[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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