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Spiegel 05-12-2009 08:56 PM
An interesting way to get out of jury duty
 
Quote:
New Wrinkle On Avoiding Jury Duty
In no uncertain terms, a Montana man tells judge why he won't serve

APRIL 30--There are probably better ways to avoid jury duty than the approach recently taken by a Montana man. After Erik Slye, 36, received a jury notice earlier this year, he filed a notarized affidavit seeking to be excused from serving on a District Court panel in Gallatin County. Slye's caustic affidavit, which he prepared with help from his wife Jennifer, can be found below. The document, of course, did not sit well with court officials and led a judge to threaten to jail Slye. But after being summoned to court, Slye apologized for the affidavit and avoided being cited on a criminal failure to appear rap. And he also was excused from serving on a jury.


Heard about this on the Colbert Report and I just had to put it up. The great thing about all this is that he got away from serving. Legal System vs. Wrinkly Dog Balls = WIN

idisoneboyi 05-12-2009 10:36 PM
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he'd rather count the wrinkles on his dog's balls?? lmao

maddog 05-12-2009 10:55 PM
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wow! interesting way to escape jury duty!!!

OG 05-13-2009 01:39 AM
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you can get out of jury duty by usin that financial reason thing though. just have ur boss sign it or write it. its what i do lol XD

Sevi 05-13-2009 02:06 AM
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I read this a while back
Never thought it was real

Who bothered to scan it?
Faithful Anon?

maddog 05-13-2009 02:22 AM
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Originally Posted by OG (Post 1701447)
you can get out of jury duty by usin that financial reason thing though. just have ur boss sign it or write it. its what i do lol XD

interesting... so you have been invited for jury duty before OG?

Spiegel 05-13-2009 04:09 AM
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I have been selected once for jury duty but I couldn't come up with a good enough reason because at the time I didn't have a job or went to school so I couldn't escape. In the end I wasn't selected was free to go but it sucked waiting in the jury pool for three hours waiting to see if you were going to get selected.

OG 05-13-2009 04:48 AM
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Originally Posted by maddog (Post 1701472)
interesting... so you have been invited for jury duty before OG?
about 4 times in my life so far yea. dodged all. <.<

shadow_moon 05-13-2009 02:50 PM
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slye got some BALLS to say that.. hahaha...

maddog 05-13-2009 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by OG (Post 1701545)
about 4 times in my life so far yea. dodged all. <.<

thanks. that's new info to me. never knew you can get called for jury duty more than once.

Judiciary in the Philippines doesn't support the Jury System. i was one of the proponents when Trial by Jury was suggested about 2 years ago. i think it's a more reassurance of a fair trial having a few select Jury to judge your case, instead of a single judge.

Jaxon 05-14-2009 06:47 AM
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Wait. So, if the Philippines has no jury system, is it just trial-by-judge? Seems kind of un-democratic to me, if it is.

maddog 05-14-2009 07:00 AM
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unfortunately, it is. trial by judge only... the only thing different is that all decisions may be appealed to a higher court. all the way up to the supreme court. but no jury in all proceeding... owel... we have to live with it until it's changed.

Fearless Leader 05-14-2009 07:08 AM
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^I like that better. I'd rather be judged by someone who knows that the fuck is up, legal system wise, then a bunch of my dumbshit peers anyway, honestly.

Unless what I did was illegal, of course. Then I'd want a bunch of dumbshits judging me so I can have a chance to talk my way out of it. But, then again, it'd be my fault for getting caught in the first place.

maddog 05-14-2009 07:14 AM
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^thank'd

(when will the thanks be back?)

owel...

Jaxon 05-14-2009 07:57 AM
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Maybe in America juries are made up of fuckwits. But over here, we're judged by tea-drinking gentlemen polymaths.


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