Has anyone here sat on on a jury before?
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Twice. I’m not the one who they would suspect of believing in jury nullification, but thats what I did both times.
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Way to violate the separation of powers. Jurors shouldn't be making law any more than judges.MikeDamone said:Twice. I’m not the one who they would suspect of believing in jury nullification, but thats what I did both times.
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Chris Rock said it best (paraphrase):
"That's not a jury of my peers. That's 12 people not smart enough to get out of jury duty!" -
I served on 3 juries - one in Snohomo county and 2 in Pacific county. Let the guy go on an assault with a deadly weapon as the prosecuting attorney blew that by not having a detailed map of the interior of the house. I was foreman and told him afterwards why we let him go.
Here is Pacific County they are really simple. My wife and I both got picked to be on the jury. The judge asked if anyone had doubts about serving. I raised my hand and explained that if they wanted a quick decision that my wife and I could drag it out for a couple days. Got a good laugh but we both stayed. Convicted him of lying to a game warden. Guy was an asshole (game warden) but that was not what we were there to determine.
Forgot what the other one was it was so inconsequential.
I don't mind being selected - I think it is kind of fun -
I sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. Felt I owed it to them.
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The Throbber's uncle-in-law is an attorney in Pacific County.LebamDawg said:I served on 3 juries - one in Snohomo county and 2 in Pacific county. Let the guy go on an assault with a deadly weapon as the prosecuting attorney blew that by not having a detailed map of the interior of the house. I was foreman and told him afterwards why we let him go.
Here is Pacific County they are really simple. My wife and I both got picked to be on the jury. The judge asked if anyone had doubts about serving. I raised my hand and explained that if they wanted a quick decision that my wife and I could drag it out for a couple days. Got a good laugh but we both stayed. Convicted him of lying to a game warden. Guy was an asshole (game warden) but that was not what we were there to determine.
Forgot what the other one was it was so inconsequential.
I don't mind being selected - I think it is kind of fun
Pretty sure he's running guns for the IRA, representing the Cartel and generally laundering money for most foreign organized crime families.
Good times heading to reunions, let me tell you. Keeps your head on a swivel, that's for sure.
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Take this shit to the concentration camps thread where it belongs!Alexis said:I sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. Felt I owed it to them.
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I won’t ever convict anyone of an unjust law or abuse of police power. Fuck that and fuck you.YellowSnow said:
Way to violate the separation of powers. Jurors shouldn't be making law any more than judges.MikeDamone said:Twice. I’m not the one who they would suspect of believing in jury nullification, but thats what I did both times.
I bet you would have convicted someone of harboring a runaway slave in 1850. -
Wow, Damone. Great fucking argument. And better yet coming from the guy who refers to the freer of the slaves as a “piece of shit”.MikeDamone said:
I won’t ever convict anyone of an unjust law or abuse of police power. Fuck that and fuck you.YellowSnow said:
Way to violate the separation of powers. Jurors shouldn't be making law any more than judges.MikeDamone said:Twice. I’m not the one who they would suspect of believing in jury nullification, but thats what I did both times.
I bet you would have convicted someone of harboring a runaway slave in 1850. -
He didn’t free anyone. The north was already free. He didn’t have jurisdiction over the south at the time.YellowSnow said:
Wow, Damone. Great fucking argument. And better yet coming from the guy who refers to the freer of the slaves as a “piece of shit”.MikeDamone said:
I won’t ever convict anyone of an unjust law or abuse of police power. Fuck that and fuck you.YellowSnow said:
Way to violate the separation of powers. Jurors shouldn't be making law any more than judges.MikeDamone said:Twice. I’m not the one who they would suspect of believing in jury nullification, but thats what I did both times.
I bet you would have convicted someone of harboring a runaway slave in 1850.
So would you convict someone for harboring a runaway slave or not? That was the law.
Would you convict a black man who married a white woman? That was against the law. Would you convict someone for resisting arrest when no charges were brought on them other than resisting? That’s the law. Would you have someone put in a cage for having some pot? That was the law.
