and proceeded to bang on the door with both fists until the bailiff came back."
I also found someolderRedditthreadsfeaturing other strange jury duty incidents that caught my eye.
Here are some of the stories that stood out:
1.
She was not selected."
u/maybesoyesno
2.
I have never struggled so hard to keep a straight face."
u/monobot3
3.
The guy next to me raised his hand and said, ‘I can’t read.’
The judge dismissed him right there.
I was like WTF?"
u/Metsfan_2112
4.
“I was one of last jurors to be dismissed for an assault trial.
I asked to see the judge in their chambers after they asked if anyone could not be impartial.
I didnt want to say it in front of the other jurors.
The judge asked me to try and put it out of my mind.
I said the defendant was guilty to their faces, and they all asked me to stay on.”
u/NaturallyNerdy1
5. u/EasilyLuredWithCandy
6. u/shartonashark
7.
“I was on a jury for a trial that lasted six weeks.
The defendant was a 70-year-old man, and he was on trial for 16 counts of recording without consent.
What he was recording was his encounters with multiple sex workers he brought to his house.
For six weeks, we had to watch videos of an old man banging sex workers.”
u/Klabbertrapz
8.
They divided the house down the middle one half for him, and one half for the two women.
By all accounts, he was incredibly generous.
u/StitchesInTime
9.
“My father has been called for jury duty multiple times.
and proceeded to bang on the door with both fists until the bailiff came back.
He said the reality showJury Dutywas entirely believable after witnessing that.”
u/Bobby_Newpooort
10.
The courtroom got a chuckle out of that, and I somehow got selected."
u/dmeebo
11.
“A woman had an infection in her finger and went to urgent care.
The doctor prescribed some drugs and told the woman to soak her finger in warm water.
If it didnt get better the next day, she should go to the ER.
The infection worsened, so her husband dragged her to the ER a few days later.
They pumped her full of drugs, but couldnt stave off amputation.
u/bondsman333
12.
The trial was for felony possession of marijuana.
He thanked me for my honesty and sent me home.”
u/heebro
13.
“My wife was on a DUI jury where the police cam showed the whole thing.
It was the road my parents live on, and one shes driven probably 1,000 times.
Its a very straight road.
There was, in fact, a case.”
u/graptemys
14. u/MAN_UTD90
15.
And thats how he got caught…because of Venmo."
u/mrscip
16. u/s3anami
17.
I was so scared, I dropped my purse and all the contents.
I did not know the guy, and I was promptly let go."
u/Jackiemccall
18.
The prospective juror (obviously trying to get out without serving) responded, ‘An Italian enema.’
He was removed from the courtroom.
All of us just looked at one another, and nobody said a word."
u/MadLintElf
19. u/GothPenguin
20.
One morning, one of the young guys didn’t turn up in court.
The judge is an idiot.'
We immediately elected that woman as our foreperson.
u/CapnCrunchHarkness
22.
The judge was giving a speech on the importance of jury duty and us contributing to the justice system.
The guy was either extremely disrespectful or so stupid that he didn’t realize what he was doing."
u/Mikey-2-Guns
23.
“I was recently on a jury for a murder trial.
I thought it would be fine; Ive been on juries for other violent offenses with no issues.
First day of the trial, I found out the murder happened two blocks from my house.
The victim was shot at 5:00 a.m. and discovered at about 7:00 a.m.
I walk past that exact spot at 6:30 every morning on my way to work.
u/Moldy_slug
24.
“Not me, but my dad was on a jury for a murder trial back in the ’80s.
Six months later, he killed someone else and was convicted for good.”
u/Substantial_Motor421
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