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Jury Duty Anyone

kiwilrdg

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Virginia
Never been called to serve yet, but if I ever get called, the defense will dismiss me immediately as a law enforcement officer. They assume we'll be biased against the guilty... I mean the defendant :p Fancy that!
In Virginia I cannot serve on a jury under law because I am a LEO. They do not allow the President of the United States, Senators, Congressmen, convicted felons, or law enforcement officers to serve on juries. I resent being grouped with three of those catagories.
 

Tango Yankee

Call Me a Cab
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Location
Lucasville, OH
I've just finished my 4-month term as an alternate on a Grand Jury. As first alternate I stayed every day and was a voting member most of the time.

It was very interesting, a bit of an eye-opener, and at times depressing. Most of the crimes we heard were drug-related. One, a shooting which left a man dead, we failed to indict the shooter and most of the county seems to think we were bought off by the shooter's family. They didn't hear the whole story; we did. A few cases were very disturbing, including the murder of a 10-month-old. We heard that one the same day as the Newtown massacre.

I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Regards,
Tom
 

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