Molly wrote:Why, because you're jewish?heyzeus wrote:I'll never get to serve on a jury now, which is a shame. I'd love to.
Jury Duty
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JackofDiamonds
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heyzeus
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That's a paddlin'.JackofDiamonds wrote:Molly wrote:Why, because you're jewish?heyzeus wrote:I'll never get to serve on a jury now, which is a shame. I'd love to.
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heyzeus
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Yep. Lawyers never want another lawyer on their jury. Allegedly it's because they think lawyer-jurists won't care about the story they're trying to spin, and would only look at the black letter of the laws that are at play in the trial. I think it's just BS superstition. There's no magic formula to understanding statutes that only lawyers have. Any reasonably intelligent person can understand law stuff if they have the information.Molly wrote:Why, because you're a lawyer?heyzeus wrote:I'll never get to serve on a jury now, which is a shame. I'd love to.
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stlouie_lipp
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Yeah, but lawyers are trained to think differently about that stuff - that's what they are afraid of.heyzeus wrote:Yep. Lawyers never want another lawyer on their jury. Allegedly it's because they think lawyer-jurists won't care about the story they're trying to spin, and would only look at the black letter of the laws that are at play in the trial. I think it's just BS superstition. There's no magic formula to understanding statutes that only lawyers have. Any reasonably intelligent person can understand law stuff if they have the information.Molly wrote:Why, because you're a lawyer?heyzeus wrote:I'll never get to serve on a jury now, which is a shame. I'd love to.
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lukethedrifter
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lawyer question: a guy I know is indicted but was not arrested. why not?
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stlouie_lipp
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How long ago was the indictment brought down? Has he appeared in Court?lukethedrifter wrote:lawyer question: a guy I know is indicted but was not arrested. why not?
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lukethedrifter
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they came and got him from work yesterday morning at 6am. indictments against him and 20 others announced/handed down/whatever yesterday.
i should say he told the bossman he was released and that he was not arrested. local news states they were indicted. wondering how that works.
i should say he told the bossman he was released and that he was not arrested. local news states they were indicted. wondering how that works.
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stlouie_lipp
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Well, that's strange. An indictment comes from a grand jury and basically says, "yeah, there is enough evidence to arrest this guy and bring him before a judge to be arraigned." Could he be making arraignments to turn himself in? Did he just post a bond and was given a court date? Probably something along those lines.
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IMADreamer
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Do people get paid for jury duty? If not how does someone live for six weeks or more on a really long trial with out a paycheck?
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That's what I was wondering. It's like $18/day I think in St. Louis.IMADreamer wrote:Do people get paid for jury duty? If not how does someone live for six weeks or more on a really long trial with out a paycheck?
Edit - $12 apparently