I have been called for jury duty six times. I have been selected four times. Two civil and four criminal. I was dismissed for the civil but have been hit for all four criminal.
1, Before police cars had cameras a guy was charged with threatening a police office that was driving him to jail. We all felt he was guilty but be also felt it was the police officers word against the arrested guy. Not Guilty
2, Aggravated armed robbery. A guy caught shoplifting pulled a knife on the store manager. Guilty. 50 years. (multiple felony convictions.).
3.Distribution child porn. 23 year old sicko. Told the judge that the whole thing is sick and I did not want to serve. They dismissed the whole group of potential jurors and the judge called me up to speak to him and the two attorneys. Judge asked me if I could be fair as this was only a charge. I said yes but was pretty sure the defense attorney would strike me. I was sent to the hallway and five minutes later that called out the jurors and I was the first one called. Horrible situation and they passed the evidence to all the jurors to view. Guilty 80 years..His parents and sister were crying and two of his former high school teachers who gave testimony on what nice kid he was were crying too. It was not his first rodeo. His niece's parents (his sister and brother in law) testified of previous sicko things with his young niece,
Moved from Brazos County to Collin County. Two months later called for jury duty, I told them I had just served in Brazos County two months prior. They said too bad.
4. A former Navy Seal was accused of beating his ex wife (wife at the time of the alleged beating) It was a six person jury. two men and four women. Women were the first to say not guilty and me and the other guy went along.
The bad jury call is a Federal Jury, In Brazos County you have to go to Houston. My wife was called to serve on a federal civil trial. She was selected. The judge said the federal government would pay hotel expenses but she decided I would drive her there. First day of the trial they settled out of court, I was on my way back to College Station. She called me about the time I was passing the speedway and asked me to come pick her up.
I knew a guy who was selected to a Federal Grand jury in Houston. They paid his hotel expenses but he was a self employed home painter. If he did not work, he did not get paid. He plead with the judge but they would not excuse him. He had to serve for six weeks. It was a good thing his wife had a job or he would have been in even deeper economic trouble.
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