I got a Jury Duty summons.

[tnu]

Well I got m y first Jury Duty summons. I may be able to get o ut of it on medical grounds though. WHat do you guys think I should do?

[Travis Retriever]

I wish I knew how to help.  I'll keep my fingers crossed out that you don't have to go, for what that's worth.

[Ibrahim90]

Well I got m y first Jury Duty summons. I may be able to get o ut of it on medical grounds though. WHat do you guys think I should do?

well, if your health is too poor, don't go. they can't stop you. just make sure you filled out the paperwork to your advantage.

[MrBogosity]

Do it. After you read this: http://fija.org/

It's a shame that most liberty-minded people try to get out of it, leaving the government-worshipping statists who are proud to do their duty. It's like a social stacking of the deck that government LOVES.

[nilecroc]

You should just flee the country. Beats dying of boredom.

[Ibrahim90]

Do it. After you read this: http://fija.org/

It's a shame that most liberty-minded people try to get out of it, leaving the government-worshipping statists who are proud to do their duty. It's like a social stacking of the deck that government LOVES.

yea, there is that chance that he can induce nullification; or at least, try.

[Travis Retriever]

Do it. After you read this: http://fija.org/

It's a shame that most liberty-minded people try to get out of it, leaving the government-worshipping statists who are proud to do their duty. It's like a social stacking of the deck that government LOVES.

I'll have to remember that if ever I get called (read: forced) into jury duty.

Probably because a moral and liberty loving person doesn't want to have a gun pointed at them to serve in a jury *and* doesn't want anything to do with the state.  Funny how that works, huh?  One more reason the state courts *can't* work.  If a free market for healthcare or any other market is the "only system that can work" it applies to courts/military/police/leaders too.  End of.

[MrBogosity]

yea, there is that chance that he can induce nullification; or at least, try.

Or at the very least, be a voice of reason when it comes to things like eyewitness testimony.

[dallen68]

For whatever you think it's worth, I found my jury experience quite rewarding.

[MrBogosity]

For whatever you think it's worth, I found my jury experience quite rewarding.

Tell us about it.

[MrBogosity]

Here's Neil deGrasse Tyson's experience (start at 38:14 if the embed doesn't work right):

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EDIT: By the way, make sure you stay tuned for Jury Duty II.

[dallen68]

I was on a grand jury for the US District Court in 2005.

What I learned while I was there:

1. The overwhelming majority of cases brought to the US district court are IP related. The average age of the accused in these cases: 15.
2. It's possible to have an anti-tank gun parked in your garage, without your wife noticing until after you get divorced. It's also entirely possible for said wife to tip NCIS off about the thing she had absolutely no knowledge of.
3. It is illegal to import sand from Afghanistan.

[Ibrahim90]

I was on a grand jury for the US District Court in 2005.

What I learned while I was there:

1. The overwhelming majority of cases brought to the US district court are IP related. The average age of the accused in these cases: 15.
2. It's possible to have an anti-tank gun parked in your garage, without your wife noticing until after you get divorced. It's also entirely possible for said wife to tip NCIS off about the thing she had absolutely no knowledge of.
3. It is illegal to import sand from Afghanistan.

it is illegal to import sand from Afghanistan....

what drugs were the lawmakers on that day? tell me this isn't a real law!

[Travis Retriever]

it is illegal to import sand from Afghanistan....

what drugs were the lawmakers on that day? tell me this isn't a real law!

The one about file-sharing he presented was crazy too.  average age of 15?  Good lord, talk about ruining lives.

[dallen68]

@ Ibrahim, Apparently there's military regs about what you can and can not take from a combat zone, and soil is on that list. When the soldiers are being processed out of country, they have to put all their stuff on a mat and someone actually inspects their stuff for "indeginous materials."

@ Travis, It wasn't just file sharing, although that was part of it. Some of it was people recording a movie on their iPhone, some of it was getting a new song before it was released, some of it was people using content from a film or whatever on social media sites, oh... The way to make sure you get caught? Use one of those file shredder programs to get rid of the evidence- all it does is move it to a hidden partition on the hard drive, which is accessed by a passkey the FBI already has. The most common name coming up in this? Sony Entertainment.