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HOW TO AVOID JURY DUTY c&p
MMOMEQ-55
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New Wrinkle On Avoiding Jury Duty
In no uncertain terms, a Montana man tells judge why he won't serve
APRIL 30--There are probably better ways to avoid jury duty than the approach recently taken by a Montana man. After Erik Slye, 36, received a jury notice earlier this year, he filed a notarized affidavit seeking to be excused from serving on a District Court panel in Gallatin County. Slye's caustic affidavit, which he prepared with help from his wife Jennifer, can be found below. The document, of course, did not sit well with court officials and led a judge to threaten to jail Slye. But after being summoned to court, Slye apologized for the affidavit and avoided being cited on a criminal failure to appear rap. And he also was excused from serving on a jury. (1 page)
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0430091jury1.html
lol, At Least he was honest and didn't come up with some big fabricated lie. Read what he wrote...
In no uncertain terms, a Montana man tells judge why he won't serve
APRIL 30--There are probably better ways to avoid jury duty than the approach recently taken by a Montana man. After Erik Slye, 36, received a jury notice earlier this year, he filed a notarized affidavit seeking to be excused from serving on a District Court panel in Gallatin County. Slye's caustic affidavit, which he prepared with help from his wife Jennifer, can be found below. The document, of course, did not sit well with court officials and led a judge to threaten to jail Slye. But after being summoned to court, Slye apologized for the affidavit and avoided being cited on a criminal failure to appear rap. And he also was excused from serving on a jury. (1 page)
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0430091jury1.html
lol, At Least he was honest and didn't come up with some big fabricated lie. Read what he wrote...
Comments
My mom is the Court Clerk there.
Would work like garlic against a vampire.
the world may never know
As far as I know...we still have freedom of expression in this country....as long as he showed for duty then there is nothing that they could do...he was not under oath and he didn't violate any law...after all he was not in Court so "contempt of Court" would not apply...
mess'em if they can't take a joke...the last Jury Duty questionaire I received they asked my wife's profession and I wrote "none of your business"..and frankly its not...I am not under any legal obligation to tell anyone my or her profession...they can kiss my *..and I'm a cop
regarding the testicle question...there is a qualitative difference between a toy poodle's ball wrinkle volume vs. a English Mastiff's Ball wrinkle volume....
Let us not even mention the Shar Pei!!
I am anxiously awaiting MY chance to serve on a jury. Haven't been called yet. Bummer.
hasn't any at all.[8D]
Really haven't looked that closely but I think my Dachshund
hasn't any at all.[8D]
Balls or wrinkles?
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quote:Originally posted by MMOMEQ-55
Really haven't looked that closely but I think my Dachshund
hasn't any at all.[8D]
Balls or wrinkles?
Wrinkles LMAO
First he says he can't serve because he can't take off work, then says he doesn't want to serve because he doesn't belive in the justice system.
Well, which is it gonna be fella?
On the other hand, I dislike stupid people.
If this nitwit dislikes the jury system, I wonder which system of justice he prefers.
Maybe he would have been happy living in Russia in 1938.
Say one bad word about Stalin and you were thrown in the Gulag.
No jury would decide your guilt or innocence.
After a few years of starvation rations in the freezing cold of Siberia, you would be worked to death.
Doubt it will ever happen, but I completely agree with you.
Jon
I have seen the same opinions expressed numerous times right here on these forums.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
The problem with the courts system is that to many innocent people are going to jail. You have 2 lawyers in a court room both trying to prove the other wrong. Neither side cares about the truth. Both will manipulate the facts to prove their point. A just system would be where both sides work together to find the truth. A just system would be one that everyone, no matter what race, gender, or social status gets the same punishment for the same crime. A just system would be one that when the prosecuting attorney screws up and sends an innocent man to jail the prosecutor replaces him in jail and spends equal time in jail.[8D]
Never spent much time in a court, have you?
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
"I'm really excited to be on a jury. Tell me, is it a BLACK person?"
or
"If we recommend the death penalty, do we get to WATCH?"
In local court I did get called for a DUI but was booted by the defense when he asked if anyone had ever driven after taking prescription meds and I indicated NO.
But it's a duty
Then you have people on the jury, making virtually nothing, and they're supposed to sort it all out.
White people!
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[:D][:D][:D]We hunt and eat bear too.[;)]
Now that I'm retired I'm not so happy to get called but at least it does give me something to do. I just wish I didn't have to drive so far.
If the day ever comes when you face a jury, I hope you think about how hard you have tried to damage this system.
Our system is not perfect, far from it, but tell me one that is better.
It is an honor to be called to serve on a jury.
1. Jury duty isn't fun but it's a part of our judicial system and it's a good part. We don't want a system like other countries where a panel of professional jurists sit in judgment. We want to be tried by a jury of our peers, like it says in the Constitution. It really is a civic duty and responsibility of decent citizens to participate.
2. Writing such a vulgar and insulting letter to the court was just about the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Sending such a crude, profanity-laced message to anyone would be crass in the extreme, but sending it to a judge was a real * move. If I had been the judge he would have served 24 hours in lockup for contempt.
But that's just my opinion.
I just got finished with a year on the federal jury here in Kentucky. An absolute joke. Why don't they choose folks who are drawing a government check to fill those spots and let the people with jobs go to thier jobs? How many lost hours do you think employers have to make up for every year because of jury duty? It kind of worked out for me, because I would stop at all the pawn shops while I was in town. There were people who actually had to drive over 100 miles just to show up and not get picked. The pay was a penance as well. You would think the federal government would have to follow the minimum wage laws that they created, but they certainly don't.
I certainly would not want some inner city welfare puke deciding my fate if I were charged with something...I would want a jury of my peers.