Jury Duty (one angry man)

What should I yell at the Judge?
	�I�m a lawyer. What we think isn�t supposed to matter.�
	"Permission to approach."
	"You can't handle the truth"
	�In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories.�
	"No further questions your honor"
	"May I beg the court�s indulgence for a moment?"
	"The evidence is overwhelming."
	"If the glove fits, you must acquit"
	" I'm holding you in contempt of court."
	"Goku"

zedprime: Jun 9, 2007; yospos

Earwicker posted:

i was a juror on a three week murder trial in manhattan

this was during the height of Law and Order's popularity, and most of the lawyers' questions during voir dire consisted of asking people whether or not they watched that show (or CSI) and getting rid of anyone who admitted they did

for some reason i wasn't asked this. in fact i dont remember them asking me anything, which is kind of weird, but i ended up on the jury anyway

and i have to say.. the courtroom experience in downtown manhattan, vibe-wise? extremely similar to an episode of Law and Order. i could practically hear the Dun Dun

I was in a civil jury a few weeks ago and the defendant lawyer was specifically looking for detective nerds because his case was getting to the bottom of all this!

"All this" involved trying to cast the plaintiff as an opiate addict but I guess he didn't read his own evidence because he presented a drs visit complaining of med seeking but the med seeking was IM steroids and then also presented another drs visit where the defendant refused opiates while seeking IM steroids because "I can just go smoke weed if I want to manage pain."

I don't know if it was his playbook originally or he realized he lost the room but he spent his entire closing argument trying to sneak in a recommendation for jury nullification because tort is out of control! and mentioning nothing of any evidence and the plaintiff lawyer had to object at one point "I am not a billboard injury lawyer and the case has nothing to do with billboard injury lawyers and ambulance chasers."

Judgement for the plaintiff that probably just paid his immediate medical bills and the lawyer. Anyway I got 3 sandwiches and will get $80 in 6 months and ~~friends who will last forever~~ I told all 11 of them I never want to see them again.

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zedprime: Jun 9, 2007; yospos

I wasn't on the jury rolls for something like 8 years because there was a computer glitch when I moved to the parish that took them 10 years to figure out (i.e. it started before I even moved there) and 3 years to fix.

Sometimes the birthday paradox just means your number never comes up.

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