US Presidential Elections 2012 (22 Viewers)

[Enron]

A friend of mine had Baltimore City jury duty last week. It took 3 days of deliberations to convict a guy for possession of marijuana.

 

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[Quetzalcoatl]

What a waste of time and money.

Legalise de 'erb.

 

[Enron]

What a waste of time and money.

Legalise de 'erb.

Brian feels the same way. But possession is so simple. The jury has to answer one question: Did he have the drugs on him? (which he did)

And it took them 3 days to come to this conclusion. Apparently the trial only took a couple of hours because it was such a minimal amount.

 

[icemaη]

Do all your trials have juries? It doesn't always end well if you have people who have absolutely no experience giving out judgments about things they have no clue about.

 

[Martin]

Brian feels the same way. But possession is so simple. The jury has to answer one question: Did he have the drugs on him? (which he did)

And it took them 3 days to come to this conclusion. Apparently the trial only took a couple of hours because it was such a minimal amount.

Is there an upper limit on how long the jury can sit around chatting?

 

[Enron]

Do all your trials have juries? It doesn't always end well if you have people who have absolutely no experience giving out judgments about things they have no clue about.

Yeah they all have juries unless it's a very specific circumstance.

Experience with law doesn't really matter. That's what the judge is for, he instructs the jury, explains evidence, tec. It's up to the attorneys to break the law down so that everyday citizens can make a judgement. We also have an appeals system in case mistakes are made and those are heard by judges only.

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Is there an upper limit on how long the jury can sit around chatting?

No. But the judge will get pissed if it gets ridiculous like that.

 

[Martin]

No. But the judge will get pissed if it gets ridiculous like that.

What if they more or less refused to decide? Would they have to restart the trial?

 

[Enron]

What if they more or less refused to decide? Would they have to restart the trial?

Yeah, that is a hung jury. When they can't decide. Which results in a mistrial and they do it all over again with a different jury. Refusal to do anything is contempt and you go to jail for that.

 

[ALC]

Larry David

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_MFebZlUJ7E

I love Larry David.

 

[Cheesio]

The Jury, Great movie

 

[icemaη]

Yeah they all have juries unless it's a very specific circumstance.

Experience with law doesn't really matter. That's what the judge is for, he instructs the jury, explains evidence, tec. It's up to the attorneys to break the law down so that everyday citizens can make a judgement. We also have an appeals system in case mistakes are made and those are heard by judges only.

The other day the jury awarded a billion dollars to Apple. 700 questions had to be answered and they did it in 3 days. They said a phone with a physical keyboard infringed the trade dress of the iPhone. Yet, the Samsung Tab, which is more or less the exact replica of an iPad went scot-free. It was ridiculous. (Not that I don't think Samsung copied)
Samsung will obviously appeal. In this case, it'll be decided by a judge only?

Most of the things I know about juries come from John Grisham books

 

[Enron]

The other day the jury awarded a billion dollars to Apple. 700 questions had to be answered and they did it in 3 days. They said a phone with a physical keyboard infringed the trade dress of the iPhone. Yet, the Samsung Tab, which is more or less the exact replica of an iPad went scot-free. It was ridiculous. (Not that I don't think Samsung copied)
Samsung will obviously appeal. In this case, it'll be decided by a judge only?

Most of the things I know about juries come from John Grisham books

The jury decides the original case and a judge views it on appeal. I thought the tablet was what did Samsung in? At least from what I read. Wasn't that a few weeks ago?

Also both sides get to select the jurors that view the case. They know who the possible jurors are months in advance as well as there backgrounds, occupations, etc. Before the trial starts they get to select the jury and each side gets an equal number of selections.

 

[icemaη]

The jury decides the original case and a judge views it on appeal. I thought the tablet was what did Samsung in? At least from what I read. Wasn't that a few weeks ago?

Also both sides get to select the jurors that view the case. They know who the possible jurors are months in advance as well as there backgrounds, occupations, etc. Before the trial starts they get to select the jury and each side gets an equal number of selections.

Nope, the tablets got away. The phones were found to infringe the trade dress of Apple. The jury Foreman has a patent of his own. So most of the jury kinda just followed him since he had 'experience'.
I remember reading the second bit in a John Grisham novel

 

[Enron]

Nope, the tablets got away. The phones were found to infringe the trade dress of Apple. The jury Foreman has a patent of his own. So most of the jury kinda just followed him since he had 'experience'.
I remember reading the second bit in a John Grisham novel

Grisham's methodology is pretty accurate. Especially in the jury selection part of Runaway Jury, aside from the sensationalism of course. But attorneys do try to find out as much about prospective jurors as possible. I filled out thousands of juror note cards for my dad when I was in high school. Even followed a couple to work.

 

[icemaη]

 

[Hust]

Libya news:

So, good or bad for Romney/Obama and why?

 

[Enron]

Romney looks bad so far. But we won't know for a few weeks.

 

[Hust]

Romney looks bad so far. But we won't know for a few weeks.

Let's see how Obama reacts in the weeks ahead.

 

[Enron]

Let's see how Obama reacts in the weeks ahead.

Mitt looks a little jack-assey for talking shit while the Ambassador was getting killed. What can you do when you don't have the same information as the President?

 

[Maddy]

Let's see how Obama reacts in the weeks ahead.

I see a Drone.