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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:29 AM Original message |
more than 160 people don't show for jury duty, people on the street summoned for jury duty |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. i would rather avoid it if possible... |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. i think a lot of people feel that way |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. yeah, someone's gotta do it |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. Don't subpoenas have to contain the name of the person summoned? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yep. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. More fool they for giving their names to total strangers. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. no, but most people do |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Then they should be overjoyed at being shanghaied into jury duty. |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. i'm trying to find something on that |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. a local judge puts out warrants for the arrest of people who don't show |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Same thing happened in Indianapolis last week. n/t |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. as far as i can tell, you can get cited for contempt in colorado |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. What if have a Doctor's appointment or are going... |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. it's a summons |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. And if you not a resident? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. If you aren't at that local address it'd be hard for the deputy |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. If I have my license that proves that I am not a |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. the jury summons list is generated from local tax rolls and the like |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. If they stopped me on the street and gave me a summons... |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. did they try to summon people who didn't live in that jursidiction? |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. They stopped the first person they saw on the street. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. and? |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. you can't serve if you're not a resident of the jurisdiction |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
15. Most are cases where people are suing other people |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Last time I was called, we sat around for a few hours, everyone looked longingly |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. That's happened to me twice. But I don't mind going |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. i've only received a summons once |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I used to be able to get out of it, quite legally, too, |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. yuk. What's up with that |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. They really should offer COMFORTABLE waiting rooms |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. do you have any suggestions for making the system better? |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Well, off the top of my head |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. some good suggestions |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I am not part of the court system but it seems reasonable |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. i didn't know that was a problem in some places |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
36. For lesser cases |
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