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This is the Conversation Forum for Talking Point: Trial by Jury << the law Jury Selection Bothers Me >> Subject: Ancient Privilege Posted Aug 22, 2003 by HappyÐude® ... "short skirt long jacket" (have you seen my coxcomb?)...a ℘eripatetical entity   Posting 1 The right to trial jury is an ancient brilliance and one that we should be proud of, it is a privilege that (in all & any legally permissible way) we should fight to keep. Having been selected for jury service twice and served on several jury's I have great confidence in the English jury system and its jurors. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ancient Privilege Posted Aug 23, 2003 by daraline, keeper of unusual rats and deranged hamsters This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 a english or welsh court orders jurors 9 weeks in advance. the jurors are then randomly selected from the electoral register and summoned to appear. most courts have more than 1 courtroom, so quite a lot are needed. for each case that calls a jury, a random selection of 15 jurors are chosen. the court clerk is given 15 cards with the jurors names on. the cards only give the name, jury number and postcode of the juror. the clerk then shuffles the cards, and calls 12 names at random to act as jurors. a lot of randomness goes on to ensure a fair trial. when i worked as a jury officer at wood green crown court, i had a juror explain to me how she thought jurors were chosen. she was annoyed she hadn't been picked and said it was because that a racial cross section was wanted and as an older white woman she wasn't needed. it took a long time to explain to her that the cards given to the clerk contained no information on race, age etc. i still don't think she believed me... xx Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ancient Privilege Posted Aug 23, 2003 by HappyÐude® ... "short skirt long jacket" (have you seen my coxcomb?)...a ℘eripatetical entity This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 well ya say that, but when I was a juror at woodgreen there was this raster who spent a lot of time in the toilet using a herbal air freshener if ya get my drift, he didn't get picked for a single trial (i.e selected for the group of 15) Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ancient Privilege Posted Aug 23, 2003 by HappyÐude® ... "short skirt long jacket" (have you seen my coxcomb?)...a ℘eripatetical entity This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 I should add that I thought the groups I did Jury service with on both occasions represented a fair cross section of society Subject: Ancient Privilege Posted Aug 23, 2003 by daraline, keeper of unusual rats and deranged hamsters This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 it's all done at random from a computer file. it's the laws of probability. my mates mum did her service this year and didn't get picked for a trial until halfway through her second week. did you bing the 'air freshner' to the attention of a court official? xx Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ancient Privilege Posted Aug 23, 2003 by daraline, keeper of unusual rats and deranged hamsters This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 it was fun in the jury office. i dealt with expenses as well as the courts etc. did you know it's a 30 mile round trip from edmonton green to wood green? i was quite surprised when i got that particular expenses claim for juror mileage . how long ago did you do your service? xx Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ancient Privilege Posted Aug 23, 2003 by HappyÐude® ... "short skirt long jacket" (have you seen my coxcomb?)...a ℘eripatetical entity This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 2 weeks at woodgreen & 2 weeks at harrow woodgreen pre CPS harrow post CPS based on my own experience I have to say the quality of the prosecution has dropped now CPS in charge Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ancient Privilege Posted Aug 24, 2003 by daraline, keeper of unusual rats and deranged hamsters This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 yup... not that i am biased, because as a court official i am impartial . i just can't let any feelings on a case slip through to a juror or member of the public. xx Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ancient Privilege Posted Aug 24, 2003 by HappyÐude® ... "short skirt long jacket" (have you seen my coxcomb?)...a ℘eripatetical entity This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 9 so perhaps instead of trying to reform the jury system H.M Gov should be looking at making the CPS more effective? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ancient Privilege Posted Aug 25, 2003 by daraline, keeper of unusual rats and deranged hamsters This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 10 that is it in a nutshell. xx Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ancient Privilege Posted Aug 25, 2003 by HappyÐude® ... "short skirt long jacket" (have you seen my coxcomb?)...a ℘eripatetical entity This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 11 has anybody told H.M Gov this Subject: Ancient Privilege Posted Sep 1, 2003 by logicus tracticus philosophicus : a parasite of no consequence: This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 12 happy dude it is not a privilige its a RIGHT and should enough people be conned into regarding it as a privilidge it will be abused more and more privilidges are earnt rights are given. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ancient Privilege Posted Sep 1, 2003 by HappyÐude® ... "short skirt long jacket" (have you seen my coxcomb?)...a ℘eripatetical entity This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 13 Privilege, from the dictionary: Syn: Prerogative; immunity; franchise; right; claim; liberty so a right can be a privilege Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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