[Closed] I got a letter from the government the other day

I opened and read it, it said they were suckers

Pretty much 😀

Alex,was just gonna write that! #Tricky.

Yes, also inbuilt on phones or you can just put a piece of paper over it.

Public Enemy, but they don't come from Bristol.

[pedant]#Public Enemy.[/pedant]

Did they want you for their army or whatever?

Picture me giving a damn, I said never.

This is a land that clearly gives a damn.

Can't lay my hands on the actual letter now, and it wasn't the other day but about five years ago when I got called for jury service. Wrote back saying with two kids under two and additional responsibilities at work now wasn't a good time. THEY wrote back saying sorry and I wouldn't be asked again. Ever.

Result.

Except now I'm thinking I could do it, and clearly should do it.

WWSTWD?

Blurring can be deblurred 😆

Open in Paint, Rectangle tool, overwrite. That's within even my laughable graphic manipulation skills.

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Went with Drac's solution.

So, do I let them know I'm available or would that be a daft thing to do?

Defo daft.

Kind of depends on how you feel about being on a jury doesn’t it?

I’ve always fancied it, but a mate of mine got stuck on a trial for bloody weeks, made life a bit hard, his employer didn’t want to pay him, the allowance from the court wasn’t great and it was boring as hell. I’d say verdict wasn’t quite as unanimous as it might have seemed as the idea of staying around longer was less palatable than arguing it.

What's going on with that date?

f@*k that. why would you you even want to do it? the justice system is broke anyways. if a few random general public people come to a decision the judge will just give a crappy pre brexit sentence anyways.

bigblackheinoustoe - Member
What's going on with that date?

about five years ago when I got called for jury service.

Do people not read now 😉

Blurring can be deblurred

Anas Sarwar, current Scottish Labour leadership candidate, recently put his tax return online with boxes drawn over the names, addresses etc. Only it was a PDF, so you could still copy and paste all the details from under the boxes...

😆 that's class!

Sounds about right 😯 😆

Edited jpeg always.

rmacattack - Member

f@*k that. why would you you even want to do it?

What do we want?

Justice!

When do we want it?

Well, as soon as someone else can sort it out for me, I can't really be arsed.
🙄

obvious answer is obvious: depends if you want to do it or not.

My own Jury service was a total waste of my (and everyone else's) time. Hours on end sitting around in something akin to a GP waiting room, counting down the hours until an over officious public-sector librarian type tells you can go to lunch/home for the day.

The case I was eventually assigned to (two chavs issuing veiled threats to each other - apparently a serious crime) sat for a day and a half, then got thrown out by the judge for a technicality.

I agree that we should all be willing to do it - but my advice is to duck-out if you can

the judge will just give a crappy pre brexit sentence anyways.

So the point is that the letter took five years to arrive?

Yo better tell dem suckas whut time it is, boooooy!

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[i]about five years ago when I got called for jury service.[/i]

is bruneep also gecko76?

The jury's out...

I did, years ago, get out of it for valid reasons - lots of international travel booked for work. And then later I was unemployed for 8 months so thought that was a good time to try and do it when I hadn't much else on, so wrote to them and offered.

They waited until about 3 years after that when I really couldn't afford time out to do it. And it took a battle of wills to get it changed from being at High Court to Sheriff Court.

So, offer all you like, but don't expect any sort of sense to apply.

My epxerience;

1) got the letter in May - service early October
2) phoned asked if I could do the school holidays as it was easier for child/dog care - was rescheduled to mid August.
3) Got a call mid July - did I want to change dates, they had 3 different start dates I could have instead.

I wonder if they struggle to get jurors during the summer (at least where I am)?

The case was domestic violence and rape. Possibly one of the most difficult week and a bit of my life, the evidence, the responsibility, trying to reach consensus in the deliberations.

Would I try and get out of it if called again? No - it was difficult but the victims and accused both deserve a trial by jury and it's all of our responsibilities to provide that. The 'state' doesn't actually demand much from us bar taxes and this seems a small thing we can each do to provide a justice system we'd want to be tried by.

I am not Bruneep (or Flava Flav, or Tricky for that matter. Do come from Bristol, but hoping that was just a lucky guess).

Did a bit more reading round and found this:

[url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/21/juries-time-ducking-stool?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard ]There may be a case for putting an occasional civil liberty case to a "citizens' jury", as some countries do with planning or spending decisions. But for ordinary citizens to be pressed into services to supply an audience for a legal parlour game is not sensible. Juries should go the way of ducking stools and vestry duty. If Huhne's misfortune blasts a hole in this archaic ritual, they will at least have performed a public service.[/url]

Reckon I'll just leave it. There are other ways to be of public service after all.