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I'm just curious...have you guys read about the Casey Anderson murder case?
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 428379" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Yes, I remember the case well. I watched some of the jury selection (I think on Wednesday when I was home). The issue during the first round is finding enough people who can set aside 6 - 8 weeks of their lives to serve. So hard to do. Such a long time to put your life on hold these days. There was some speculation of our generation now taking care of our parents as well as kids so more commintments, more financial issues. Then going into the summer months with vacations already planned, tickets (airfare and entertainment) already purchased that would cause a financial hardship to cancel without refunds available.</p><p> </p><p>One jurer was excused for religious reasons - she needed to take communion on a daily basis. The judge did not think that would be easy to arrange. </p><p> </p><p>One was going to check on possibility of getting plane tickets refunded (not all airlines will do so) and the judge was going to try to get his ball game tickets switched to another time (the juror is planning on taking his elderly grandmother to a big league ball game). One juror had a trip already planned to see kids he hasn't seen in over three years. One juror has to check with his employer to see if they will give him enough paid leave of absense to serve. I think employers are suppose to hold your job but I am not sure if they have to pay for leaves involving serving on jurys. The list goes on and on.</p><p> </p><p>Once this first round is done determining who can give up 6 - 8 weeks of their lives, then they will be requestioned on different issues such as their personal feelings about this particular case, if they have strong feelings about her guilt or innocents or against the death penalty if it does get to that point, ect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 428379, member: 5096"] Yes, I remember the case well. I watched some of the jury selection (I think on Wednesday when I was home). The issue during the first round is finding enough people who can set aside 6 - 8 weeks of their lives to serve. So hard to do. Such a long time to put your life on hold these days. There was some speculation of our generation now taking care of our parents as well as kids so more commintments, more financial issues. Then going into the summer months with vacations already planned, tickets (airfare and entertainment) already purchased that would cause a financial hardship to cancel without refunds available. One jurer was excused for religious reasons - she needed to take communion on a daily basis. The judge did not think that would be easy to arrange. One was going to check on possibility of getting plane tickets refunded (not all airlines will do so) and the judge was going to try to get his ball game tickets switched to another time (the juror is planning on taking his elderly grandmother to a big league ball game). One juror had a trip already planned to see kids he hasn't seen in over three years. One juror has to check with his employer to see if they will give him enough paid leave of absense to serve. I think employers are suppose to hold your job but I am not sure if they have to pay for leaves involving serving on jurys. The list goes on and on. Once this first round is done determining who can give up 6 - 8 weeks of their lives, then they will be requestioned on different issues such as their personal feelings about this particular case, if they have strong feelings about her guilt or innocents or against the death penalty if it does get to that point, ect. [/QUOTE]
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