Jury duty

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DE727UPS

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I'm on it. Looks like I get paid for it (pay protected for what I was supposed to work). Never done it. Wondering what other pilots experiences are with having jury duty?
 
Fairly pleasant.

Enjoyed it! It was an "Aggravated DUI" case with theatrics.

Enjoyed the paid time and fulfilling your responsibility! :)

Now if I wasn't paid, errrgh
 
I have done it twice and found the process very interesting both times. I think it is a worthwhile experience, not something to be stiff-armed and avoided as seems to be the popular opinion. Doing your civic duty is a good thing, not a bad one.
 
We don't get paid for jury-duty and the $20/day for 9-5 from the court, on a normally busy flying day doesn't quite pay the bills. If I had a decent salaried job, then I would have no issues fulfilling that duty! :)
 
When I did it I wasn't working so no pay for me. And the prices for food in the cafeteria was way to expensive. And I just sat there all day and then got to go home. Wish I would have been able to go into an actual hearing.
 
I got called for Federal jury duty when I was at Eagle. Made out like a bandit...

-Pay for trips missed.
-My address was far enough from the courthouse in Madison that I qualified for hotel reimbursement. Got the Eagle crew rate at the Inn on the Square, tried to submit receipt to the court but was told that hotels were paid at a flat rate... which was SUBSTANTIALLY more than the crew rate I paid.
-Paid $100/day for sitting in the courthouse reading a book and drinking coffee... x5 days.

I made more money that month than just about any other month at Eagle! Ha! This was Federal jury duty, not county, which is why I got my hotel paid for and why the compensation was more that what is paid at the county level.


LOVED. IT.

I got the survey to fill out for county jury duty here in Indiana several years ago, but with very young kids (a baby & a toddler at the time) I claimed childcare hardship. They're old enough now, if I got called again I would not make the childcare hardship claim, and would gladly serve on a jury if summoned.
 
I spent a week on a case, it was enjoyable. The guy was guilty as hell, we said so, and he got a slap on the wrist. (insurance fraud) Why make everyone spend all that time and effort and not put him away? I guess they should have worked out a deal before going to trial. So that part was a bit infuriating, as well as eye opening.
 
Itchy said:
I spent a week on a case, it was enjoyable. The guy was guilty as hell, we said so, and he got a slap on the wrist. (insurance fraud) Why make everyone spend all that time and effort and not put him away? I guess they should have worked out a deal before going to trial. So that part was a bit infuriating, as well as eye opening.
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White collar crime isn't REALLY crime, it's more like being just slightly too ambitious. Guy probably works at Goldman, now. It honestly wouldn't surprise me at all if the investment banks had talent scouts in the court system.
 
First time was DUI/vehicular manslaughter (pregnant mother and full-term unborn child - she went into labor the day before and was told to go home and return the day of the accident). The second time I was sent to the juvenile court but dismissed. I was told that the worst stories come out of juvenile disputes.
 
Boris Badenov said:
White collar crime isn't REALLY crime, it's more like being just slightly too ambitious. Guy probably works at Goldman, now. It honestly wouldn't surprise me at all if the investment banks had talent scouts in the court system.
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Investment banks probably prefer those that are adept at avoiding the criminal just system, just a hunch.

White collar crime, except in egregious cases - seems more to be a popularity contest than anything else. Which explains the lack of prosecutions on Wall Street - while the characters involved may not be popular, but finding a crime to convict them of is far more difficult. Being bad at your job isn't usually a crime, mispricing risk isn't usually a crime, running a company into the ground isn't usually a crime....

For as much as everyone complains about Wall Street running the show and screwing over everyone -- well, it is Main Street fueling it. Don't want Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo playing a craps game with mortgages? Get a loan from a credit union (they typically make mortgage loans they intend to keep on their own books). Don't invest your 401k money in actively managed funds. - complain to your 401k administrator about fees if they are out of line (until recently this was hidden information). Don't carry credit card balances.
 
Best month of my life.

The county I resided in when I was in MD had an interesting way of doing jury duty. You were on for the whole month. You call every week day at 5pm to see if you show up the next day.

Had to go in three times, was never selected to a jury, got the month off with min guarantee.
 
Old Pete said:
so you weren't struck? were you an attorney at the time
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No, I wasn't struck and yes, I was an attorney at the time.


My interaction, as a juror/attorney, with the Court, the attorneys and the jury was very interesting. And, after the trial, the lawyers asked to speak with the jurors. My question to them was, "what were you thinking?" The answers were fascinating.

But the story is too long for here.
 
I went several years ago but didn't even get to go to the courtroom until the second day. Then, I wasn't even selected. So, I basically spent two days sitting a room doing nothing.
 
I've always called and told them I'm a cop, and they tell me not to even bother showing up, every time. 100% chance I would be dismissed.
 
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