If you've very longed for an interesting time with jury duty (Turin: 2015, apartment)

[Cida]

Remember the infamous Martin Shkreli? Harper's ran amusing excerpts showing the extent to which prospective jurors loathed him.



From the jury selection process that took place over three days in June for the trial of Martin Shkreli, an investor and hedge fund founder who is facing eight counts of securities and wire fraud. In 2015, when Shkreli was CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, the company raised the price of its drug Daraprim by 5,000 percent. In 2016, Shkreli was widely criticized for defending the 400 percent increase in the price of EpiPen, an emergency allergy injection sold by Mylan. More than two hundred potential jurors were excused from the trial. Judge Kiyo Matsumoto presided. Benjamin Brafman is a lawyer representing Shkreli.


Juror No. 1: I’m aware of the defendant and I hate him.
Benjamin Brafman: I’m sorry.
Juror No. 1: I think he’s a greedy little man.

Juror No. 52: When I walked in here today I looked at him, and in my head, that’s a snake — not knowing who he was. I just walked in and looked right at him and that’s a snake.

The Court: The question is, have you heard anything that would affect your ability to decide this case with an open mind. Can you do that?
Juror No. 144: I don’t think I can because he kind of looks like a dick.

https://harpers.org/archive/2017/09/public-enemy/

[Dave 92 LSC]

Who would want to spend time out if their lives being a juror? You really have to be either an idiot or a very kind balanced person who is willing to take time out of his/her life for a trial.

[Esacni]

Originally Posted by Dave 92 LSC

Who would want to spend time out if their lives being a juror? You really have to be either an idiot or a very kind balanced person who is willing to take time out of his/her life for a trial.

Plenty of people. Especially those who can get paid time off easily.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by Dave 92 LSC

Who would want to spend time out if their lives being a juror? You really have to be either an idiot or a very kind balanced person who is willing to take time out of his/her life for a trial.

Originally Posted by Esacni

Plenty of people. Especially those who can get paid time off easily.

I was a juror on a murder trial in NJ. It was really interesting while at the same time mind-boggling listening to these teenaged kids testify about how they plotted and schemed and made several attempts to kill a guy who thought he was their friend.

And yes, I got paid for the time. The judge excused anyone for whom serving that long would be a financial hardship.

Another bonus was that for six weeks, I drove three miles to the courthouse as opposed to two trains and an hour and 20 minutes to commute to the city for work.

That was in 1994. The defendant should be eligible for parole in two more years. He was 20 when he went to prison.

I served on a jury again about ten years ago. Three-day trial. A cop who was in the Army reserves forged military documents as proof of being transferred out of state so she could break her apartment lease. As soon as "Guilty" was read, she was no longer a cop. I saw her after that working security at a racetrack.

The prosecutor, who was really overdramatic in court, quit a year or two later to become an actor. I saw him in a spaghetti sauce commercial.

[Dave 92 LSC]

I don’t need any emotional draining.
I’m all about zen peace and rivers and fish.

[Cida]

Originally Posted by Dave 92 LSC

Who would want to spend time out if their lives being a juror? You really have to be either an idiot or a very kind balanced person who is willing to take time out of his/her life for a trial.

You seem to have missed the point here.

[martinjsxx]

I was a juror on a Queens murder trial in 1992. The defendant had killed a man and shot a woman at a birthday party in Corona. The guy took the stand in his defense and he spoke Spanish through an interpreter. The prosecutor said something that triggered the guy and the defendant lunged at him. The court officers grabbed him but it didn’t help his case that he became violent based on a question.