[nagdu] Jury duty
t21114 at optonline.net
t21114 at optonline.net
Fri Dec 30 21:21:29 UTC 2011
Hi Lyn,
I have been called for jury duty 3 times. never picked.
Marilyn and Anna
----- Original Message -----
From: Lyn Gwizdak
Date: Friday, December 30, 2011 4:16 pm
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Jury duty
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> Lori,
> Don't assume that the court will excuse you for your blindness.
> Are you
> called for county jury service in the Superior Court or the
> Federal Court?
> they both do things differently.
>
> Some of the things one can get a permanent excuse and to be
> taken off the
> list is if you are elderly or have a disability that prevents
> you from
> serving. My sister gets excused because she is developmentally
> disabled and
> she can't understand the proceedings in a court room. Her
> blindness has no
> effect on this.
>
> Like I said, who knows what is in the minds of the lawyers when
> I get
> excused during jury selection on any given case. The lawyers can
> dismiss any
> potential juror for any reason and they don't have to tell you.
> Maybe it is
> the blindness. Maybe I'm not handsome enough - their loss! LOL!
>
> When I did serve as a juror and went the whole way I found it
> very
> educational. I think most people should do it at least once.
> That
> particular case ended up as a "hung jury" where we couldn't
> convict on the
> rules and law the judge set for us. In the courtroom, the judge
> is God and
> we work with the law as he or she interprets it. No democracy there!
>
> While on this jury, I sat in the front row of jurors with my
> guide dog
> there. It was a female yellow Lab named Olivia. I'm sure the
> defendant saw
> her - he had been bitten by a police dog when he got arrested.
> I got a kick
> out of the fact that he was bitten by a dog and he had to sit
> there and see
> my dog. We were on that case for about 3 weeks and Olivia
> learned where the
> jury enterance was located withoout my giving her commands.
> What was funny
> was that that dog remembered where that jury door was YEARS
> later when we
> happened to pass that courthouse!
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "loriandleo"
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users"
>
> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 5:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Jury duty
>
>
> > Thanks Lyn. I'll call in when I'm supposed to and see if I get
> called in
> > or
> > not. Who knows , once they see my questionaire and see that
> I'm blind they
> > might dismissme. But we'll see. Take care.
> >
> > Lori and theGipper
> >
> >
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