There probably could have been trouble if she had just been seen as letting you go without really getting you to express your views. Probably you should have stated that view of yours from the outset, and then she and the attorneys would have had no qualms just releasing you from service. It's her job to get the best jury she can, hers and the attorneys, and so yes, she has to probe to see who really has issues, who just wants to get out of it, etc. No, it's not fair, but she has to do her part to up hold the law. And this is just a layperson's perspective. I may have it wrong, it's just that's how it seems to me.
Next time you go to a case with those kinds of issues, state that view from the beginning. The judge may question it, but stick to it.
Not all cases are rape cases, though. Some jurors are picked for a trial in the morning and are done by the evening, and some, I gather, are pretty darned funny. Some are serious, like rape and murder. Some are civil cases where they want monetary damages. Never sat on one of those. That might be interesting. I'm due to be called up again this year, too, since I did not serve last year. Here it's once every three years if you are picked to serve on a jury, once a year if you are not.
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Re: Blind Person Who Served On A Jury
Date: 2013-01-22 04:48 pm (UTC)Next time you go to a case with those kinds of issues, state that view from the beginning. The judge may question it, but stick to it.
Not all cases are rape cases, though. Some jurors are picked for a trial in the morning and are done by the evening, and some, I gather, are pretty darned funny. Some are serious, like rape and murder. Some are civil cases where they want monetary damages. Never sat on one of those. That might be interesting. I'm due to be called up again this year, too, since I did not serve last year. Here it's once every three years if you are picked to serve on a jury, once a year if you are not.