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Post by Pruz on Jun 6, 2017 8:59:14 GMT -4
If you are in the jury and you know something about the case or discrepancies in what either sides of the court are saying, do you have a say in this?
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Post by Bannanachair on Jun 6, 2017 9:19:24 GMT -4
You shouldn't be on the jury if that's the case.
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Post by Bannanachair on Jun 6, 2017 9:20:29 GMT -4
Also, you should be asking questions like this to your lawyer; I am not a lawyer and as such this conversation is not protected by attorney-client privilege.
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Post by Pruz on Jun 6, 2017 9:29:39 GMT -4
Oh? I thought you were forced to be on a jury under law or something. This isn't related to me or anything. It was just a question that I was going to ask Google but didn't because I didn't feel like it.
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Post by Pruz on Jun 6, 2017 9:30:05 GMT -4
But google would probably have the answer.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 22:00:03 GMT -4
Getting a jury duty thing in the mail doesn't automatically mean you'll be on the jury. It means you have to go to a thing where they figure out if you have any bias in the case or not. Knowing information about the case disqualifies you, and you can't be picked.
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Post by Bannanachair on Jun 6, 2017 23:05:57 GMT -4
When asked "Do you have any beliefs that may prevent you from making a decision based strictly on the law?" all you need to do is say yes. Besides, you ought to be a witness in this case, not a juror.
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Post by Pruz on Jun 6, 2017 23:20:41 GMT -4
So wouldn't that mean you would have to talk to the court in advance, days before the trial starts?
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Post by Bannanachair on Jun 6, 2017 23:42:50 GMT -4
Do you not know how jury duty works at all? The courts and lawyers examine you long before the trial begins.
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Post by Tikobe on Jun 7, 2017 0:06:33 GMT -4
Let's see what I learned in Street Law.
It's as most people here say: When selected for jury duty you go through a process to remove bias. After the case is over and it's time for the jury to decide whether the defendant is guilty or innocent, they may only use facts that were presented in court for their decision making, meaning no information present out of court may influence their final decision. In addition, it is considered illegal for a member of the jury to investigate a case on their own. As said before, they may only use information mentioned by the lawyers, so investigating it on their own defeats the whole point of that..
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Post by Bannanachair on Jun 7, 2017 0:09:20 GMT -4
If you really want to avoid jury duty just watch the following video:
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