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When you are retired you will have the time. I don't know where you live but our county website always has a list of the upcoming cases on the dockets each week.
Also our county court hires retired people as bailiffs escorting the jury in and out.
Our newspaper each week has a list of people called for jury duty from each area . Of course you receive a summons too.
We have a big murder trial coming up unfortunately they had to move it out of the county as the man murdered is a lawyer and former mayor here. There was a conflict of interest with the judges.
I am going to check my county website maybe I will be able to attend a trial soon..
I've taken a few criminal justice classes at my uni (might go for it as a major if business doesn't work out) and I've now had to go to court twice as part of an assignment. The first time I just saw arraignments, but the second time was for a high-profile murder trial.
Does anybody else find them fascinating? I assume that there are quite a few people who attend them for that reason, as I can't imagine every person in the courtroom is a college or law student, or reporter, or witness, or family member, or...
I would like to but when you work a full time job who has the time? Any time I do have I don't want to spend in a courtroom.
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Originally Posted by CarolinaWoman
Working I never had the time to attend trials unless I was called for jury duty. Over the years my number came up often for Magistrate Court, City Court, County Court, Federal Jury duty and I served one year on the Grand Jury in my county. I enjoyed the times I served and never caved when I reached a decision. I served on civil trials and criminal. Civil can get right boring.
I served on one civil case the couple was suing their home builder. The house was shifting and the doors inside would not close they just hung wide open, the cabinets hung open from the foundation shifting. The woman cried during the entire trial ... about drove everyone nuts. But the price they paid for the house was only X number of dollars and they were suing for over a million dollars for pain and suffering, loss of consortium, mental stress. The jury has to listen to 17 civil engineers and construction people. They even loaded us in a van and we had to examine the home.
When that trial was over I could go out and build a house. When you pour the concrete for the foundation it has to be a continuous pour no break in the concrete ... you had to dig deep to the virgin soil. And in the meantime the lady with her box of kleenex sobs and blows her nose.
Right now our local government is suffering financial woes thus the LEO are writing tickets left and right to aid the city coffers. My daughter got a ticket and went to court last week at the designated date and time. She was number 252 waiting to be heard. Lots of traffic violations.
So what happened? How did the jury find? { if you don't mind me asking }
I would like to but when you work a full time job who has the time? Any time I do have I don't want to spend in a courtroom.
So what happened? How did the jury find? { if you don't mind me asking }
They did not receive millions of dollars. The jury was charged with two things ... amount for pain, suffering and loss of sex & the home repair. The award was $15k for the first and the house problems per the contractors that testified could be repaired to a structurally safe dwelling ... they received a total of $75,000.00 which included the $15k. After the trial several of the contractors offered to do the work and one civil engineer offered his services.
The lady crying and sobbing didn't really do much for the case ... I bet she was hell on wheels at home. As a juror I was happy with the decision as the husband testified he just wanted his home fixed. I don't see rewarding someone with millions of dollars ... this was not a mansion just a three bedroom, den, kitchen home.
The husband was happy with the verdict but the lady wasn't.
They did not receive millions of dollars. The jury was charged with two things ... amount for pain, suffering and loss of sex & the home repair. The award was $15k for the first and the house problems per the contractors that testified could be repaired to a structurally safe dwelling ... they received a total of $75,000.00 which included the $15k. After the trial several of the contractors offered to do the work and one civil engineer offered his services.
The lady crying and sobbing didn't really do much for the case ... I bet she was hell on wheels at home. As a juror I was happy with the decision as the husband testified he just wanted his home fixed. I don't see rewarding someone with millions of dollars ... this was not a mansion just a three bedroom, den, kitchen home.
The husband was happy with the verdict but the lady wasn't.
Sounds fair
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