Join the Fun!

Dazzling1hamster , Adeolu Eletu / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors While going through the selection process they asked if anyone felt they shouldn't be on the jury. I had to tell them the defendant was my neighbor and the arresting officer was my roommate. I obviously knew the case as it happened in my driveway.

Final score:

201points

POST

Clown fish 9 months ago

Ok, you may go home lol

84points

monobot3 , Lum3n / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors Small midwestern town, perps broke and entered a garage and stole frozen sides of beef from a big freezer. It was a drunk impulsive crime, but they had prepared enough to be concerned about leaving 'fingerprints', which they had solved by putting socks over their hands.

The prosecutor was calmly describing them running on foot with the beef in pillowcases, which were always slipping through their hands because they were clutching them between two socked hands, unable to use their thumbs. I have never struggled so hard to keep a straight face.

Final score:

179points

POST

DUN DUN 9 months ago

It's straight out of a cartoon scene

58points

GothPenguin , Billy / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors The first time I was called for jury duty I was the first potential juror dismissed because the man on trial was my biological father whom I hadn’t seen in about a decade.

Final score:

154points

POST

Nilsen 9 months ago

This even beats the one I've heard of (friend on duty) where the man on tiral was one of the other jurors' ex husband. He'd beaten up her too.

50points

maybesoyesno , engin akyurt / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors While being questioned by the attorneys, one woman in the pool said, "I don't know if this is the right time to mention this, but the defendant looks just like my ex husband and I am having a very angry physical reaction I him.". She was not selected.

Final score:

152points

POST

Auntriarch 9 months ago

*makes notes*

84points

EasilyLuredWithCandy Report

The trial I was on was wild itself (kidnapping and murder, just horrible), but the funniest part was when we, the jury, had to pass a note telling the judge that the defense attorney's zipper was down.

Final score:

132points

POST

Clown fish 9 months ago

Sorry judge but attorney is flying low and it's very off putting

60points

More absurd than anything, but…

The defendant’s wife had taken a female lover, and the man allowed the new partner to live in the house with them. They divided the house down the middle, with one half being his and one half being the two women’s. By all accounts he was incredibly generous.

That’s the backstory to the actual trial, where the lover accused the man of leaving a wheelbarrow partially on the women’s side of the property, causing her to trip and suffer extensive shoulder injuries. When the prosecuting attorney suggested that it was the man’s form of revenge, the judge shut that down right quick.

It was later revealed that the lover had an extensive medical history, including being kicked by a horse in her clavicle, and had dealt with many many medical incidents before the trip and fall.

It took us about twenty minutes to find the defendant not guilty, but we waited longer to say we reached a verdict because there was pizza on the way.

StitchesInTime Report

Final score:

130points

POST

Tucker Cahooter 9 months ago

Another one where the prospect of food impacts upon the jury deliberations. Sound like my kind of people

91points

I was recently on a jury for a murder trial. Thought it would be fine - I’ve been on jury for other violent offenses, no issues.

First day of the trial I found out the murder happened two blocks from my house. The victim was shot at 5am. Discovered at about 7am. I walk past that exact spot at 6:30 every day on my way to work. If I hadn’t stayed home sick that day, I’d have been the one who found the body.

Moldy_slug Report

Final score:

122points

POST

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 9 months ago

That would totally freak me out.

51points

steamfrustration , August de Richelieu / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors During jury selection I was sitting next to two college-age women. An attorney asked one of them whether she felt like she was easily influenced by the opinions of others. She said, "Um, I think maybe?"

Then, completely unprompted, the girl next to her said "Me too!" Pure genius if the goal was to be sent home.

Final score:

115points

POST

Serial pacifist 9 months ago

Well, at the end of the day, we are all influenced by someone else, one might argue even on a daily basis.

29points

Somewhereoverrainbow Report

#10

I was a juror on a coroners inquest for an officer-involved fatality. The officer had been responding to a call about a hold-up at a casino so was driving lights and sirens (lights for sure, maybe sirens) down a through street at 2am (ish). A cyclist came out of an alley right in front of him. Officer hit and killed the cyclist. Turns out, the guy on the bike was the guy who had just committed the robbery. We had to determine whether the officer had broken any rules or acted maliciously. It was pretty clear the whole thing was a tragic accident. The officer felt terrible. The family of the victim was there, and it was hard for them. Just kind of a sad situation all the way around. It was also very educational. I wouldn't mind doing jury duty again.

Final score:

114points

POST

Veronica Jean 9 months ago

Sad for so many reasons. Just because someone committed a crime doesn't mean they would never reform. There were so many other opportunities. And now the cop will probably be scarred from that. Sad all around :(

46points

#11

The only time I've been called up was 23 yrs ago, and I was dismissed by the judge. Trial was for felony possession of marijuana. I told the judge I could not remain impartial due to the fact that I smoked weed all the time. He thanked me for my honesty and sent me home.

heebro Report

Final score:

110points

POST

DennyS (denzoren) 9 months ago

Well that was good of both you and the judge.

28points

Klabbertrapz , Ross Sneddon / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#12

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors I was on a jury for a trial that lasted six weeks. The defendant was a near 70 year old man, and he was on trial for 16 counts of recording without consent. What he was recording was his encounters with multiple "escorts" he brought to his house. For six weeks, we had to watch videos of an old man banging prostitues.

Final score:

109points

POST

E.V. 9 months ago

Eww

87points

#13

I was a juror on a murder trial while heavily pregnant. Nothing crazy happened but the murderer sat and stared at me through the entire trial. I've never seen eyes like that before. Complete psychopath. Thankfully he got life with no parole.

HeartoftheDevil Report

Final score:

108points

POST

MellonCollie 9 months ago

Yikes, that's unsettling at best.

49points

#14

Was on a jury for some harassment/petty property destruction of a father by his son and his son's friend. One morning one of the young guys didn't turn up in court.

Turned out someone had asked him about the trial on his Facebook wall and he REPLIED PUBLICLY with something like "I'm going to get away with it, the judge is an idiot". It was a good 15 years ago so someone physically printed it out and handed it into the court.

Hopeful_Wrap2843 Report

Final score:

107points

POST

Amskri 9 months ago

Sounds like what DT does.

38points

MaximumZer0 , RDNE Stock project / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#15

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors Was put in a jury for a murder one case. Defendant was guilty as f**k. There was a bar fight, defendant left the scene, grabbed a gun, and came back for round 2. Bar patrons saw him there, he had priors for assault and theft, and people who knew him basically said that he was a wannabe thug. Then the dumbf**k bragged about it in the holding cell, and the other inmates testified against him. All the while, his lawyer was just insulting the witnesses to discredit them (including a forensic evidence specialist for the police) and banging on about how there was no DNA evidence from random cigarette butts outside a bar. We deliberated for under 10 minutes, took an anonymous vote, and wound up with a unanimous guilty. It took longer for the bailiff to come get us than it did for us to decide.

Final score:

101points

POST

Panda Boi 9 months ago

You didn't delay to get food? Rookie!

135points

#16

Oh man, I had grand jury duty once and this 20 year old kid hired a hooker, got robbed by the hooker and her pimp, and the pimp tried to VENMO HIMSELF from the kid’s phone. And that’s how he got caught, because of Venmo.

mrscip Report

Final score:

97points

POST

Megan Curl 9 months ago

Clearly, an intellectual.

29points

Verbal___Kint , Rayner Simpson / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#17

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors
I show up for every notice I'm called for. I get a full day's pay from work, and having been the director of security at a local casino for over a decade, I know most of the cops, a few of the DA investigators, and half the defendants. I'm usually excused very early in the process, even if I don't know anyone.

There was one case for an assault with only one witness. As soon as they told us who the witness was, I recognized the name and told the judge I had physically removed him from my work before. The judge happily let me go.

Final score:

86points

POST

Cerridwn d'Wyse 9 months ago

I worked with someone whose daughter was the administrative assistant to a state legislator. She got called for jury duty. She knew the judge, the prosecuting attorney, the defense attorney, and the cops involved, and she was still Seated on the jury. Afterwards when she asked why they said because they knew her well enough to knew that she would be non-judgmental and sincere and honest which she enjoyed the complement but didn't enjoy the jury duty

38points

Mark Alexander 9 months ago

A purist jurist.

3points

Charlotte Sandoval 9 months ago

Well if you don't show up you go to jail lol so I sure hope they show up for every notice

1point

Jack Smith 9 months ago

my mom ignores jury duty calls. *shrug*. "They don't really care," she says. "I'm not worth their trouble." she hasn't gone to jail yet

0points

Sheena Leversedge Wood 8 months ago

the only case I got picked for, I couldn't do because it was for workplace fraud where my stepdad was the manager. so I'd already heard all the juicy gossip. but I wasn't exactly able to go into it unbiased. which is a shame, as I would have liked to experience a trial. but that was the only one I was put forward for

0points

Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 9 months ago

How strange. Here, if you have worked for police or security, you don't get called for jury duty.

0points

Tammilee Truitt 9 months ago

And yet you still keep getting called. Me also. Just last month as a matter of fact. This time around I realized something. Why aren't there ever, ever upper class people in the pool? It is so obvious. The elusive 1%. Another thing is this last time 'round, the 9 selected were never questioned and never spoke a word. I suspect they had citizenship but could speak English? Trial in San Antonio. Big trial. Guatemalan womans' child died in a boarder holding facility. Very sad indeed. Not sure the

-3points

HurlWurk 9 months ago

I've seen plenty of upper class in the larger jury pools, there simply aren't that many to begin with. I've served on a jury with a doctor. Seen many business owners and lawyers, a pilot, a couple "director of" types, etc.

6points

Bobby_Newpooort , Andrea Piacquadio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#18

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors My father has been called for jury duty multiple times. 20 minutes into deliberation on one of the cases, a female juror stood up and screamed "We've gotta get out of here!" and proceeded to bang on the door with both fists until the bailiff came back.

He said the reality show Jury Duty was entirely believable after witnessing that

Final score:

82points

POST

Serial pacifist 9 months ago

She had to pee

16points

#19

Was one of last jurors to be dismissed. Assault trial. As I was walking to lunch during the break I saw defendant assault ANOTHER person on the street. I Asked to see judge in chambers after they asked if anyone could not be impartial. I didn’t want to say it in front of the other jurors. Defense attorney begged judge to keep me on the jury (no idea why) after explaining what I had just witnessed. Judge asked me to try and out it out of my mind. I said defendant was guilty to their faces and they all asked me to stay on. San Francisco.

NaturallyNerdy1 Report

Final score:

77points

POST

Papa 9 months ago

I was called once, many years ago. The defendant was on trial for writing bad checks. When it reached the point where the judge asked if anyone couldn't be impartial I raised my hand. When he acknowledged me I suggested I come up to the bench. Of course both attorneys joined me. I told them the guy had written bad checks at the store where I worked, and there wasn't a doubt in my mind about his guilt. I was immediately dismissed.

47points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

See Also on Bored Panda

Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#20

I served on a jury once with the most inane older woman sitting next to me the whole time. She was seriously terrible. She spent most of the trial time writing emails on her iPad, doing the crossword puzzle, or sleeping.

When she wasn't doing any of that, she was interrupting the testimony to ask people to "speak up," ask clarifying questions, make side comments to the other jurors, or to tell the attorneys or even the judge that she thought they weren't supposed to do something based on her misunderstanding of the pre-trial instructions.

Her to Judge: "I thought we weren't supposed to consider such-and-such testimony." Judge: "If something comes up and I don't want you to consider it, I'll tell you, now shut the hell up."

The best part was, once we got into deliberations, she had the audacity to volunteer herself as the foreperson. Every single one of us gave her the biggest ಠ_ಠ ever, until finally one woman managed to break through her flabbergastedness to say "I think I'd prefer it if you weren't our foreperson." We immediately elected that second woman our foreperson.

The crazy older woman also held up our deliberations with rambling anecdotes that had no relevance, and a consistent misunderstanding of the legal statutes that we were debating.

I still have no idea how she made it onto that jury, but she was genuinely trying to do a good job (when she felt like paying attention) at least she wasn't a crazy racist or anything.

CapnCrunchHarkness Report

Final score:

75points

POST

Rinso the Red 9 months ago

Are you kidding? She's a defendant's dream juror

26points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

See Also on Bored Panda

“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#21

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors We were sitting in the holding room getting our initial instruction the following exchange takes place:

Potential juror: “My daughter is downstairs getting arraigned, does that mean I get to go home?”

Bailiff: “If you enter the courtroom and your daughter is seated at the defense table, tell us. Until then you’re stuck here.”

A_Ahai , Kelly Sikkema / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

74points

POST

Marinasongs1432 9 months ago

What’s arraigned?

23points

dmeebo , KATRIN BOLOVTSOVA / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#22

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors When the judge listed the witnesses and asked if the potential jurors knew any of them, I responded that I knew the police officer. He asked he how and I said that that offer had arrested me (unrelated to the current trial). The courtroom got a chuckle out of that and I somehow got selected.

Final score:

73points

POST

Niki A 9 months ago

There was a SA case, and I was there for jury selection. The defendant stared at me the entire time, and his really stereotypically southern attorney eliminated me first. One of my friends who worked in the courthouse commented that the defendant told his lawyer I was distracting him. I've never felt so complimented and creeped out in one shot.

30points

Veritas3333 , KATRIN BOLOVTSOVA / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#23

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors The defendant's father was the dumbest mother f****r I've ever seen. The prosecutor asked all these super damning questions with a big smile on his face, and the dad just smiled along and agreed to everything he said, even adding in things here and there. And it seemed like it never occurred to him that every word he said was just destroying his daughter's case and cementing into every juror that she was guilty.

Man, I need to Google that case and see if her appeal has happened yet, she deserves to rot in jail

Final score:

72points

POST

Polterbean 9 months ago

Maybe that was deliberate.

98points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

See Also on Bored Panda

French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#24

A friend told me he was a juror in a trial where the defendant was caught trying to flush a gun down the toilet

MAN_UTD90 Report

Final score:

69points

POST

Surenu 9 months ago

I guess the toilet was... glocked.

133points

graptemys , Ryan Porter / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#25

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors My wife was on a DUI jury where the police cam showed the whole thing. It was the road my parents live on, and one she’s driven probably 1,000 times. It’s a very straight road. He was weaving all over the place, and when he got to his driveway a block from my folks’ he claimed that he got home ok so there was no case. There was, in fact, a case.

Final score:

68points

POST

Tammilee Truitt 9 months ago

Bet she was busting a gut to tell you but couldn't say a word til after

8points

#26

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors was a case in Compton, CA.

3 men were on trial for armed robbery. Multiple counts for each....

Not fun. Several jury members were convinced that the cops were corrupt, and they weren't going to send kids from the neighborhood to prison.

After a week of deliberation, and multiple reviews of the video tapes of the liquor store, we ended up convicting on several counts, but not all.

Its not easy taking away someone's liberty, even if they deserve it. We all had some pretty intense discussion and debates.

dyslexiasyoda , Fred Moon / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

68points

POST

Roxy222uk 9 months ago

Thank you for taking it seriously, and thank you for understanding that prison is a punishment in itself. Too many people think that it's 'a holiday camp'. Really? How about as from tomorrow you go to this 'holiday camp' and can't come out for years? What's that? You'll lose your career, miss important birthdays, weddings, and anniversaries? You had things planned to do in your garden? You were looking forward to your holiday? It just wouldn't be convenient right now? That's the punishment, numbnuts.

46points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

See Also on Bored Panda

Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#27

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors Some weird ass dude drove 50 miles with a loaded gun, texting his ex a hundred times that he was gonna kill her and her new boyfriend. Dumbass drives to the wrong house on the right street and cops wrapped him up right away. Suddenly he "wasn't gonna do nothing."

It was pathetic, to be honest. Nobody wanted to be there. His ex didn't even want him to get in trouble, they all just wanted to move on. Weirdest part of all, I kinda enjoyed jury duty.

am_with_stupid , JESHOOTS.com / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

67points

POST

Tabitha 9 months ago (edited)

An extreme example of Schrodinger’s Douchebag. All the ex had to do was show the cops the texts, especially after the searched his car and found the gun, and the SD’s protests of “wasn’t gonna do nothing” (and leaving out “only because the cops were there”) would be covering him in guilt like he was pissing into a strong headwind.

19points

bondsman333 , National Cancer Institute / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#28

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors A woman had an infection in her finger. Went to urgent care. Doctor prescribed some drugs, told the woman to soak it in warm water. If it didn’t get better the next day go to the ER.

Woman does not get script filled and … soaks her finger in her condo’s community hot tub.

Infection worsened, her husband dragged her to the ER a few days later. They pumped her full of drugs but couldn’t stave off amputation.

She tried suing the urgent care for not giving her more explicit instructions, not telling her how severe an infection could be, and not forcing her to go the ER that night.

Final score:

66points

POST

Blue Bunny of Happiness 9 months ago

I got way too far into this before realising this was the case that went to court and not a story about one of the jurors!

54points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

See Also on Bored Panda

“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#29

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors Was sitting next to a guy after our names were called, they asked all of us if we had reasons to be dismissed. Guy next me raises his hand and said "I can't read". The judge dismissed him right there. I was like "WTF"???

Metsfan_2112 , Kairos Panamá / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

65points

POST

MellonCollie 9 months ago

But why WTF? Because the guy couldn't read, or the judge dismissed him? Not being able to read is sad, it is a terrible social handicap.

43points

shartonashark , Naveen Kumar / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#30

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors a guy next to me kept on taking sips out of a plastic flask he had in his coat pocket....

Final score:

65points

POST

Kathy Dragonfly 9 months ago

polyjuice potion

63points

Continue reading with Bored Panda Premium

Unlimited content

Ad-free browsing

Dark mode

#31

Sat on a jury in December. Murder trial. Guy was guilty but evidence was all circumstantial. Not everyone agreed he was guilty. I was the jury spokesperson so I was the one who had to write everything to the judge. We deliberated for like 8 or 9 hours. I had to tell the judge we couldn’t decide. Judge came in and said he granted the hung jury and while he was talking to us a court person pulled him out of our jury room. Judge came back in and said the defendant decided to plead guilty and asked us if we wanted to watch sentencing. The whole process was kind of wild.

Eggmins Report

Final score:

26points

POST

Rebelliousslug 9 months ago

Oof, that attorney misread the room. I mean, the guy was guilty of murder so I’m glad he changed his plea. But imagine being the lawyer and finding out you almost got a hung jury instead.

10points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

See Also on Bored Panda

Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

#32

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors Witness came out who was at the location of the crime but said that they didn’t hear anything because they were in another room being intimate with their partner. During the break someone on the jury asks the bailiff if he’s allowed to be on the jury, since the witness was now dating a friend of his son and he had met them at a BBQ a few weeks prior. 5 minutes later he was told to go home and that we would be an 11 person jury.

twinsunsspaces , Marek Mucha / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

23points

POST

TheBlueBitterfly 9 months ago

This is why alternates.

8points

#33

“Every Word He Said Was Just Destroying His Daughter’s Case”: 30 Spicy Stories From Jurors Not me, but my dad was on a jury for a murder trial back in the 80s. He told me most of the jury members felt like the guy did it, but the prosecution did a bad job of presenting the evidence so they had to acquit him.

6 months later, he killed someone else and was convicted for good.

Substantial_Motor421 , Jeremy McGilvrey / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

21points

POST

Tobias Reaper 9 months ago (edited)

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

#34

First time I served jury duty, during the selection process, one of the lawyers asked a prospective juror if he knew the meaning of 'innuendo.' The prospective juror (obviously trying to get out without serving) responded, 'An Italian enema.' He was removed from the courtroom. All of us just looked at one another, and nobody said a word.

MadLintElf Report

Final score:

21points

POST

Darth_Borah 9 months ago

in-you-end-o 🤣🤣

7points

“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

See Also on Bored Panda

College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

#35

The only time I got summoned, and thankfully never made it out of the jury pool, there was someone who I thought for sure was going to get held in contempt for his stupidity.

The judge was giving a speech on the importance of jury duty and us contributing to the justice system. One of the other prospective jurors gets on his cellphone and very loudly starts a conversation with someone about the bus schedule. The entire jury pool was looking at him, the bailiff was glaring at him and the judge paused for a moment before continuing his speech...while the guy was still talking on his phone. The guy was either extremely disrespectful or so stupid that he didn't realize what he was doing.

Mikey-2-Guns Report

Final score:

15points

POST

pasej41913@bustayes.com 9 months ago

He should have been held in contempt.

13points

#36

One of the prosecutors faked being sick to extend the trial time so they could get more evidence

s3anami Report

Final score:

13points

POST

Rebelliousslug 9 months ago

I imagine this is probably pretty common on both sides.

9points

Howdy, I'm Adelaide! I'm originally from Texas, but after graduating from university with an acting degree, I relocated to sunny Los Angeles for a while. I then got a serious bite from the travel bug and found myself moving to Sweden and England before settling in Lithuania about two years ago. I'm passionate about animal welfare, sustainability and eating delicious food. But as you can see, I cover a wide range of topics including drama, internet trends and hilarious memes. I can easily be won over with a Seinfeld reference, vegan pastry or glass of fresh cold brew. And during my free time, I can usually be seen strolling through a park, playing tennis or baking something tasty.

Read less »

As a Visual Editor at Bored Panda, I indulge in the joy of curating delightful content, from adorable pet photos to hilarious memes, all while nurturing my wanderlust and continuously seeking new adventures and interests—sometimes thrilling, sometimes daunting, but always exciting!

Read less »

What do you think ?

POST

similarly 9 months ago

When I was young, a very, very long time ago, they asked "Would you be more likely to believe a police officer than an ordinary citizen?" and I said "Yes" and was dismissed. At the time, I was annoyed because, being still in my 20s, I thought "Of course police officers are more honest than the rest of us!" I'm older now, and yeah, now I get it.

13points

Auntriarch 9 months ago

My sister in law used to be a magistrate, during her training she was told that you don't believe a police officer more than any other person.

4points

Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 9 months ago

Seriously, I'm sure some jurors couldn't be impartial to a whole range of defendants if there's a tattoo showing, colour of skin, ethnic background... I could go on, of course. Too many people judge too quickly at first sight and it would be tough to change their minds.

11points

Guess Undheit 9 months ago

Why is it "whites can be impartial with a Black defendant" but "Black people CANNOT be impartial with a white defendant"? That has long been a tactic used to get all white juries.

4points

Michael Fernandez 9 months ago

I was in a jury pool that took about an hour to assemble / wait in the hall. They showed the defendant and asked if anyone knew him. One potential juror said that the defendant had previously robbed her. The entire jury pool got sent back to the waiting room, as the ~40 of us were now tainted.

6points

PattyK 9 months ago

The undercover cop said the defendant did it, the defendant said he didn’t. There were no witnesses and no evidence. We acquited the defendant.

6points

Auntriarch 9 months ago

Hearsay is hearsay, whoever's doing the saying

1point

Zaphod 9 months ago

I got out of jury duty by telling the truth. It was a domestic violence case and the woman changed her story after her husband got out of jail. I told the defense attorney, "As a scientist, I would use with the original reported data". He moved to dismiss me from the jury.

4points

Bec 9 months ago

I also have a STEM background and don't get picked

1point

howdylee 9 months ago

I was summoned for GRAND jury duty once. The grand jury met once a week for 3 months. My job at the time did not pay for jury duty, so essentially I would be losing out on 20% of my paycheck for 3 months. Thankfully I was not selected - I would have been pissed.

3points

Mad McQueen 9 months ago

Was supposed to be on a case that I knew of. Jury selection an waiting around all day with hard seats wasn't great on my back. I mentioned this to a few people who saw me struggling. So when they finally got around to asking people if they could serve, about everyone that heard my story of my back not being able to withstand the hard seats for prolong time periods, they all used some form of that as an excuse. The judge was getting fed up and when she finally came to ask me if I had any issues with serving (she had seen me actually struggling to sit comfortably) and I replied "yes" she goes "is it your back?" I said yes but also I know about this case and could not fairly listen to defense". She brightened up and said "thank you for your honesty (hard on honesty)". Guy gunned down his gf and her bf in midday on street outside a Dunkin as I was inside. No excuse. So be honest if you can't serve. But if you can someone could get justice.

3points

James016 9 months ago

I've done jury service twice. The first time was a case about benefit fraud which the judge threw out as the prosecution case hinged on them claiming the defendant fraudulently filled out the claim form. There was one section that was left blank which they said was fraud. However, that section said that it was not to be filled out if the claimant was on Income Support or Job Seekers Allowance. She was on Income Support and had the documents to prove it. One of my co-jurors spotted this and let the judge know. 15 mins later the case was thrown out. The second time showed us how witnesses answer depending on which barrister is asking the questions. One witness was answering the prosecution barrister's questions along the lines on "I think that maybe it could be possible...." He got destroyed. I was also the foreman once and had to stand up and deliver a guilty verdict. I was so nervous.

3points

Steve 9 months ago

Best juror rejection I saw was a woman who was the FBI’s lead forensic ballistics trainer. It was a murder case with ballistics evidence. They asked her if she disagreed with local police ballistic findings, would she rely on her opinion or theirs. She said hers. Personally, I’d go with what she said too.

2points

GirlFriday 9 months ago

I was on a jury for a B&E case. The defendant was accused of entering a home and stealing while the couple was sleeping, and he took the wife's wallet and purse. The guy was arrested at his girlfriend's home because he used the stolen credit card to order Door Dash so the police got the delivery address from Door Dash. Guy plead not guilty because no one swabbed the credit card for DNA and in his mind, no DNA/no crime.

2points

María Hermida 9 months ago

He wasn't the sharpest pencil in the box

3points

cugel. 9 months ago

Some of these tales would be illegal in Oz, as you're not allowed to discuss jury deliberations outside the jury room.

2points

HurlWurk 9 months ago

It's the same in most of the US until the trial concludes. After that, the trial is a matter of public record, and the jury is normally free to discuss thier time.

9points

J Adams 9 months ago

The trial I was on was for a fight within a football stadium during a game, 6 guys beat up an opposing teams fan who somehow had ended up in the wrong seating section, all captured on cctv clear as Crystal, when we got to the jury room to deliberate the foreman for some bizarre reason had decided one of the men wasn’t guilty because ‘he was stood at the back so the victim wouldn’t have been able to know he was being stomped on by that defendant’ the rest of us thought we had talked the foreman round until when the judge asked for the verdict the foreman took it upon himself to read a not guilty verdict for that one defendant, after being told that that was not the decision we had reached a mistrial was called and the foreman ended up spending a night in the cells

1point

pasej41913@bustayes.com 9 months ago

I really enjoyed this article.

1point

moggie63 9 months ago

Not only have I never served on a jury, I don't know of anybody that has, even by extension.

1point

Mike F 9 months ago

Holy cow are you lucky. Tedious is the best way to describe it.

1point

Tammilee Truitt 9 months ago

I want to know just how come my husband age 64, has never ever gotten a jury summons. Moved to San Antonio 1 yr ago and I've been summoned twice. I was summoned 2 months before the move for a north Texas court. What gives?

1point

Amelia Jade 9 months ago

I have a friend who has been summoned so many times that she won't let anyone even say "jury summons" around her. She has no idea how her name keeps coming up. We live in a fairly large city.

0points

Raphapablap 9 months ago

I've done jury duty, we all got dismissed 75% of the way in as the judge couldn't continue for unknown reasons.

1point

Lise Martino 9 months ago

I was on a jury of a case where a 70 year old man (UK retired solicitor) was beaten, so severely that it resulted in his death. During my jury duty I went to the scene of the incidence to get a feel of it. There were security cameras from a couple.

1point

Stormblessed 9 months ago

I don't want to reveal too much but my teacher was gone for about 2 months for jury duty. That quarter, everyone got an A because we barely had to do any work and the poor teacher still had to grade things.

0points

River wolf (she/her) 9 months ago

The one time my dad had jury duty that I remember, it was a Wednesday. He was supposed to pick us up from school. It started like 10 minutes before school let out in a different town 20 minutes away.

0points

Kristal 9 months ago

I've been called twice for jury duty in my life. One I was dismissed by the judge and the other I had just moved and didn't qualify anymore. The only good thing about moving around frequently is not having to do jury duty.

0points

Alecto76 9 months ago

My partner and I had a trial years ago against the City of Chicago - well know for lying, corruption and general BS. My partner was crossing the City employees who were lying over and over. So much so that the jury caught on to when my partner was setting the foundation for impeachment - "Do you recall testifying at a dep in this case..." It was too the point where he would start the impeachment foundation and half the jury was laughing and the other was going "ooooooo". It was a fun trial.

0points

Jaguarundi 9 months ago

During my interview to be a juror on a corporate tobacco liability case the judge asked me why I should be released from serving on the jury. I simply stated that my father died from lung cancer a month before and my sister currently had COPD from tobacco use. I was obviously furious, but kept my composure. The looks on the defending attorneys faces was SO worth it. I hope that the victims family won the case.

0points

Yettichild 9 months ago

I was called in for jury duty and was nearly selected just recently. The case was a big one, 3 defendants, a whole family killed, arson, involving biker gangs. They told us it would probably take 3-4 months, possibly more. My co-worker and boss freaked out. All I could tell them is I might be selected for a case and would be gone for 3-4 months. I'm the only person at my location that can preform one essential duty (hazardous waste), so they were absolutely sweating bullets. I had to go in 5 days over two weeks for the selection process. At one point I told them there was a one day class I MUST take. It was happening during the selection process, so wouldn't interfere with the trial itself. One of the attorneys asked me in a very condescending tone what the class was. I said Hazardous Material Incedent Response Management. She just said a small "oh." And said, no further questions. On the final day they were working their way through the rest of us to pick the last people

0points

Yettichild 9 months ago

And finally stopped 6 people ahead of me. My co-worker and boss were even more relieved than I was.

0points

Major Harris 9 months ago

was called for jury duty back in late 94. could not do it. why? i was in the navy and my ship was out at sea for when the trial was supposed to occur.

0points

jasper 9 months ago

I found jury duty very interesting. Sat on a case where a man was accused of molesting his adopted daughter. The girl refused to testify. Her sister, who was supposedly a witness, also refused to answer questions, and clearly had a grudge against dad. We weren't allowed to watch video of the initial questioning of the girls because they are minors. Everyone else in the (very tiny) household said no way this happened. Prosecution could not prove their case, we acquitted. Sad thing is that the dad was removed from the household anyway. I'm pretty sure the psychopath sister coerced the one into making the report. Such a weird case, not being able to hear actual testimony.

0points

Tammilee Truitt 9 months ago

They, the all white jury, acquitted the black man. The arresting officers weren't on trial. We don't know if charges were bought later. So. Again. Point for the op.

0points

Guess Undheit 9 months ago

"Twelve Angry Men", from 'Hancock's Half Hour': [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1dq_8I7ySw ] ACAB. Cops can't be trusted, too many lie, steal, rape, murder, harass people who were raped into recanting, perpetrate assault, and abuse their authority. Forensics working for the government can't be trusted either, only independent ones (look up the huge numbers of false convictions based on falsified forensics, like the FBI lab cases). Prosecutors can't be trusted, they overcharge defendants in hope that innocent people will plead guilty to "get it over with" (look up the thousands of cases in New Pork City where pigs there falsely charged people with "prostitution" because they had condoms).

0points

POST

similarly 9 months ago

13points

Auntriarch 9 months ago

My sister in law used to be a magistrate, during her training she was told that you don't believe a police officer more than any other person.

4points

Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 9 months ago

11points

Guess Undheit 9 months ago

Why is it "whites can be impartial with a Black defendant" but "Black people CANNOT be impartial with a white defendant"? That has long been a tactic used to get all white juries.

4points

Michael Fernandez 9 months ago

6points

PattyK 9 months ago

The undercover cop said the defendant did it, the defendant said he didn’t. There were no witnesses and no evidence. We acquited the defendant.

6points

Auntriarch 9 months ago

Hearsay is hearsay, whoever's doing the saying

1point

Zaphod 9 months ago

4points

Bec 9 months ago

I also have a STEM background and don't get picked

1point

howdylee 9 months ago

3points

Mad McQueen 9 months ago

3points

James016 9 months ago

3points

Steve 9 months ago

2points

GirlFriday 9 months ago

2points

María Hermida 9 months ago

He wasn't the sharpest pencil in the box

3points

cugel. 9 months ago

Some of these tales would be illegal in Oz, as you're not allowed to discuss jury deliberations outside the jury room.

2points

HurlWurk 9 months ago

It's the same in most of the US until the trial concludes. After that, the trial is a matter of public record, and the jury is normally free to discuss thier time.

9points

J Adams 9 months ago

1point

pasej41913@bustayes.com 9 months ago

I really enjoyed this article.

1point

moggie63 9 months ago

Not only have I never served on a jury, I don't know of anybody that has, even by extension.

1point

Mike F 9 months ago

Holy cow are you lucky. Tedious is the best way to describe it.

1point

Tammilee Truitt 9 months ago

1point

Amelia Jade 9 months ago

I have a friend who has been summoned so many times that she won't let anyone even say "jury summons" around her. She has no idea how her name keeps coming up. We live in a fairly large city.

0points

Raphapablap 9 months ago

I've done jury duty, we all got dismissed 75% of the way in as the judge couldn't continue for unknown reasons.

1point

Lise Martino 9 months ago

1point

Stormblessed 9 months ago

0points

River wolf (she/her) 9 months ago

The one time my dad had jury duty that I remember, it was a Wednesday. He was supposed to pick us up from school. It started like 10 minutes before school let out in a different town 20 minutes away.

0points

Kristal 9 months ago

0points

Alecto76 9 months ago

0points

Jaguarundi 9 months ago

0points

Yettichild 9 months ago

0points

Yettichild 9 months ago

And finally stopped 6 people ahead of me. My co-worker and boss were even more relieved than I was.

0points