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I got a jury duty citation today which will see me mete out justice at the end of next month.

Has anyone done their civic duty and do you have tales to tell? Any tips that save me from the shell suited defantant's clan would be appreciated.

I was called up a few years ago but I got out of doing it, due to Sam.

That's a fat lot of use to you though  ;)

Buttonmoon, you're the third 2000AD-related person to be called up for Jury Duty in the last month, to my knowledge. We must be on some sort of list.

SBT

Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 22 April, 2011, 03:40:11 PM
Buttonmoon, you're the third 2000AD-related person to be called up for Jury Duty in the last month, to my knowledge. We must be on some sort of list.

SBT

Who better to decide what is fair and just than a bunch of middle aged men who have been reading a comic about a fascist lawman for the last 30 years?

Just about anyone really...

Quote from: Buttonman on 22 April, 2011, 03:47:45 PM
Who better to decide what is fair and just than a bunch of middle aged men who have been reading a comic about a fascist lawman for the last 30 years?

Ha! There must, somewhere, be a Dredd tshirt with the big man pointing out of the picture and shouting "GUILTY! TWENTY YEARS, CREEP!". And if there is, it's your DUTY to wear this to court.

SBT

Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 22 April, 2011, 03:40:11 PM
Buttonmoon, you're the third 2000AD-related person to be called up for Jury Duty in the last month, to my knowledge. We must be on some sort of list.

Coming soon, Judge Dredd: Tour of Jury Duty.

Biggest tip I can give you is bring something to read/do with you from the start as you may be sitting around for a while.

When I was chosen for jury duty, it was four days before I was allocated to a trial.

Quote from: Emperor on 22 April, 2011, 03:52:18 PM

Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 22 April, 2011, 03:40:11 PM
Buttonmoon, you're the third 2000AD-related person to be called up for Jury Duty in the last month, to my knowledge. We must be on some sort of list.

Coming soon, Judge Dredd: Tour of Jury Duty.

:lol:

I'm 11 months into my 12 months of jury duty,and have been pick to sit on a trial ONCE! My last day to report is May 10th and I cannot wait,even though I haven't had to be in the jury box I've still had to report each and every time. BTW it was a guardianship case for a 45 year old mentally handicapped gentleman,concerning who should have power-of-attorney over his estate.His brother was the only one petitioning and the rest of the family agreed,so no fear of reprisals for my self.   

I did jury service five years ago. I was dreading it but it was very interesting and a worthwhile thing to do.
I did two cases at Guildford Court, both involving child abuse.

As Worldshow said, make sure you take a book or handheld games console as there will probably be a lot of waiting around. The first day I was there we did nothing. After that it got quite busy. We even had one old woman on the jury who fell asleep in the court!

And........some of the time I did wear a the Dredd polo shirt with the badge on it. Two people knew what it was. One was the woman who ran the canteen but she was only familiar with the Stallone movie.
I did also say "I am the law!" walking down the corridor to court once too.  :D

Is this not a suit and tie job? Can you dress down without offending the judge?

Thnaks for the nod - the new kindle will get a good work out it seems.

Coming soon to Paisley Sheriff court : you are charge with killing a man in a suit and stealing his big calculator thing.

You can wear what you like.
I assumed we were supposed to dress smart and went looking reasonably smart on the first day but didn't bother too much after that.

If I get called up again I'd like to borrow the Judge Minty costume but that might be taking the piss.  :D

Quote from: Albion on 22 April, 2011, 05:09:39 PM
You can wear what you like.

Made me remember this incident:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2003/mar/12/advertising.marketingandpr

Regards

Robin

That did make me laugh.

Talking about dignity when they generally wear anachronistic wigs.

I did Jury Duty about 10 years ago, and there was a lot of wasted time, with the second case pleading guilty at the last minute.

I didn't dress up in a suit, just casual.

The jury was a bit blind leading the blind - they were both fairly minor cases, the first one had a bit of a plague on both your houses, why are you wasting my time vibe - the second was a lot more cut and tried.

It was interesting enough, just glad it wasn't some life or death thing or I think we'd still be there deliberating.

Definitely take a smartphone or something to keep you occupied, although a friend who did it last year told me they were charging for wi-fi access, which takes the piss...

It does feel like an incredibly long-winded and wasteful method of trying someone though.

I too have been ion Jury Duty.  2 weeks of quite a lot of reading.  They seem to have roughly double the amount of Jurors required.  Someone somewhere must have been and sat on none...

Read when not on a Jury.  Listen when on a Jury.

Quote from: fresno bob on 22 April, 2011, 04:23:09 PM
I'm 11 months into my 12 months of jury duty

12 months??

Quote from: Emperor on 22 April, 2011, 10:03:35 PM

Quote from: fresno bob on 22 April, 2011, 04:23:09 PM
I'm 11 months into my 12 months of jury duty

12 months??

He's the defendant.

After two day's disappointment the call has come and I'm up tomorrow. Should I pin my Dredd badge to my jacket or wield it when delivering the verdict?

You have to wear something to do with Dredd when dispensing justice. I did.

Quote from: Albion on 26 May, 2011, 09:14:11 PM
You have to wear something to do with Dredd when dispensing justice. I did.

i wear my tharg badge whilst dispensing gaviscon does that count?

When I was SSM I used to wear Rogue Trooper badge on my crap hat.

Have ye seen that documentary film Trekkies? There's a lady that did her jury duty in a full star fleet uniform.

Heh. I was actually thinking, maybe borrow the Termight or Minty helmet...

(I'm not serious obviously. That would be really funny though.)

Does this mean that you will be issued with a gun for the duration BM?

I never got a gun.  :(
I did get fed quite well.

I'd have loved to do jury duty, or wielded the axe or the lever dropping the trapdoor in the days of capital punishment. Sadly, the former I'm ineligible due to a balance disorder which makes me appear drunk - hardly the best way to approach a prosecution in a court of law - or chopping some perp's head off, sadly.

I'm not able to do jury duty to having a sleep disorder. Not matter how much sleep I get I still fall asleep when I sit an get comfortable. Its called delayed sleep phase syndrome or hypersomnia.

critter

I am unable to do jury duty due to being a journalist who tends to know pretty much everyone in the room, including - usually - the accused.

The last time I was called, I had a word with one of the lawyers and was told to go home.

- Trout

Bah! After hanging around all day we were dismissed without a jury having been selected due to some waffle about procedural problems. Citation now over! Roll on Judge Dredd & remove this beauracratic nightmare!

My number came up last September, but they had way more people than they needed and I'd already done a bit of whining that I was missing lectures for it and was too dumb to catch up so they let me off. It's probably just as well, it was a homicide case and as soon as I saw the slightly neddy looking defendant walk in I thought 'GUILTY'. Terrible I know, but all neds are guilty of something surely.

Got a journalist mate who did a lot of court reporting though and he says it's all pretty dull, although through that job he's pretty familiar with the whole cast of 'The Scheme'.