tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post3037708909834263806..comments2024-03-24T07:16:56.052-05:00Comments on PlottingPrincesses: I’ve Been Called to Serve #juryduty #RssosSisters #MFRWorg Plotting Princesseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498235738737791614noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-68753603567977654112016-04-22T10:08:04.966-05:002016-04-22T10:08:04.966-05:00Hi, Nikki! How interesting about serving for fourt...Hi, Nikki! How interesting about serving for fourteen days. Ours is one and done rule too. I've sat through deliberations and you are right about how the jurors take the job seriously and want to do the right thing. Thanks for stopping!Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-70069510764717196832016-04-22T06:11:08.761-05:002016-04-22T06:11:08.761-05:00Long, long ago, I was called up for duty. At that ...Long, long ago, I was called up for duty. At that time, you served for 14 days regardless of how many trials you sat. Now PA has a one-and-done rule. I ended up on three panels. A lot of it was boring, but the last one involved the first trial under a new law. That was interesting; even the news reporters came for it. I was most impressed with the conscientiousness displayed by the jurors. Every last one took the job seriously, even in the shoplifting case. It was probably the brightest ray of hope in the entire process. Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08682040969965800663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-3943951142317697872016-04-21T14:10:20.596-05:002016-04-21T14:10:20.596-05:00Hi, Phyllis! I've seen many law enforcement ty...Hi, Phyllis! I've seen many law enforcement types, including lawyers, dismissed off panels. No, shouldn't be dismissed. Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-14488240137098665242016-04-21T13:23:21.799-05:002016-04-21T13:23:21.799-05:00Oh I've been called to jury duty fortunately I... Oh I've been called to jury duty fortunately I have not had to serve on a jury. I always bring up my law-enforcement background but not even that works anymore... LOL Phyllishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02842013659811431774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-55028951697582823522016-04-21T11:56:02.485-05:002016-04-21T11:56:02.485-05:00Hi, Kathy! You are so kind to sit with Mary and I ...Hi, Kathy! You are so kind to sit with Mary and I don't doubt she was selected because she's so nice. Thank goodness for e-readers.<br /><br />Hi, Marsha! I don't get a judge letting a lawyer drag things on. Is he being paid by the hour and that's why??? OOOH, chiropractor cases are interesting. I saw it from the insurance claims end when I worked at that business. <br /><br />Hi, KB! Delaware is small compared to where I live. That's too bad you weren't selected because you might have a good story to tell.<br /><br />Hi, Melissa! It's great fodder! I used my experiences in Temporarily Employed. Well, I embellished them too. LOLOLVicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-65175600165644554262016-04-21T11:18:51.168-05:002016-04-21T11:18:51.168-05:00I have been called but I haven't served yet. L...I have been called but I haven't served yet. Like you, college and the little ones took providence. Of course, now Karma will find me. But it will just end up as fodder for a future book!Melissa Keirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247037321769755660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-22097533154944331802016-04-21T10:48:08.723-05:002016-04-21T10:48:08.723-05:00In Delaware you have to have a drivers license to ...In Delaware you have to have a drivers license to be called for the pool. I've been called lots of times but served only once. When I was working I knew every psychologist and psychiatrist in the state so I was often excused if there was one associated with the case. Thus I missed all the interesting cases.KB Ingleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089951663907060127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-8407221334590947792016-04-21T10:42:41.886-05:002016-04-21T10:42:41.886-05:00Hey, Vicki. Yes, I had much the same experience yo...Hey, Vicki. Yes, I had much the same experience you did. I wanted to yank up the lawyer by the collar and say, Get on with this! And do you know what a stupid question that is? I was very distressed by my last time because the lawyers seemed so inept and the judge though he warned him a couple times to get on with it, never stopped the guy. Before we finished the judge declared they couldn't get 12 unbiased jurors from the group of 30.I'm convinced they could've. There were at least 12 people who didn't have an issue with chiropracters, but it got me out earlier. Just wasted the taxpayers money.<br />I guess like in any profession there are good folks and not so good folks. <br />Congrats for giving it back to your lawyer. He deserved it.<br />I'm called every couple of years, but being married to a lawyer and a writing romantic suspense, I seldom get impaneled. I shared. Marshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010048187355215576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-74261030447615282242016-04-21T10:07:35.375-05:002016-04-21T10:07:35.375-05:00Very timely post. I spent all day yesterday up at...Very timely post. I spent all day yesterday up at the courthouse because sister got called for jury duty. The weather was so bad, I didn't want her to drive all the way up to McKinney alone, so I said I'd ride with her, figuring we'd probably be out of there by noon or so. Yep, you guessed it. She got called and had to sit on a jury case. So I basically sat out in the deserted hallways from 8:30 until after 5 o'clock. Good think I had my e-reder with me. LOL That will teach me to think before I agree to something like that again. There wasn't even anybody else around in the halls, just me. Although I did get to see the police slap handcuffs on somebody right before they called everybody in to start jury selection. That was pretty much the highlight of the day, because the rest was sitting around doing nothing but reading and checking my phone. LOL Kathy Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16440759802997389459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-27116277109502426112016-04-21T09:55:46.612-05:002016-04-21T09:55:46.612-05:00Hi, Judy! Well, you did your duty and that is good...Hi, Judy! Well, you did your duty and that is good. I went to pay tickets in court one time. I was hugely pregnant with #1 son. The man in front of me was on crutches. He left. My turn came and I paid and left. As we exited the building, the guy stuck his crutches under his arm and walked to the parking lot. Geez.Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-67643296946426723442016-04-21T09:32:25.785-05:002016-04-21T09:32:25.785-05:00I served years ago and hung the guy. It was a wast...I served years ago and hung the guy. It was a waste of time, money and my entire day. The man didn't have a chance and he knew it because he was guilty, but he thought he could play the system, which happens in some cases. Judy Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190725381203763171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-6828700232139937032016-04-21T09:28:04.132-05:002016-04-21T09:28:04.132-05:00oh my, Laura, that is crazy. And funny. And memora...oh my, Laura, that is crazy. And funny. And memorable. Thank you for serving. :)Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-69977977868787958422016-04-21T09:09:29.785-05:002016-04-21T09:09:29.785-05:00When I lived in Buffalo, NY, years ago, I was call...When I lived in Buffalo, NY, years ago, I was called for jury duty right after the dreaded Blizzard of '77. Had to park my car in a lot, trudge through waist-high snow and then take a bus to get to the court house. Only a handful of dedicated souls turned up so...you guessed it...I had to serve. I think we could have been former mass-murderers and they still would have used us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com