tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post6858124070327818207..comments2024-03-28T16:53:39.313-05:00Comments on PawPaw's House: Contempt of Court.Pawpawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-52850449547537848822007-06-27T23:27:00.000-05:002007-06-27T23:27:00.000-05:00When 2/3rds of the people are no-shows, I think th...When 2/3rds of the people are no-shows, I think that there is something going on beyond the desire not to serve for compensation that is pitifully below the minimum wage.<BR/><BR/> I hope it's the mischief that j mentions and not the fact that many in the pool are afraid to serve publicly on that type of jury.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-19424962917612183512007-06-27T19:49:00.000-05:002007-06-27T19:49:00.000-05:00Outstanding post, Pawpaw.This no-show action was p...Outstanding post, Pawpaw.<BR/><BR/>This no-show action was planned, IMHO, in order to make an appeal easier. Watch some of those no-shows eventually have to explain who told them not to show up.<BR/><BR/>This case could have been easily moved to anywhere. Guess why it wasn't? The defense lawyer knows his stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-90645084277044985122007-06-27T12:07:00.000-05:002007-06-27T12:07:00.000-05:00It seems to be the presumption (in the article) th...It seems to be the presumption (in the article) that a black defendant can only receive justice if there are black jurors. This is racist on it's face, to presume that a juror will decide a certain way based upon his ethnicity.<BR/>Also, if race cannot be considered in the selection of jurors, who's to say that an all white jury wouldn't still be selected, even with black jurors in the pool?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-64242231357971893312007-06-27T11:47:00.000-05:002007-06-27T11:47:00.000-05:00The Presiding Judge in my Circuit has been known t...The Presiding Judge in my Circuit has been known to anger at no-shows.<BR/><BR/>When His Honor gets ticked off, he has been known to order deputies out to the streets to direct citizens into the courthouse to serve jury duty.<BR/><BR/>The last time this happened was in the 80's, but it is a constant threat due to no-shows.<BR/><BR/>I pull my jury duty day tomorrow. I will be at the courthouse at 7:30 sharp.Rivrdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685083857476811667noreply@blogger.com