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21-year old man oversleeps jury duty, gets sentenced to 10 days in jail plus one year probation and 150 hours of community service
- Thread starter RastaMentality
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I think they may have been more understanding if he called and explained. Just ignoring your screw-up and hoping it all works out isn't a recipe for success.
Because he is 21 and had never been called for jury duty. I'm sure that's what his grandparents told him even.
Or
1.scam thousands of people of thousands of dollars with trump university.
For most people in the US, an unscheduled 10-day absence from work will easily lose you your job. For many people in the US, missing one paycheck is the line between having a home and homelessness. While thankfully it doesn't sound like it's the case here (though it certainly has other repercussions), the judge's decision could have easily put someone out on the street, all because of a mistake that apparently did a whopping 45-minutes of damage.
Since the article seems coy on naming him, fuck you Judge John Kastrenakes.
EDIT: as this has been misread multiple times now, I guess I need to explicitly point out that when I say you can lose your job, I am saying that is a potential consequence of spending 10 days in jail, not of serving on a jury. Yes, I am well aware your job is protected if you are summoned to serve on a jury; that is not part of my grievance here. Your job is not protected if you end up having to miss 10 unscheduled days of work because you are in jail, depending on where you work and what sort of leave policy is in place.
Since the article seems coy on naming him, fuck you Judge John Kastrenakes.
EDIT: as this has been misread multiple times now, I guess I need to explicitly point out that when I say you can lose your job, I am saying that is a potential consequence of spending 10 days in jail, not of serving on a jury. Yes, I am well aware your job is protected if you are summoned to serve on a jury; that is not part of my grievance here. Your job is not protected if you end up having to miss 10 unscheduled days of work because you are in jail, depending on where you work and what sort of leave policy is in place.
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I mean Jury Duty can suck and be a hassle, but not having a trial by a Jury would suck even worse. It ensures the right to a trial by our peers, and can potetially be a unique experience.
But I can agree on your 2nd part.
Fuck the public defendant that is trying to get the probation reduced, he should be trying to get the whole damn thing thrown out
Records are only for poor blacks, not rich white dudes that rape
Records are only for poor blacks, not rich white dudes that rape
That's different though. If you don't show up at all, probably nothing happens (though they threaten fines, but if it's not certified mail I'm not sure how they prove you got it). The guy made the mistake of showing up and then got picked for a trial and was supposed to return the next day.
I thought you were protected from being fired for missing work for jury duty? Granted, you can still go broke and if you own your own business or are a contractor you're going to be screwed either way.
edit: oh, you mean missing work because of the jailtime.
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Damn that's harsh.
He should have called in probably but still. This will greatly affect his life moving forward.
He should have called in probably but still. This will greatly affect his life moving forward.
This sucks, but it's not the same as the people on here saying they missed jury duty. This guy went to jury duty and WAS SELECTED AS A JUROR. And then he didn't show up when the trial started. I can see there being a much bigger penalty for that.
He should've notified them. But it still doesn't look good.
He should've notified them. But it still doesn't look good.
And yet Rip Van Winkle gets to dodge the draft. Understanding and mercy are a limited resource apparently.
Eh. Jury duty was created before video, audio recordings, and photographs existed. Today jury duty can traumatize and leave jurors with PTSD and other severe issues.
The system needs revised.
After passing the sentence, did the judge give him a hug whilst telling him that mistakes happen and to accept Jesus into his life for redemption?
The guy didn't just miss the jury duty wait list, or even the waiting pool, he was selected to be on the jury and just never showed up.
Agree with everyone that the punishment is ridiclous. give him a fine and some community service and call it a day.
Agree with everyone that the punishment is ridiclous. give him a fine and some community service and call it a day.
That seems excessive, like just give the kid the community service sentence and be done with it.
I mean, he should definitely be penalized, but that's pretty damn extreme. I was thinking "Yeah, that could screw up the court immensely if a juror doesn't show up." but 45 minutes is almost nothing. Not worth 10 days in jail +.
Nah they just asked me to come downtown (like an hour from me) on a weekday at like 7 am and I didn't show up so I didn't even interact with them at all
You cannot be fire for missing work due to jury duty. You also get paid as a juror.
This guy was already selected to be on a jury. What he missed was the actual trial
but this is still ridiculous
Ah. Thanks for the correction. Just skimmed the OP and thought Somerville was the location, not the name.
I live in Florida
Also you can get dismissed from Jury Duty if there is a financial/work hardship.