Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 03:36:21 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Mail-In Voting Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <68-cndeZBcdJV5n7nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com> <1469537007.734560420.592632.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <6s8h1jhscvacm65g7gqifmr443j0vrqir6@4ax.com> <712400235.734590676.026739.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Content-Language: en-US From: trotsky In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 71 Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 08:36:22 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 4427 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c5ca0b1fb63aa9$25329$3349862$52d51861@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 4833 On 4/12/24 3:42 AM, BTR1701 wrote: > In article > <712400235.734590676.026739.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>, > anim8rfsk wrote: > >> The Horny Goat wrote: >>> On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:47:40 -0700, anim8rfsk >>> wrote: >>> >>>> So first you take a cab to the bus stop or have the girlfriend drop you >>>> off. Then you spend an hour or two on the bus (starting at six in the >>>> morning) to get to the bad neighborhood where the court is. Then you go in >>>> And sign in and sit. And wait. This is your Monday. If they don't get to >>>> you, you get to repeat it Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday. And Friday. >>>> If they never get to you Friday, you're excused. If you're chosen, you >>>> can get a trial lasting anywhere from one day to six months. >>>> >>>> But the bastards lie to you and say you can't be excused because it's >>>> only one day of your time. >>> >>> I was excused on compassionate grounds once - the court date was about >>> 3-4 weeks after my mother (who was the driving force behind the family >>> business) was fatally run over at an out of town trade show) >>> >> >> We used to have a half a dozen different grounds you could ask for an >> excuse on. They had a list on the form and you check it off. I know they >> had indispensable to business. And I got out of it once as a caregiver when >> I was able to convince them there wasn’t anybody else. And they had >> financial hardship if it was gonna cost you 1000 bucks or something. But >> that was back in the 20th century and bit by bit they removed them until it >> says there are no excuses because it’s only one day. >> >> But even that’s not true. They will still take a medical excuse if your >> doctor will write you a note. > > In CA, Are you talking about California or Canada? there's exceptions written into the law that they have no > discretion about granting. If you meet them, it's an automatic pass. > > One of them is that you can decline to serve if you're a certified peace > officer (cop) and they have a whole list of like 20 different types of > cops that qualify, everything from a standard beat cop to a fish and > game warden, but federal agents are nowhere on that list so I still had > to go about six years ago when I got the notice. > > I actually ended up serving on the jury. I was stunned. During voir dire, neither the prosecution nor the defense seemed to have any > problem with me being both a lawyer and a federal cop. (It was an > aggravated DUI case.) > > Even the judge, who has everyone's forms up on the bench, was perplexed. > As they were about to move on to the next potential juror, she stopped > them, then asked me if I would have any problem presuming the defendant > innocent given my background in law enforcement. She was obviously > trying to signal to the defense that I was a cop in case he missed it. I > said I felt I could and the defense still asked me no questions and > didn't object at all. > > So I ended up getting picked for the jury. My boss didn't believe me. He > thought for sure I was just saying I got picked so I could take a few > days off. He even showed up in the courtroom to watch one morning of > testimony. > > (We found the guy guilty.)