Thank you for standing up

Stay safe out there!

When my husband and I were faced with a difficult situation in having to attend a neighborhood Christmas party attended by MAGAS, I went into my anthropologist mode, observing them as though they were exotic tribal members.

We also got some wonderful stories. So do it for the stories! Also stay safe. Please tell us how it went, it could be funny or even satisfying 😆.

You'll probably be fine. 👍

Think of the jury nullification possibilities!

I blame everything on space lasers, believe the earth is flat, police are lizard people, ect.... I never get called, Its just one form of anti fascist protest I use.

It takes a lot out of you. I made a hung jury twice. The other jurist knew he was innocent but just wanted to go home on Friday. He had very bad legal rep there whole defense was he doesn,t have to prove his innocence The other side has to prove his guilt. So they had no evidence at all the police were caught lying and one refused to even show up.

could you say that again, sorry I didn't hear you, what the fuck did you say.

My very blue, very liberal mom is in Lampasas county, so she is also sending closer positive vibes to you as well!

🎶🎵Now's your inning
Stand the world on its ear
Set it spinning
That'll be just the beginning🎶🎵

It is in almost all cases a sure way to get selected out of the jury. There are a few rare cases where they will like you, but those will be the interesting court cases.

I wasn't even trying to get out of it.

Jury duty is an awesome experience. Bonus; you get free lunch. 😃

I make pals with the judge real quick. But I do not get fed! Boo!

Therein she learned that the purpose of Grand Juries is something of an anachronism.

I wished it had been me instead of her, since I know a bit more about Constitutional Law and would have enjoyed sparring with the prosecutor. (My wife felt intimidated. )

A criminal jury is a different matter. I have been called and sat in the jury room with a cop who was also called. Neither of us were selected for the jury, which was good thing, since just sitting there, I'd already decided that the smirking defendant- charged with making rascist terroristic threats - was guilty. It wouldn't have been a fair trial were I on the jury.

You may be called for a trivial case, but on a serious case you have the opportunity to show decency where it otherwise would not exist.

Doing good in an indecent world often takes courage.

That is what I wish for you, courage.

Be safe and well.

I was on a jury where the foreman was a complete moron and misogynist. The issue was a date-rape assault. The foreman said he knew the guy’s Dad who was a great guy, so the girl had to be lying. He almost got everybody besides me to vote guilty in the first ten minutes based just on that. I had to make sure we talked about the actual evidence. In the end, we voted guilty. It would have been a lot easier to get the actual issues addressed had I been the foreman. Lesson learned.

Two years later I was in a restaurant and was confronted by the defendant, now out after doing two years in jail. I told him he might have gotten off if he’d just taken the stand and that he should blame his lawyer, not me. It worked!

Jury duty is a fundamental element of our judicial system. Juries represent the morals of the community.

I’ve served on four juries, 3 criminal and one civil. I’ll serve again if called. Like voting, jury duty is a privilege of living in a democracy.

God luck and good wishes. I hope politics will stop at the courthouse steps.

Keep us posted.

I think it's important that we show up for jury duty to support our system.

Let us know (if you can) how things go....