh t-shirt, they'll let you go home.
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Bailey · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:11 pm Post subject:

... or lay a rug on the floor... kneel down... and bow to the east.
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:19 pm Post subject:

Free Nelson Mandela!

oh, waittaminute ....
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Bruce · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:07 pm Post subject:

Yeah, jury duty is often just a chance to get paid (poorly) to read a good book, along with dozens of other people you wouldn't normally associate with. And these are your "peers".

God bless America.

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Gregory Best · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:21 pm Post subject:

I'm free!! We didn't get on a panel.
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Deirdre · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:08 pm Post subject:

You can always say you completely disagree with the death penalty.
That'll get you thrown out some jury pools.
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Or you could say that you definitely agree with the death penalty especially for shop lifting.

ccpetersen · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:34 pm Post subject:

Or just say you're part of the press.
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Deirdre · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:01 pm Post subject:

I have my Game Boy or I'd never survive.
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Mandy Nelson · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:13 am Post subject:

Glad you were set free but that you did get to serve your time. It's been a while since I've sat and figure it's only a matter of time. I have a production pal who served and had to be out of work for two weeks (yea, me, b/c the co. asked me to do some editing). In the end it was one of those crazy cases that never should have gone to court, it was neighbors suing each other, but it made for funny fodder for his blog.
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Gregory Best · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:38 am Post subject:

One of the guys on my day job was on jury for five weeks. Another on a high profile murder trial for 4 months.
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Gregory Best · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:40 am Post subject:

One of the guys on my day job was on jury for five weeks. Another on a high profile murder trial for 4 months.
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paddyo · CM Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 975 Location: New York City

In 2004 I was called for jury duty. Got called for a case. I had a problem with the case. Had no problem telling the judge or the attorney's. And the guy was in the room. Took them 3 days before they let me go home.

If interested google, Daniel Rakowitz. Now the guy was a cannibal and had already been locked up in psych ward and was looking to go free. So you've been warned if you continue to read up on him.

Fun times that jury duty thing. Wow. I actually kept a long story short!!!

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