Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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They are all adeptly trained to use, abuse or hide behind the law, which ever suits their need/case.
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They do seem to make the law as complicated as possible. Keeps them employed and their clients confused.
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Should I ever commit a crime, that's the lawyer I will be looking for!!
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A reminder, the topic is about being summoned for jury duty in Ocala and what to expect.
Feel free to start another thread about the legal profession. Moderator
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I would state Lawyers run the country You really expect me to believe either side
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You all watch way too many FICTIONAL crime shows on TV.
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I also got the letter two days ago. I'm over 70 so could get excused but I think it would be interesting.
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Had wanted to go to some of these but am now busy caring for quite senior parents so cannot take big chunks of the day away from them. I often get challenged as soon as they hear I have a law degree ( U of MN, Class of 1989) as well as my hobby of advocating for better materials in libraries and online for survivors/victims of crimes. I do this by creating an on-going dialog between many different groups in communities like social workers, religious leaders, lawyers, teachers, librarians, students, media leaders, celebrities, victim/witness assistance providers, etc. This is basically just applying some collection development techniques and putting them on overdrive. I learned some of this from the U of Denver Graduate School of Librarianship and Information Management. (Class of May 1984). I call this the 224 613 Project. I have also had to try to explain that and how this developed when interacting with some of the Court Administrators involved. The Sonoma County CA judge I had for the jury service has seen me around their courthouse when I was evaluating their law librarian in terms of what I saw were the needs of survivors/victims of crimes. The prosecutor challenged me that time in 1994. Not sure why. It was just a drug dealing prosecution. I had checked the law library in Clearwater too. Pinellas County. It had very little that would have been useful to survivors/victims of crimes. I have not even been able to find a law library for Sumter County. Did not see any law library up in the Federal Courthouse in Ocala, neither. There is a great deal online now though for survivors/victims of crimes as well as via other sources like Apps and the like. Last edited by Taltarzac725; 10-12-2019 at 08:31 AM. |
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The jury was eight people if I remember correctly. Once I was dismissed from the Jury Pool I went to Paddock Mall and had lunch and then went to see Avatar in 3D at the Hollywood 16 theater. I have had a real fixation on movies and their details since viewing Outbreak with my mother in Petaluma, CA in 1995. This had been filmed in that area of Northern CA. Outbreak (1995) - Rotten Tomatoes |
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Jury duty is a civic duty. You should not try to get out of it. Wouldn't you want someone like you to be on the jury if you were accused of a crime?
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I too believe serving can be an interesting experience while contributing to the needs of our society.
However, I chose to opt out (over 80) because I dislike being in significant, do nothing wait/down time and then wait some more endeavors. I also do not "herd" very well. |
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A problem with performing a civic duty?
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No. Just being honest. I would not be a good juror because I could not give equal weight to the defense and prosecution cases. Based on my experience and knowledge about how trials are conducted, I would have an extreme bias against the defense attorney's case.
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Yes, you probably would, but you would need to testify in your own defense and be believable. But, your attorney would probably advise you not to testify. I have never understood why an innocent person would not testify. To me, it is almost an admission of guilt.
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