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Have you ever served on a jury?

Asked by Jane Belanger

July 28, 2010

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Stacey Elson

From Vista (Marketing Associate)

I did, actually, and I had to leave because I fainted twice on the jury. I had to get out because I kept fainting. It was all the blood. It was a rape case. One time was when they were just showing all the gory panties and the — all the gross stuff. And another time was when she was testifying and talking about the ripping of — ugh. All I know is I was sitting there, and all of a sudden — you know how you start to get hot and you’re sweating? The bailiff looked over at me — I must’ve been pale — and he said, “Are you okay?” I was, like, “No!” That happened twice, and I said, “You know, this isn’t fair to either party. I think I need to leave.” They stopped the trial and let me recover. They put this big fan next to me. The poor woman who was sitting next to me, I felt so sorry for her because the fan was blowing really hard on her. I finally just looked at her and I was, like, “I can’t stop the trial more than twice.” And they let me ­leave.

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Janice Spradley

From Solana Beach (Caregiver)

No, never have. For years and years they wouldn’t take me because of my being married to a police officer. They wouldn’t take me by association. They may now, but I have elderly parents that I’ve been caring for for the last ten years, and they honor the fact that you take care of your parents, and you don’t have to ­go.

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Doug Blunck

From Encinitas (Construction)

Yep. Twice. One was elderly abuse. It was a guilty verdict, but I felt bad because the guy was cuckoo. He was pushing his parents around. He was cuckoo, but he was still guilty. That lasted about a week. The other one was a drunk-driving case. It was a day or two. That one was guilty also. He was just a drunk. He didn’t do anything wrong — I mean, he did wrong — but there were no injuries or anything — it wasn’t anything ­gnarly.

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Kelly Blunck

From Encinitas (Teacher)

I think I’ve only been asked once, and at the time I was a full-time student. I don’t know what it is. I moved a few times; I don’t know if I missed it in change of address or what, but I’ve only been asked once and I was a full-time student. It worked out well for me! Although I am kind of curious, and I think it might be something interesting to do one day...just an experience we kind of should do as ­citizens.

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Wendy Weitzel

From Jacksonville, Oregon (Property Manager)

Yes, I have! A guy had been caught making counterfeit checks, and when they came in to confiscate all of the check-making stuff, they found a meth pipe. Then that gave them the ability to get a search warrant and search the house, and then they found paraphernalia and cocaine and stuff. I was chosen because I’m a mom, and he had a girlfriend who had just had a baby, so they thought I would have some sympathy toward the defendant. But also the prosecution liked me because they asked me if you should get a ticket if you get pulled over for speeding in a 20 zone and you’re only going 21 or 22, and I said, “Yes. You were breaking the law and you were caught.” He wasn’t convicted of the counterfeiting. This was for the meth pipe and the coke. Beyond a reasonable doubt, he was guilty. It was very cool. I felt all-­American.

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Audrey Norling

From Coronado Heights (Client Rep)

Yes. There’s been several. I’m always selected, like, within the first minute I sit down. The whole process is very quick. Of course, there’s some [cases] where I haven’t been selected, but of course they have their way of weeding you out. One was a nursing home case…a guardian was saying something bad happened under their care. Another one was a double rape and homicide — that was years ago — it was very complicated. And one was a simple…you know, an after-the-Padre-game type thing. It’s tough listening to some of that ­stuff.

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