Originally Posted by
gimmethesimplelife
Crud. I received that dreaded postcard like thing in the mail recently and depending on how my phone call to the automated jury line goes the night before my scheduled date to appear for jury duty, I may be going downtown (actually quite close to where I work, which is amazing in a city of such urban sprawl such as Phoenix) for jury duty.
I rather doubt it would surprise anyone here that I don't care to participate (though I've discussed this with a few people already who are of the opinion that to effect any change, I should go and then pick apart everything - something I have absolutely no problem with whatsoever).
At this late date I doubt there is any need to go into my take on law enforcement in general and police brutality to be specific. So my question is this - given that I find the whole criminal "justice" system revolting - would I be better off attempting for disqualification during the interview process (in Arizona based on my prior experience, the judge asks you towards the end of the process if there are any issues relevant to the selection process that he/she should know about, which would give me the chance to speak of my take of law enforcement, police brutality, and documented cases of prosecutors suppressing evidence that led to an innocent person being convicted)........or would do you believe, given my beliefs, that I should participate and give them the 85006 treatment? (blatant inability to believe anything a prosecutor or police officer might say, coupled with a willingness to question EVERYTHING and hold things up as long as possible?)
Please understand that for me the above actions would be situation specific, meaning that if I believed that the defendant truly was guilty based on overwhelming (and I mean overwhelming) evidence, I would behave very different from what I propose above. In other words, the above is not automatic.......
I am of the opinion that some folks here believe jury duty is a civic obligation and I'm not entirely against this belief myself....what ruins this concept for me is that I have witnessed police brutality before and that there are too many videos showing police brutality in action. I also will never be able to forgive the fact that until the infamous video of Nurse Alex Wubbels being illegally and unconstitutionally arrested this past Summer was released, the Salt Lake City PD did absolutely nothing in regards to this incident. In other words, rubber had to hit the road before the appeared to care, before they appeared to be guided the laws they claim to uphold. So my point is that crooked police officers and crooked prosecutors have ruined the concept of jury duty as a civic obligation for me.
I find this whole issue bothersome to say the least and I hope, hope, hope I am dismissed the night I call in! Wish me luck with this please! Rob