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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 277530" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>They do it a little differently here - we're a really small rural county. About a hundred people at a time get called up to be on a 'Jury Panel' that serves for three months - they literally draw names out of a box and the first 60 or so people called end up being on the Jury Panel. Whenever there is a jury trial scheduled, this pool of potential jurors has to come in and they pick the jury from this pool of people. It's not always easy because we're such a small community, it's sometimes hard to find people who don't know the defendant, or who aren't related to them or have some connection to their family.</p><p> </p><p>I've been on the Jury Panel three times and I've come very close, but have never been selected. One was a drug trial for a boy that my son went to school with! I still remember this kid from the day they registered for kindergarten! At the last minute, he pled guilty and there was no trial. The one I got the closest on though was the trial for a married couple charged with rape of a child - their own daughter! I actually would have <em>loved</em> to sit on that one but ended up being 'excused'. I made it to the last round though. Usually when the attorneys for the defense hear that I've worked for the Dept. of Correction for 23 years, that I have a cousin who is an FBI agent, another who is a police chief and another that's a deputy, they decide they'd rather not have me on the jury! They actually ask you that stuff!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 277530, member: 1883"] They do it a little differently here - we're a really small rural county. About a hundred people at a time get called up to be on a 'Jury Panel' that serves for three months - they literally draw names out of a box and the first 60 or so people called end up being on the Jury Panel. Whenever there is a jury trial scheduled, this pool of potential jurors has to come in and they pick the jury from this pool of people. It's not always easy because we're such a small community, it's sometimes hard to find people who don't know the defendant, or who aren't related to them or have some connection to their family. I've been on the Jury Panel three times and I've come very close, but have never been selected. One was a drug trial for a boy that my son went to school with! I still remember this kid from the day they registered for kindergarten! At the last minute, he pled guilty and there was no trial. The one I got the closest on though was the trial for a married couple charged with rape of a child - their own daughter! I actually would have [I]loved[/I] to sit on that one but ended up being 'excused'. I made it to the last round though. Usually when the attorneys for the defense hear that I've worked for the Dept. of Correction for 23 years, that I have a cousin who is an FBI agent, another who is a police chief and another that's a deputy, they decide they'd rather not have me on the jury! They actually ask you that stuff! [/QUOTE]
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