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unionthug777

(740 posts)
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 09:46 PM Jun 2014

jury duty all done.

my fellow jurors and i finished our service, and found a child molester guilty of numerous charges. max. sentence of 225 years. we did our duty in a tough case, hope i never have to do that again...........and now back to work. sigh.

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jury duty all done. (Original Post) unionthug777 Jun 2014 OP
Good going. I dodged a bullett once on a child molester case and wasn't picked. Normally I don't brewens Jun 2014 #1
Thank you. Lefta Dissenter Jun 2014 #2
Ugly business, going through that mokawanis Jun 2014 #3
Thanks unionthug!! hue Jun 2014 #4

brewens

(13,559 posts)
1. Good going. I dodged a bullett once on a child molester case and wasn't picked. Normally I don't
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 10:02 PM
Jun 2014

mind serving on juries. I've been called numerous times but have only served twice. One a civil car accident case and one a meth dealer. Both pretty easy cases really. I did not want on that molester case at all!

That meth dealer case was only a wonder that he didn't just plead guilty. For Idaho, he had an astonishingly open minded and fair jury. If his lawyer even had a chance, we could easily have let him off on the distribution charge. It was a freakin' clinic on what not to do if you are out on parole (we never knew that until later) for a previous meth sentance!

Lefta Dissenter

(6,622 posts)
2. Thank you.
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 10:58 PM
Jun 2014

I've served on juries for a couple of cases, but they were minor enough to be interesting and pretty much devoid of stress. What you did is an enormous service. I hope that the reward helps to reduce the pain of what must have been some very difficult testimony to hear.

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