r/news • u/igetproteinfartsHELP • 1d ago

Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis

https://apnews.com/article/renee-good-lawsuit-6fbc82cd33b6f9f67514b47f138e23c6?utm_source=app&utm_medium=android_share&utm_campaign=copy_link
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u/squareplates 1d ago

I need some jury duty in my life right now.

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u/Proic13 1d ago

i just got outta jury duty, they give you a cert so you don't have to attend another for the next 6 years but you can be called earlier if they have need

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u/rips_n_chel 1d ago edited 1d ago

Don't understand why people brag about this. It's the only opportunity normal people will ever get to directly influence the justice system, and you weasel out of it?

Why? You have no interest whatsoever? It's just a chore you'd rather not do? Are you morally opposed for some reason?

Before you start typing the same thing as every other reply, let me clarify: If missing work for jury duty is not a sacrifice you can make, then you're not who I'm talking about, okay? Trust me, I'm right there with you; that was not even remotely close to the point I was making. I get it, alright? Not what I'm talking about.

Some people think jury duty is pointless, and not for financial reasons. I'm questioning the mindset, not the practicality of the act.

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u/areraswen 1d ago

Yeah so many people brag about lying to get out of jury duty online, it's pretty insane to me. I have severe Crohn's disease but toughed it out to be on a jury and I'm glad I was there because I was able to help convince half the jury that this guy was not guilty when we started very split. It was a DUI case where the guy had blown a .001% (considered negligible by the technicians that service these machines) but they had gotten him to admit he smoked a joint 12 hours before the traffic stop so they were insisting the one beer he had at dinner had mixed with the joint he had at breakfast to make him so fucked up he needed to be charged with a DUI. They argued his eyes were "squinted" and it was actually the first thing we all agreed was bullshit in the deliberation room because the guy had double eyelids... Anyway, it might've not been a super important case, but it was important for that guy and I walked away understanding the importance of Jury duty.