Ever Served On A Jury? Ever Watched A Jury?
This week we’re all getting a reminder of how juries are assembled. Have you ever served? If not, do you have a favorite jury scene on TV or in the movies?
Where I live, people tend to be called for a pool every year or two. There are a number of reasons – lots of trials, and lots of reasons for exemptions. But despite being called into the pool about a dozen times, I’ve only served on a trial once, and then we were in the middle of deliberations when the defense took a plea deal.
It tends to be a great melting pot where people from all walks of life come together, like the DMV or ER, or in happier circumstances, the upper deck of a sold out baseball game. And somewhat surprisingly, based on what I’ve seen and what other people have told me, people are generally able to make things work out somewhat, reasonably right.
So if you’ve ever been called for jury duty, whether you served or not, here’s a chance to talk about what you experienced.
Or, if you’ve never served, here’s a chance to talk about TV shows or movies with juries which you like. Or hate!
12 Angry Men. Or, if you found that too stagey, what about the parody 12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer with Jeff Goldblum et al arguing whether she was hot enough for TV.
Maybe you’re a fan of A Few Good Men? To Kill A Mockingbird? Or maybe you’re a fan of this jury scene in Treehouse of Horror?
Share whatever you have on your mind about juries, real and fictional.
jury duty is insanity to me
if law is law
and you have trained professionals what know law
the fuck do you need randos for?
you either broke the law or you didnt
there shouldnt be room for yeah but iffs or i thinks in law
We have a bunch of judges whose quality isn’t so hot. Juries don’t fix that, but it can help.
The only member of my family that endured the jury process was my dad. He managed to get to the final 24 but was deemed too smart by the defense attorney and was booted off.
I liked 12 Angry Men and the Inside Amy Schumer version. Eerie how the 2013 version emulated the actors from 1950s version
The takeoff is a top level satire, and I don’t think it would have worked if it didn’t have a lot of affection for the original.
Thankfully I’ve not yet been called for jury duty.
Although if I get paid time off for it, maybe it would be a nice change for a few days.
It’s interesting to see the process in real life, but starting deliberations is sort of like the weirdest party icebreaker ever.
I am the king of jury duty. I’ve done them all, including State and Federal grand juries.
That Amy Schumer skit was priceless. It’s really hard to believe that she is Chuck Schumer’s cousin. He’s so self-serious and publicity hungry to the point of parody, and she’s so self-deprecating and is like, “I will appear on my friend Lena Dunham’s series ‘Girls’ just so I can watch Brian Williams’s talentless daughter get her ass eaten out. Plus, I will be able to have long, confidential talks with Zosia Mamet’s eyebrows without Zosia knowing anything about them.”
Grand jury is a process I have a hard time getting my head around. Trial juries seem so much more well defined.