PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to News@lemmy.world · 21 days ago"We're gonna get this guy": Cops have 200 pics of Brian Thompson assassin as they give 5-word updatewww.themirror.comexternal-linkmessage-square269fedilinkarrow-up1342arrow-down18
arrow-up1334arrow-down1external-link"We're gonna get this guy": Cops have 200 pics of Brian Thompson assassin as they give 5-word updatewww.themirror.comPhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to News@lemmy.world · 21 days agomessage-square269fedilink
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-219 days agoIf people with intelligence and empathy skip out on jury duty, that leaves idiots and sociopaths to judge the accused.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 days agoWell unfortunately I have a job and a mortgage. If the trial goes longer than the few days that my employer is forced to pay me, and I’m stuck with the $50 a day the state pays, I’m fucked. I don’t consider living on the street a civic duty.
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-218 days agoThat’s fair and I’ve had to bail on jury duty for the same reason, although I was able to participate once.
If people with intelligence and empathy skip out on jury duty, that leaves idiots and sociopaths to judge the accused.
Well unfortunately I have a job and a mortgage. If the trial goes longer than the few days that my employer is forced to pay me, and I’m stuck with the $50 a day the state pays, I’m fucked. I don’t consider living on the street a civic duty.
That’s fair and I’ve had to bail on jury duty for the same reason, although I was able to participate once.