I've been summoned for jury duty

[Vanessa]

I don't want to go. :bawling: Has any of you done it before? I'm scared :worry:

[Morgan.]

My mum was there for two weeks before and she didn't get called once so it was very likely it'll just be a waste of time but if not then just do what you have to do I suppose.

[Vanessa]

My mum was there for two weeks before and she didn't get called once so it was very likely it'll just be a waste of time but if not then just do what you have to do I suppose.

It sounds interesting, but scary at the same time :laugh:

[Niamh.]

Ugh why does everyone complain about that? I want to be called so badly but never have :bawling:

[Vanessa]

Ugh why does everyone complain about that? I want to be called so badly but never have :bawling:

Do you? :laugh:

[Niamh.]

Do you? :laugh:

Yeah I think it would be really interesting :laugh:

[Vanessa]

Yeah I think it would be really interesting :laugh:

I can take two weeks off work. But if it lasts longer then Im not sure I will be able to do it. I will have to talk to my boss at work.

[LukeB]

I can take two weeks off work. But if it lasts longer then Im not sure I will be able to do it. I will have to talk to my boss at work.

I think if it goes on longer your work has to let you have it off and you can claim to get your wages if your work doesn’t pay you

[Crimson Dynamo]

keep it

i would refuse

[Vanessa]

I think if it goes on longer your work has to let you have it off and you can claim to get your wages if your work doesn’t pay you

But I have rent to pay and who knows how long it will take to get the money back?

[Niamh.]

I can take two weeks off work. But if it lasts longer then Im not sure I will be able to do it. I will have to talk to my boss at work.

yeah I'm pretty sure your boss has to allow you time off for as long as it takes tbh

[smudgie]

Been summoned three times and been excused three times.
I really have no idea why they keep sending for me.:shrug:

[Vanessa]

yeah I'm pretty sure your boss has to allow you time off for as long as it takes tbh

Yes, but I have rent to pay every month. So if its longer than tow weeks I'll tell them I can't go anymore.

[Cherie]

When they ask you if you have read anything about the case say yes, then you will be bumped off...(not literally of course, unless it's huge drug trial where the jury members are at risk :worry:)

[Vanessa]

Been summoned three times and been excused three times.
I really have no idea why they keep sending for me.:shrug:

They like you :laugh:

[Vanessa]

When they ask you if you have read anything about the case say yes, then you will be bumped off...(not literally of course, unless it's huge drug trial where the jury members are at risk :worry:)

D:

[Alf]

Well if it's a good looking man in the dock, he's getting a not guilty verdict.

[Vanessa]

And my phone number :hehe:Well if it's a good looking man in the dock, he's getting a not guilty verdict.

[Oliver_W]

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Take their advice

[Cherie]

D:

:joker: I have read too many John Grisham novels

[bots]

D:

just blow the defendant a kiss in court and the prosecution will have you removed from the jury :laugh:

[Jordan.]

Well if it's a good looking man in the dock, he's getting a not guilty verdict.

And my phone number :hehe:

Screaming

[Cal.]

Not Ness arguing with the rest of the jury that Ted Bundy is just being himself and having a laugh and getting pizza and beer for the jury verdict

[Vanessa]

:joker:Not Ness arguing with the rest of the jury that Ted Bundy is just being himself and having a laugh and getting pizza and beer for the jury verdict

[bots]

at least the stabbed them face to face rather than in the back :joker:

[user104658]

Yes, but I have rent to pay every month. So if its longer than tow weeks I'll tell them I can't go anymore.

You don't really get given the option... there are only a few circumstances under which you can refuse jury service, and work isn't one of them, sadly.

That said, chances are that you either won't "get picked" anyway, or it'll be some piddly little case that'll only be one day in court. "Big cases" are pretty rare.

[Niamh.]

at least the stabbed them face to face rather than in the back :joker:

:laugh2:

[caprimint]

Omg I really wanna do this

[AnnieK]

My best friend has just completed a jury service - she got a pretty awful trial (child abuse) which lasted a few days and wasn't called upon on the other days so she was excused around lunch time each day.

[caprimint]

Not Ness arguing with the rest of the jury that Ted Bundy is just being himself and having a laugh and getting pizza and beer for the jury verdict
:joker:

[Vanessa]

You don't really get given the option... there are only a few circumstances under which you can refuse jury service, and work isn't one of them, sadly.

That said, chances are that you either won't "get picked" anyway, or it'll be some piddly little case that'll only be one day in court. "Big cases" are pretty rare.

I know, I just worry I will get sacked if I take too much time off work.

[Vanessa]

My best friend has just completed a jury service - she got a pretty awful trial (child abuse) which lasted a few days and wasn't called upon on the other days so she was excused around lunch time each day.

That sounds awful ::bawling:

[Vanessa]

:worry:at least the stabbed them face to face rather than in the back :joker:

[Denver]

Perched for a serial murder being let on the loose because Ness fancies him

[Vanessa]

:laugh:Perched for a serial murder being let on the loose because Ness fancies him

[Vicky.]

I always wanted to do this

My grandmother was called once and it turned out the trial was for her next door neighbours son, who she used to babysit :D She got out of it.

[Tom4784]

I know, I just worry I will get sacked if I take too much time off work.

I don't think they can do that, not for Jury Service.

[AnnieK]

I know, I just worry I will get sacked if I take too much time off work.

They cannot sack you for jury service as it is a legal requirement.

[Vanessa]

At least its next year, so I still have time to plan my holidays.

[bots]

i'm not sure if its the same at all authorities, but i think they have moved to a system where you can get called to cases over a period of a week or something. So you have to attend each day, and you may or may not be assigned to a trial

[jaxie]

People I know who have done it have only done about 4 days before being discharged. The longer than two week cases aren't as common as you think.

[Greg!]

Well if it's a good looking man in the dock, he's getting a not guilty verdict.

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[Vanessa]

People I know who have done it have only done about 4 days before being discharged. The longer than two week cases aren't as common as you think.

Oh right, that sounds good. I hope I don't get some big case :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

it will be 2 robbers, both straight and good looking and pals. Both caught in the act by CCTV.

after 11 guilty verdicts around the table will come Ness and her "Not guilty.. and can i get that cctv as a gif, the bit where they cuddled?"


:idc:

[Vanessa]

:laugh:it will be 2 robbers, both straight and good looking and pals. Both caught in the act by CCTV.

after 11 guilty verdicts around the table will come Ness and her "Not guilty.. and can i get that cctv as a gif, the bit where they cuddled?"


:idc:

[Cherie]

it will be 2 robbers, both straight and good looking and pals. Both caught in the act by CCTV.

after 11 guilty verdicts around the table will come Ness and her "Not guilty.. and can i get that cctv as a gif, the bit where they cuddled?"


:idc:

:joker: Vanessa will argue that they have a great friendship and that the CCTV is lying

[Vanessa]

Trust me to get the big murder case D:

[RileyH]

My mum loves crime shows and all that but she HATED doing it, my dad has been called to do it recently as well

[Vanessa]

I love watching criminal court cases on TV shows. But being in a real court will be different. Exciting, but scary.

[Oliver_W]

I'd hate to be on a jury. I'd probably say I'm friends with the defendant or something so I get off.

[caprimint]

it will be 2 robbers, both straight and good looking and pals. Both caught in the act by CCTV.

after 11 guilty verdicts around the table will come Ness and her "Not guilty.. and can i get that cctv as a gif, the bit where they cuddled?"


:idc:
Oh my god :joker::joker::joker:

[Mitchell]

Well if it's a good looking man in the dock, he's getting a not guilty verdict.

And my phone number :hehe:

Ugh iconic queen

[Gstar]

I’m jealous I would love to be called for this :( but yeah, do it!

Do you have to be a British citizen to be chosen? (No shade)

[Matthew.]

Trust me to get the big murder case D:

did you actually

[Crimson Dynamo]

Well if it's a good looking man in the dock, he's getting a not guilty verdict.

And my phone number :hehe:

:laugh2:

[Matthew.]

At least its next year, so I still have time to plan my holidays.

next bloody year? why the long wait?

[Vanessa]

next bloody year? why the long wait?

No idea. That's what it says on the letter I got.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Ness can you tell which one here is guilty and needs punishing?

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[Vanessa]

Ness can you tell which one here is guilty and needs punishing?

https://media.gq.com/photos/55828c60e52bc4b477a98048/master/w_800/blogs-the-feed-thunder-down-under-g-string-robber.jpg

:joker:

[Shaun]

Judge: Will the jury foreperson please stand? Has the jury reached a unanimous verdict?
Vanessa: Yes. The jury finds the defendant soooo funny :flutter: :joker:

[RileyH]

Judge: Will the jury foreperson please stand? Has the jury reached a unanimous verdict?
Vanessa: Yes. The jury finds the defendant soooo funny :flutter: :joker:

:joker::joker:

[Jordan.]

Judge: Will the jury foreperson please stand? Has the jury reached a unanimous verdict?
Vanessa: Yes. The jury finds the defendant soooo funny :flutter: :joker:

Bye

[Vanessa]

If the accused are all that hot then I'm in trouble :joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Also remember Ness that if they look foreign then they will be guilty

:suspect:

[Vanessa]

Also remember Ness that if they look foreign then they will be guilty

:suspect:

OK. :laugh:

[rusticgal]

I loved every minute of my 2 weeks...

About a year after I was requested for jury service at the old Bailey but I was pregnant and couldn't do it...I was gutted.
You will love it Vanessa...but find them not guilty just because they are hot...it doesn't work that way :laugh:

[Vanessa]

I loved every minute of my 2 weeks...

About a year after I was requested for jury service at the old Bailey but I was pregnant and couldn't do it...I was gutted.
You will love it Vanessa...but find them not guilty just because they are hot...it doesn't work that way :laugh:
I know, I'm just joking. I will try my best :laugh:

[arista]

I don't want to go. :bawling: Has any of you done it before? I'm scared :worry:



I do not blame you.

[Beso]

But I have rent to pay and who knows how long it will take to get the money back?

In scotland you collect the money on exit..or did when i was called up..i found it funny being in a different seat as i had been as a younger me..and i never added any extra zeros to my claims form...just go..you may not be picked anyway.:shrug:

[Garfie]

I've done jury service and it really isn't anything to worry about. I was there for the whole two weeks and sat on the jury for 3 cases, all lasting for 2-3 days each. It was so interesting to see how a court works and to follow the details of the cases. I really enjoyed it.

The majority of cases are pretty short so it's unlikely that you will be there for longer than 2 weeks, and as others have said, you might not get called at all.

You will know by about 10-11am each day whether you have been called and, if you are not, you can go home or return to work if you want to. However, there is no need to go into work if you are sent home as either way, you will definitely be paid, even if you should be required to be there longer than 2 weeks - your employer cannot sack you if that happens to be the case.

No need to worry about any of these things, and I'm sure you will enjoy it when the time comes.

[MB.]

I'd hate to be on a jury. I'd probably say I'm friends with the defendant or something so I get off.

The Question Jury shade?

[Maru]

Guilty!

[Mystic Mock]

I've never done it before and personally I wouldn't want to.

If I'm not mistaken though you do get into quite a bit of trouble if you are found out to have skipped jury duty and aren't really sick.

Personally I think that the best system for jury duty would be to have people volunteer themselves forward rather than forcing people into doing it that would rather be anywhere else.

[Ammi]

...I think Oprah has served on jury, Vanessa...you’re the new and our very own Oprah, is what you are, Vanessa..:lovedup:...(..and you’ll be fine, you’ll love the experience..)...

[Saph]

Judge: Will the jury foreperson please stand? Has the jury reached a unanimous verdict?
Vanessa: Yes. The jury finds the defendant soooo funny :flutter: :joker:

:joker:

[thesheriff443]

Also remember Ness that if they look foreign then they will be guilty

:suspect:

Nessa being Italian she must be in the mafia lt

[thesheriff443]

The suspect should be more afraid of nessa being on the jury she has the worst judgment when it comes to men.

[Brillopad]

Well if it's a good looking man in the dock, he's getting a not guilty verdict.

Just what I was thinking - regardless of what terrible crime he may have committed. A bit worrying really.

[Brillopad]

:laugh:

You may be his next victim!

[user104658]

Personally I think that the best system for jury duty would be to have people volunteer themselves forward rather than forcing people into doing it that would rather be anywhere else.

Nah, then you wouldn't get a "jury of peers", you'd get a jury of wannabe judges.

The point of the way it's done, is that you're supposed to get a selection of "normal people".

[GoldHeart]

Yeah I think it would be really interesting :laugh:

It's a responsibility not everyone wants . I'm not sure if I'd want to .

[Withano]

I've never understood why they do this. There are people with Law degrees, who live for **** like this. Why cant people be hired to do this as a job, instead of getting Joe-public to engage with something they dont care for and will likely have no background in.

[MTVN]

I've never understood why they do this. There are people with Law degrees, who live for **** like this. Why cant people be hired to do this as a job, instead of getting Joe-public to engage with something they dont care for and will likely have no background in.

It's a really fundamental part of the law that its your peers and equals who judge you though not a class of well off professional lawyers

[Withano]

It's a really fundamental part of the law that its your peers and equals who judge you though not a class of well off professional lawyers

Not lawyers. Just people with a bachelors in law, or a basic understanding of the law. (Although I didnt know that, that is helpful.. I just think my idea is better).

[James]

I don't want to go. :bawling: Has any of you done it before? I'm scared :worry:

I did it a few years ago. I was nervous about it beforehand but I found it interesting.

I got called up again recently but I found out a day or so before that I didn't have to go.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I think my criminal record precludes me from this anyroad, so every cloud..