WWAWD Jury Duty

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I get picked all the time. It’s

If you're in the US just imply jury nullification its really not that hard. You can't be held accountable or responsible for the result you give as a juror. You also are not required to provide the justification for your verdict. This is not explained to you by anyone during the process for obvious reasons. As a logical entailment of those facts, you are legally justified to rule any way you want regardless of the law. If you feel like a law is unjust you can rule however you want. Telling people about this is a bit of a grey area if you are near a courthouse as there have been first amendment cases won and lost with people passing out literature. There is also a small (albeit non-zero) chance if you "hurrr durrr don't selects me here is the Wikipedia article on jury nullification" a judge will hold you in contempt. That's the same as being disruptive in general.

During voir dire (jury selection process), the attorney will hint at this with various questions. Something to the effect of "would you follow the evidence or would your feelings influence your decisions". Something that hints at ruling in a way that isn't per the law. Just respond that if you feel a law is unjust your moral principles would not allow you to vote that way or some shit. No lawyer would ever select you.



[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/jury_nullification[/URL]

this is why I always try to get on the jury.

 

[PogromStallone]

If you're in the US just imply jury nullification its really not that hard. You can't be held accountable or responsible for the result you give as a juror. You also are not required to provide the justification for your verdict. This is not explained to you by anyone during the process for obvious reasons. As a logical entailment of those facts, you are legally justified to rule any way you want regardless of the law. If you feel like a law is unjust you can rule however you want. Telling people about this is a bit of a grey area if you are near a courthouse as there have been first amendment cases won and lost with people passing out literature. There is also a small (albeit non-zero) chance if you "hurrr durrr don't selects me here is the Wikipedia article on jury nullification" a judge will hold you in contempt. That's the same as being disruptive in general.

During voir dire (jury selection process), the attorney will hint at this with various questions. Something to the effect of "would you follow the evidence or would your feelings influence your decisions". Something that hints at ruling in a way that isn't per the law. Just respond that if you feel a law is unjust your moral principles would not allow you to vote that way or some shit. No lawyer would ever select you.

jury nullification

www.law.cornell.edu

You have autistic knowledge about the weirdest things, lol.

 

[Gimli Son Of Gloin]

You have autistic knowledge about the weirdest things, lol.

Admin is an AI

 

[wbgreen]

I'll be the faggot who says he likes jury duty. I live in the middle of nowhere and rural prosecutors will put innocent people through trial just because they have nothing better to do with their time. Someone has to be there to protect low lifes who didn't do anything wrong.

 

[AwfulManTitTankTop]

I just told them I was an alcoholic and drug addict and they couldn't push me out the door quick enough.

 

[Dog Eater]

I was on a Special Grand Jury last year and honestly I really enjoyed it. The court is only 15 minutes away from my home and it spared me an hour+ commute every Monday for 6 months, not to mention getting to sleep in for 2 hours extra every day. They said that each session would last from "9:30 am to 6:00 pm" but on most days we'd be done before lunch. Longest I was ever there until was 1:30 and some days we just had to come in to do a vote and we'd be done by 10:30.

The cases were all high-profile financial crime, fraud, public corruption, etc. so they were at least interesting and engaging.

lol you were the most powerful person in the state and you didn’t even know it.

 

[ElectricLightKazooII]

I was on standby once and never got called in and have only had to go to the courthouse once. I got to voir dire that day for a minor-sounding traffic case. Sometimes I nod my head while listening to other people talk, but the attorneys always thought I was agreeing with whatever they said and would call me out on it and I'd freeze up. Glad I didn't get picked. Next time I just won't shut up about jury nullification and I may not even have to go through the metal detector before I'm rejected.

One old man in a NASCAR jacket was pissed when they said the plaintiff would have a translator since English wasn't their first language.