Jury Service??

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have you ever been called for Jury service??

I would love to be called for it, I would be there in a flash lol ( only cos I am nosy )

How do they decide who to call for this service??

I would do it as a job lol.
 
slinky said:
How do they decide who to call for this service??
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Random selection from all who are registered to vote. Around 150 people are contacted and told to be at court, every case 12 are randomly selected from the 150, the rest just stay in a waiting room. You can spend your whole 2 weeks service and not be picked once.
 
SamF said:
Random selection from all who are registered to vote. Around 150 people are contacted and told to be at court, every case 12 are randomly selected from the 150, the rest just stay in a waiting room. You can spend your whole 2 weeks service and not be picked once.
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Ahhhh thanks for that, always wondered how it worked.

So I will never come across an advertisement in the Observer for a full time " Jury servicer " then lmao

Oh well x
 
I remember my mum telling me that my dad's mum once got picked to go on jury service. She was really frightened about it all and got a doctors sick note to excuse her from it.

I would be well chuffed if I got picked. But I want a really juicy case :D
 
I would like to do jury service too.

I would like to sit on a case like the Harold Shipman case.

Not an old dear walks out of Spar with a loaf of bread without paying for it case. :)
 
You can go and watch trials anyway so why dont you just go and sit in the gallery?

Or is it just that satisfaction of the power to choose whether someone is guilty or not?
 
hedman2003 said:
Has anybody ever been to sit in the public gallery and watch a case
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yep only at accy magistrates, used to go regular in 60s, cos i always knew some buggar that was getting done.:D never been called for jury service,which suits me fine.
 
blazey said:
Or is it just that satisfaction of the power to choose whether someone is guilty or not?
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Yeh .. course ... :D

Was called for Jury service in 1982, was pregnant with my son and the Expected Day of Arrival was that week. I was excused, as suppose they didn't fancy me going into labour during a case .... :D
 
blazey said:
Yeh I have with college and recently at uni, which is why I wonder people dont just do that if they're so desperate to see a case!
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I would like to sit in on a high profile murder trial. I'm not interested in sitting in on a shoplifting or pub brawl case.

Unfortunately I was not born when Hindley and Brady were dealt with.

I was at school when the James Bulger trial took place.

I couldn't get the time off work to go to Preston to Harold Shipman's trial

It was too far and too expensive to get to the old Bailey for the Soham trial.

Should there be any more serious murder trials held at Preston I will go if I can.
 
Lilly said:
I would like to sit in on a high profile murder trial. I'm not interested in sitting in on a shoplifting or pub brawl case.

Unfortunately I was not born when Hindley and Brady were dealt with.

I was at school when the James Bulger trial took place.

I couldn't get the time off work to go to Preston to Harold Shipman's trial

It was too far and too expensive to get to the old Bailey for the Soham trial.

Should there be any more serious murder trials held at Preston I will go if I can.
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So its just about being a high profile murder trial? Any particular reason?
 
blazey said:
So its just about being a high profile murder trial? Any particular reason?
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I'd just like to see what goes on at these trials. How they are questioned, what questions are asked, what evidence is shown etc.
 
One chap I worked with was forever being called - must have been 4 times that I remember -and once got excused because he knew the charged person.
 
Never been asked to sit on a jury and not sure if I would want to!!

have been to Burnley Crown court as a witness, and they showed me round the court, explained what I should expect when called etc...

Luckily both defendants pleaded guilty so never got to say my piece :rolleyes:
 
Lilly said:
I'd just like to see what goes on at these trials. How they are questioned, what questions are asked, what evidence is shown etc.
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Well I believe some committee or other is trying to move towards trials being shown on television. Maybe some day in the near future you'll be able to watch without leaving the comfort of your own home :)
 
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