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Jason88Notchie
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JUL 15, 03:01 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
I'm surprise that having ADD doesn't get you dismissed. Can you provide a doctor's note stating you have ADD?
Rams
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Yeah. Lol...Doctor that diagnosed me is long dead. And my present doctor would laugh me out of the office. He's not bought into the ADD hype. And anyway in this day and age who don't have it. The most over diagnosed condition in medical history.
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blackrams
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JUL 15, 03:04 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
Is that a thing? I've had ADHD for my entire life. My daughter has it, my dad has it, and my grandfather had it. All of them (no comment about myself) have been very successful... and my daughter is definitely a chip off the old block of my dad and grandfather... I can already tell.
I've always hated to view anything as a "disability," and I never grew up thinking as such. I just knew I had a lot of extra energy, and a lot more "TVs" playing in my head that I could pick from when I got bored... or perhaps view when I need to pull ideas from to solve a problem.
I'd hope that no one here with anything like this would ever use ADD or ADHD as a crutch or something that makes them lesser-than. |
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Understood but, I don't see letting the court know of the ADD issue. I don't see this as a crutch. If I was the accused and found guilty of some crime, wouldn't that be reason for an appeal? I would think everyone involved would want a jurist who could pay complete attention and not be distracted due to a condition he can not control fully. I don't know that having ADD would exempt one from jury duty but as an example in MS, age will get a person released. The fact is, aged/older folks don't hear/see or pay attention as well, a general statement.
Rams
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JUL 15, 06:59 PM
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Just do what the guy before me did during jury selection. He went up to the stand and said the guy looked guilty because he was Mexican. He was dismissed immediately and walked out with a smile. Apparently if you play the race card, the court throws you out as quick as possible.
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williegoat
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JUL 15, 07:09 PM
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Just mention you own a Fiero. Both attorneys will question your judgment.
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blackrams
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JUL 15, 07:45 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
Just mention you own a Fiero. Both attorneys will question your judgment. |
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My Lord, I had 22 of them! 
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theogre
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JUL 15, 08:00 PM
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Some companies Pay for Jury Duty but often don't listed as other paid off time. Always check company rules every time you're called.
Almost everywhere has different rules then each court type has different rules just in 1 city. So comparing from state to state is more useless that even county to county or city to city.
The Country here puts all in a herd room to wait to see if called by a court then go to court & eat more time to select or not.
If Not, go back to the herd room & wait again.
If Selected, hours to weeks in the jury box.
Most times very few people called need more then a day in County Criminal Court.
Fed Courts are a whole different animal & selected there may mean days to mouths sitting in court.
Most courts have various "wavers" to claim disable, high cost of being there, etc. but have to "show proof" from letter from a doctor, employer mailed by X date. If can't send by cut off time, go & hope you don't get selected then. Or take your doctor note & show @ sign in time. ------------------
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blackrams
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JUL 15, 08:43 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by theogre:
Most courts have various "wavers" to claim disable, high cost of being there, etc. but have to "show proof" from letter from a doctor, employer mailed by X date. If can't send by cut off time, go & hope you don't get selected then. Or take your doctor note & show @ sign in time.
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Precisely why I asked the question. 
Rams
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Jason88Notchie
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JUL 16, 07:53 AM
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No jury duty today. Have to call in after 4 to see if I got to show up tomorrow.
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fierosound
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JUL 16, 09:03 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by theogre:
Most courts have various "wavers" to claim disable, high cost of being there, etc. but have to "show proof" from letter from a doctor, employer mailed by X date. If can't send by cut off time, go & hope you don't get selected then. Or take your doctor note & show @ sign in time.
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Agreed. There are reasons you can submit to be excused, but it may be too late now (he's already in court)...
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maryjane
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JUL 16, 11:04 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Jason88Notchie:
Got released for the day. We had 4 cases pending. None went through. Judge said due to some getting arrested or settled. Well that was an anticlimactic first day. I'm stuck in this loop for the next two weeks! Ugg. Good thing I get paid anyway from work. Not all companies do that. One guy was complaining to the jury commissioner that he will have hardship due to not getting paid from work. And 25 bucks a day don't go very far. Hope he gets released. |
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I was once on a jury where one(1) of the jurors had complained loudly to judges both in the big jury pool room and in the smaller room where the individual case prospective jurors were being Voir Dire'd that he worked nights as a backhoe/dozer operator and wouldn't be able to stay awake on jury duty. They (defense/prosecutor) picked him anyway.
1st day of trial, he nodded off and the Judge had the bailiff wake him up. 2nd day he was really zonked out, his head basically going around in a circle and the judge had him replaced by an alternate. The guy said, right before he left the jury box:
"I tried to tell ya'll and you wouldn't listen. I gotta work every night, there's a string of Mexicans just waiting to take my job!"
I LIKE jury duty. Been on several, both civil and criminal and, County/District Court Grand Jury, which is a different cat altogether. Lasted nearly 3 months and 99% of the cases were meth/dope heads and 99% of those we true billed.[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 07-16-2024).]
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