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Originally Posted by casita37
I was summoned a few months ago. Went to Bushnell, as advised, along with quite a few other TV'ers. We sat for about an hour, then were released. The defendants all decided to forego the jury trial. I admit, I was a bit disappointed. I have been summoned in other areas where I lived, but have never actually served. I don't look at it so much as a duty, or a priviledge, (which it is), but I was looking forward to the experience and opportunity to be part of the "system". Maybe next year...
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I do expect some Villagers will be there in Sumter County for Jury Duty. One even showed up on the jury panel for the Federal Courthouse a few years ago for a case involving the Claremont Police Department and a cop who claimed employment discrimination based on his writing some of his reports in Spanish. Some of the other cops evidently made fun of him or at least that what was alleged in the claims. I got bumped by the Judge as he thought I was hiding something. It is kind of hard to speak "the whole truth and nothing but the truth" if you have a very strange story to tell. So, I just told the Judge during voir dire what I could prove.
I do remember a Villager on the sitting jury as well as a retired CIA manager, a veterinarian assistant, and some others.
It was a nice trip to Ocala and I got to see
Avatar in 3D in a movie theater near Paddock Mall.
I also liked some of the stuff TOTVers had written on this old thread, so I decided to use it rather than start a new one.