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The idyllic burg of Blogtown would get mighty lonely and boring without the asinine behavior of oblivious social networkers. Snarky nerds now depend on those daily stories of arrests, divorces, firings and expulsions, so -- thankfully -- a kind Michigan resident has stepped up to the plate of social networking stupidity. Hadley Jons, an enthusiastic juror serving in a resisting arrest trial, recently decided she didn't need to hear the prosecution finish its case. Instead, she reportedly logged on to Facebook and eagerly announced that it's "gonna be fun to tell the defendant they're guilty." Saleema Sheikh, the defense attorney in the case, decided to spoil Jons' fun, though, after Sheikh's son discovered the boneheaded post while performing a little bit of social stalking.
Presiding judge Diane Druzinski remarked, "you don't know how disturbing this is," and removed Jons from the case. Sheikh believes a harsher punishment might be in order, including at least "a few hours" of jail time. "This is the jury system," Sheikh lectured. "People need to know how important it is." Well, in terms of Facebook, that's one down and 500 million-or-so to go. Here's to hoping the rest, judges included, don't catch on too quickly.
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Subscribe to commentsEryDarkAug 31st 2010 7:36AM
Bone-headed, nothing. That's just a quick and easy way to get out of jury duty. The only people who actually want to do jury duty are old people and bored housewives. The rest of us have jobs to do and probably can't afford the ridiculous 10 or so dollars a day the court will throw you for recompense, don't want to get up that early, and have to drive far out of the way to get to the county courthouse. All that, or an obtuse Facebook comment? That's the no-brainer.
SammyAug 31st 2010 8:28AM
@EryDark
It is a civic duty to serve on a jury. If you don't care about doing that duty, go ahead and get out of it. Just remember, if you are on trial, your fate will be decided by the very people you made fun of in your post.
Cecil BeareSep 1st 2010 1:23AM
@EryDark , I'm a fulltime (actually I work more than 40 a week), educated, informed person who looks forward to being called for jury duty. The reason is that I would hope that if, for some unfortunate reason, I was facing a jury, I would hope that someone like me who tries to be fair, unbiased, honest, intelligent, informed, not self-centered, and patriotic on the jury. If only retired people or bored housewives, as you say, were on a jury, then you would not be judged by a "jury of your peers." Do I lose money serving on a jury, no question about it, but I consider it my civic duty and HONOR to serve. This is what America is all about. This is what Patriotism is.....serving your country in ways that are set out in our Constitution. Your comments show nothing but selfishness and self-centeredness. You better hope that you never have to face or jury or a loved one of yours be faced with a jury that is filled with people like you.
George HawkesAug 31st 2010 9:43AM
@Samwise24601
You fool its NOT our civic duty to serve on a jury. This is a so call free country.,
BUT if one does not break the law it does not seem fair the goverment can send you a notice to appear at this court on this date and time. And if you don't there could be fine or jail. Who is the goverment to order you to appear in court if you have not broken the law. The bimbos in the court office, judges and the rest of the flunkies get a good weeks pay check, And the fools who appear for jury duty gets next to nothing for their time.
I will NOT do jury duty and they can take their notice and shove it.
HmmmmmAug 31st 2010 10:37AM
@Fathertimema
Heaven forbid you ever have to go before a 'jury of your peers' for something, bogus charge or not, and the only people on the jury are the ones who were not smart enough to get out of it like you do. Think about that one for just a minute! It should scare the crap out of you.
Al BrattonAug 31st 2010 11:03AM
@Fathertimema
I am sorry you are wrong. It is not only a civic duty, it is part of the legal code. Youcan be sent to jail for failure to appear for jury duty when summoned. That aplies on the federal, state and local level.
But personally, I would prefer that you and those who think like you not show up.
George HawkesAug 31st 2010 11:10AM
Hmmmmmmm
It would NOT scare me to go before a Jury who thought the way I do.
I will tell you why. If I was force to be on a jury regardless what the person did that was on trial I would find him / her not guilty !!
I won't care if they had a video tape of them putting a slug thru someone.....NOT GUILTY..
Screw the govermeny forcing us to appear for jury duty...
dmmaciagAug 31st 2010 2:05PM
@Fathertimema Humor me for a second and listen to this scenario.
Let's say you have a young daughter, who gets abducted, raped, and killed. The person responsible is arrested, and goes to trial. You're now sitting there, watching what's going on.
If that happened, would you want the jury to not give a darn and just say "NOT GUILTY!" ? I think not.
henryerohAug 31st 2010 9:45AM
the person just went about it the wrong way especially posting it which was very stupid on their part. I have only been called 1 time but got out of it. all you have to say is you are predujis or you believe in harsh punishment or you have been a victim of a crime. Our courts seem so crooked how can you even trust judges or lawyers? the policeman out in the field has a tough job arresting some of these people and the courts slap their hands, when they catch drug dealers; car thieves and thieves in generally and other atrocious people doing crimes they should have the authority to just shoot them on the spot, haul them to the dump and proceed to let a bulldozer cover them up (I MEAN IT KILL THEM )
sarahAug 31st 2010 10:54AM
@Hmmmmmmmm
YES! that's just it... I was wrongfully accused of something and submitted to a jury of my peers... i ended up with some power-trip nurse-in-training as the foreman and she had the decision of guilty before even hearing the case, likeshe thought she was doing the right thing by automatically assuming guilty was the only answer.... i agree with you... maybe the "jury of your peers" should no long er be used, seeing as how most of them couldn't even spell guilty!
LeyAug 31st 2010 10:50AM
The juror is stupid posting it, but can someone explain why the defense attorney's SON is cyber-stalking the jurors on his moms case? That's bs*.
Al BrattonAug 31st 2010 11:05AM
You would prefer a jury oy police, lawyers and judges??? Or maybe professinal jurrors?
homeimpsAug 31st 2010 9:48PM
@Fathertimema
You would probably change your mind in a hurry if you knew there was video tape of someone "putting a slug" through someone you hold dear and people like you on that jury decided to hand down a not guilty verdict for their own selfish reasons.
RonAug 31st 2010 10:52PM
@Fathertimema
Well maybe you should move out of the US. Jury duty is part of the damned piece of paper commonly called the US Constitution. Guess you don't like this piece of paper. But just because one is summoned to jury duty does not mean one will actually serve on a jury. Many counties call a number of people for the pool. In Maricopa county Arizona, you go to the jury assembly room and in many cases sit there all day long. If you are not put on a jury or even called to a court room, at the end of the day you are done. You have served and are free to go. It is called one day or one trial. Nobody likes jury duty. But the law is the law. EIther you go along with the justice system of the US or move out and maybe enjoy the justice system of some other nation where they have no courts. You know where the border is.
AbraxusAug 31st 2010 11:13AM
My husband is an executive - got a jury duty call and felt it was his civic duty to actually show up and do the jury duty because so many people get out of it. It was for a 2 weeks period, but he only had to do one case if he got picked. He took his laptop with him and did his jury duty - maybe some of the rest of you need to stop trying to figure out creative ways to get OUT of doing it, and just do the jury duty!
AbraxusAug 31st 2010 11:19AM
The Facebook comment is in fact a breach of what you sign up for as a juror - you're NOT supposed to talk about the case or cases involved at all. Twit features who posted on Facebook may have thought this would get them out of jury duty, but in fact, they probably got themselves into more trouble by accepting the duty then doing this. Personally, I wish more people would do jury duty - if we all say oh we're too busy, let those people do it, what kind of juries will we have. Think about the day you inadvertantly end up in court, for whatever trivial reason it might be - wouldn't you prefer an intelligent jury that could look at the facts presented and say that's all bogus, rather than a disparate group of "bored" people? I know I would!
AnnetteAug 31st 2010 12:17PM
I have wondered this more times than I care to admit, but: who in their right mind uses their real name on FB?
stormey1Aug 31st 2010 2:28PM
@Noname1321 Actually anyone who has nothing to hide would use their real name on facebook...after all, the real purpose is social networking and connecting with people you know, and finding people you have lost contact with. The ONLY people not willing to use their real name are those who have something to hide, and or are the jerks who love to harass people behind an anonymous mask.
AnnetteAug 31st 2010 12:19PM
One problem I have with jury duty is this: if you are a married woman with kids of school age, they assume you are free to do jury duty because the kids are in school. But what about those of us who homeschool? The courts don't recognize that, and what happens while I'm serving jury duty? Who teaches my kids? Who supervises them if they are young?
I was fortunate in that a hearing impairment got me out of jury duty permanently, but what about homeschoolers who don't have something like that?
DonnaAug 31st 2010 1:04PM
@Noname1321
I have answered the call to jury duty every two years for the past 20 years, have always been released during selection because I'm a nurse, something they don't want during malpractice or injury cases. However, whenever my husband has been called, he tells the judge he is the homemaker responsible for our child, and up until she ws 16, he was excused because he is the primary caretaker of a child.