willman Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Well, I think if I get a letter calling me for jury service I'll be off to the docs and get a sick note! It's waaaay too dangerous to be a juror in this day and age. It's (as the article I linked) an increasing problem, and they don't have an answer for it. Draconian sentences won't stop it happening. We're human beings, not criminals. Everyones a human being until they break the law, then they're a criminal and should be brought to task for being a criminal and potentially wasting taxpayers money. What a result for the police haters, if the criminals keep getting off for people ignoring instructions,lawyers adhering to the law to get the criminal off scott free(speaking clock). People should be 100% behind upholding the law or be happy to be prosecuted when they aren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Yes, undermining the whole process by which a defendant might get a fair trail is clearly not a very important crime at all You think this sort of thing doesn't happen up and down the country all of the time? That's very naive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 We're human beings, not criminals. Has a human being which part of don’t use the internet is it that you are finding hard to grasp…….. when my mother in-law got called up see wouldn’t even mention to members of the family what the case was about, not even vaguely………. Isn’t that how its supposed to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Everyones a human being until they break the law, then they're a criminal and should be brought to task for being a criminal and potentially wasting taxpayers money. What a result for the police haters, if the criminals keep getting off for people ignoring instructions,lawyers adhering to the law to get the criminal off scott free(speaking clock). People should be 100% behind upholding the law or be happy to be prosecuted when they aren't. I didn't say she should 'get away with it'. I said it was a bit harsh. Just for serving on a jury, she's been jailed and lost her livelihood (job). In my book that's harsh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Has a human being which part of don’t use the internet is it that you are finding hard to grasp…….. when my mother in-law got called up see wouldn’t even mention to members of the family what the case was about, not even vaguely………. Isn’t that how its supposed to work. Was your Mother in Law internet savvy? Yes of course that's how it's supposed to work. I'm not disputing that. Which is why I posed the question, should jurors be isolated when serving? Take the Michael Jackson Doctors case in point. Those jurors were not remotely influenced by media during that trial? I hardly think so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splodgeyAl Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 You think this sort of thing doesn't happen up and down the country all of the time? That's very naive How on earth did you reach that conclusion from what I said? So, you clearly think it does, but yet you *still* don't think it's important? Might as well just save the money and do away with the courts system and any notion of justice, yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splodgeyAl Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Was your Mother in Law internet savvy? Yes of course that's how it's supposed to work. I'm not disputing that. Which is why I posed the question, should jurors be isolated when serving? Take the Michael Jackson Doctors case in point. Those jurors were not remotely influenced by media during that trial? I hardly think so! No, just take the damn role seriously. Treat it how you'd want the jury to behave if you were the defendant. It really isn't difficult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Take the Michael Jackson Doctors case in point. Those jurors were not remotely influenced by media during that trial? I hardly think so! The jury for such cases are carefully chosen. Nine of them have prior jury experience and one woman, a native of Spain, has served on five juries, all of which reached verdicts. She was once a jury forewoman. In six weeks together the jurors have displayed uncommon attentiveness to the task at hand. Several, including alternates, have taken notes and kept lists of evidence. Once, when the judge was at a loss to find the number of an exhibit, a member of the jury spoke up and told him. Their attention to evidence and witnesses has impressed Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor, who commended them for their commitment, punctuality in getting to court and willingness to give up their personal lives to serve. When the trial went longer than Pastor had predicted, he apologised, but the jurors seemed unperturbed. Every night, when he gave them an admonition to avoid the news, the Internet and other sources of information about the trial, they listened as if it was the first time they had heard it and they nodded in agreement. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2058535/Michael-Jackson-trial-jury-revealed-Some-fans-music-met-him.html#ixzz1kNdLnLIn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 The jury for such cases are carefully chosen. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2058535/Michael-Jackson-trial-jury-revealed-Some-fans-music-met-him.html#ixzz1kNdLnLIn Of course they would be attentive and hang on every word. It was a high profile case, but it doesn't mean they didn't listen to media and read papers. Of course they didn't tell anyone! I don't care that I seem to be going against what everyone in Sheffield thinks. That woman's life has been totally ruined. Yes she shouldn't have done it. Yes it was wrong. Yes she should be punished. Yes she was foolish. All of those things, but she shouldn't have her life ruined because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Well, I think if I get a letter calling me for jury service I'll be off to the docs and get a sick note! I strongly agree, you should avoid jury service at all costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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