Bloody Jury Service

[NickFitz]

My guess would be claiming to know the accused, e.g. we once had a bar brawl / disagreement so I'm not comfortable being on the jury ...

As TheFaQQer pointed out earlier, that doesn't work - you'll just be assigned to another case.

You aren't called to serve on the jury in a specific case, you are called to be available for whichever case they assign you to. There's never any lack of cases. If you tried to pull that stunt every time, you'd still be there for two weeks; although after the third or fourth time, you'd be more likely to be getting done for contempt.

[Gonzo]

As TheFaQQer pointed out earlier, that doesn't work - you'll just be assigned to another case.

You aren't called to serve on the jury in a specific case, you are called to be available for whichever case they assign you to. There's never any lack of cases. If you tried to pull that stunt every time, you'd still be there for two weeks; although after the third or fourth time, you'd be more likely to be getting done for contempt.

There was some interesting stuff on the wall inside the waiting room about how much effort they have to put into predicting the likely number of jurors required in advance by the pipeline of cases (well it was interesing enough when you are hanging around scratching for things to do ).

It throws a complete spanner in the works though when the defendent pleads guilty at the last minute so that the trial ends up being canned*.





*I do realise that this is the better outcome for the taxpayer.

[TheFaQQer]

It throws a complete spanner in the works though when the defendent pleads guilty at the last minute so that the trial ends up being canned*.

Yep - a day or so waiting for it to start, and then nothing happens.

When I did it, the jury steward person said "at least the children won't have to testify" which I took to be a VERY good sign.

[Cyberman]

I'd love to do jury service, but I've never been asked.

[oracleslave]

I'd love to do jury service, but I've never been asked.

I think there is a lesson for you somewhere in there

[Cyberman]

I think there is a lesson for you somewhere in there

Well, I've been a witness twice, been summonsed twice and had my life threatened in court. It seems to be the next natural step !!