She has her arms crossed gentlemen. Forty-three years of marriage tells me she isn’t budging.
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- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
“the conversation(s) are over!”
pursuing will only dig you deeper and deeper and deeper into a hole…
#bodylanguage.
Something like “I’m really irritated” when she puts her hands on her hips.
I was only called once for jury duty and it was a tremendous waste of time since no one wants a lawyer on their jury panel. Judges yes, lawyers no. Interestingly enough, my wife was called for at least four juries in both state and federal court and served on all of them.
I love the jury system, but no one ever calls me.
I often remind those reluctant to serve that the accused deserves better than a group of people who couldn’t figure out how to get out of jury duty.
The last time I was called for jury duty they told us (before we even entered the room) that they already had all the jurors they needed. Apparently, you can go in early and say you want to be on the jury? That struck me as an easily corruptible system.
Depends on how many trials are on that day. If it is obvious that there are enough jurors, even with expected strikes in voir dire for cause or peremptories by each side, then the remainder of the jury pool are allowed to go home for the day. In Illinois no one can volunteer to be on a jury, and I assume that is the case for the rest of the states. If anyone did so volunteer, I assume they would be removed for cause by the Court.
LKL it is a waste of time. Only an idiot would have an attorney serve on a jury. I would never take the risk of a one man jury. I have been called twice, and, unsurprisingly, was not picked to serve either time. When our three kids were small my wife was called to serve, probably around 2000. She phoned the courthouse and politely read the jury commissioner the riot act because she had to care for our rambunctious trio. She was excused and hasn’t been called since, even though our county only has 40k people. I think she put the fear of she-who-must-be-obeyed into them.
When I lived in Missouri, 1978 through 1981, lawyers were statutorily exempt from petit jury service. In Illinois for 12 years, living in Madison County, I was never summoned.
Here in the Republic of Texas, lawyers are not exempt, and I’ve been called eigbt times in 19 years, making it as far as voir dire four times, 3 criminal and one civil (a gigantic real estate and contract case involving 2 municipalities). Each time I was excused by one side or the other after sitting around most of a day. What a waste of time.
“ I would never take the risk of a one man jury. I have been called twice, and, unsurprisingly, was not picked to serve either time…”
been called a half a dozen times never made it to the pool.. think it’s because someone reads “engineer..” and says no..
You must have run into the Grinch.