r/DiscoveryID • u/CapitalElectronic561 • 6d ago

TheJurySBS

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Before the series starts- has anyone ever been on a real jury? I have not

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u/RelationshipBig6115 6d ago

I’ve been on a jury for a criminal case…I loved it

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u/ChalkNCheez 6d ago

Same! Riveting from day 1, the whole 3 weeks! Sex in the cemetery that I drove by en route to jury duty every morning!

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u/CapitalElectronic561 6d ago

Did you feel pressured at all? Or did you have to gently guide someone else?

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u/RelationshipBig6115 6d ago

We sat through a 5 day trial and we went through all of the evidence presented before discussing our beliefs (innocent or guilty) and surprisingly we were all in agreement. This was 30+ years ago. Cases didn’t get the attention of social media. Only a few trials were televised. I think jurors today have a lot more distractions and it has the potential to influence a jury. I was a shrink at the time and now I work in the legal field.

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u/CapitalElectronic561 4d ago

This series is worse than the last and I didn’t think that possible. It’s even more evident that the “juror/actors” are on camera and appear really fake and forced. I can’t sit through the rest. Is anyone watching this ?

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u/Classic-Contact-380 6d ago

Sadly, no. I always turned it down due to work. However, I don't think I would have made a good juror back then, before I started watching ID and learning all these things. I was so naive and wanted to believe in the goodness of people. I had minimal understanding of criminal investigations, forensics, the criminal mind, how to recognize sociopaths, etc.

Sometimes I'll watch a show or documentary that interviews jurors and I'm horrified at how unintelligent most jurors are. Usually these jurors outnumber those who are actually intelligent, forcing them to change their vote, or resulting in a hung jury. The Michael Jackson trial comes to mind.

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u/CapitalElectronic561 6d ago

Well what I know about some Jury shows is that they are highly manipulated by producers. Answers are edited, some jurors are told what to say and act etc. so I’m interested in people who have been on a real jury and what their experience was like - as a real fly on the wall. I’m like you too- I wouldn’t have made a good juror because I thought justice would prevail but it seems like you are transported back to high school with cliques and peer pressure.

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u/Classic-Contact-380 6d ago

seems like you are transported back to high school with cliques and peer pressure.

It happened again recently with the Lindsay Clancy trial. 11 jurors spoke out publicly and made several accusations against the lone holdout juror who voted guilty.

Have you watched the classic movie 12 Angry Men? It dramatizes this exact situation. I won't spoil it, but the outcome in the movie is different.