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When it comes to jury service, I ...

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Am eligible, but have never been asked.

13587 votes / 40%

Have been considered but never chosen.

8409 votes / 24%

Have been a juror or alternate (petit jury).

3971 votes / 11%

Have been a juror or alternate (grand jury).

692 votes / 2%

Live in a country with juries, but am ineligible.

1981 votes / 5%

Don't live in a country with jury trials.

5157 votes / 15%

33797 total votes.

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Re:Ineligible (Score:5, Funny)

by countertrolling ( 1585477 ) writes: on Saturday May 07, 2011 @12:48AM (#36054556) Journal

In the states, if you steal trillions of dollars, you can be a judge, jury, and executioner.. but more likely, you'll have to settle for a job at the white house

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I would love to serve... (Score:4, Funny)

by SilasMortimer ( 1612867 ) writes: <pandarsson@gmail.com> on Saturday May 07, 2011 @02:29AM (#36054866) Journal

...and could cut the number of physical jurors they need for a petit jury nearly in half, but they never pick us for some reason.

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Re:I Served Grand Jury..READ WATCH LEARN @ fija.or (Score:5, Funny)

by SilasMortimer ( 1612867 ) writes: <pandarsson@gmail.com> on Saturday May 07, 2011 @02:36AM (#36054888) Journal

I worry, though... do the courts offer any protections to people who find among their fellow jurors a raving lunatic?

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Re:I Served Grand Jury..READ WATCH LEARN @ fija.or (Score:5, Funny)

by SilasMortimer ( 1612867 ) writes: <pandarsson@gmail.com> on Saturday May 07, 2011 @02:46AM (#36054904) Journal

Yeah. It's not my fault, though. It's the fluoride.

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Re:Petit? Grand? (Score:5, Funny)

by Chrisje ( 471362 ) writes: on Saturday May 07, 2011 @03:38AM (#36055044)

That last comment was me. Upgraded FireFox and it logged me out.
Dammit Jim, I am not an Anonymous Coward!

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Re:I Served Grand Jury..READ WATCH LEARN @ fija.or (Score:4, Funny)

by MichaelSmith ( 789609 ) writes: on Saturday May 07, 2011 @04:14AM (#36055120) Homepage Journal

Another Case I would love to cross is fluoride in the water. There's just no fucking reason for it, except to screw people up.
I assume you follow the standard slashdot practice of both avoiding women and denying them your essence?

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Re:I Served Grand Jury..READ WATCH LEARN @ fija.or (Score:5, Funny)

by TapeCutter ( 624760 ) writes: on Saturday May 07, 2011 @07:00AM (#36055458) Journal

Yes, and bannanas are deadly because the potassium they contain explodes on contact with water. That's why bannana growers put plastic bags [cepolina.com] on them, because if it rains the whole farm goes up in a mushroom cloud.

Get a grip - or better still, get an education.

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