Alberta sheriffs rounded up dozens from a mall and forced them into jury duty...

[DGUtley]

Alberta sheriffs rounded up dozens from a mall and forced them into jury duty...


Imagine you’re grabbing lunch during your break. An Alberta sheriff hands you a piece of paper and says you’re coming with them, either voluntarily or in cuffs. That happened to dozens of people Thursday at the Core Shopping Centre in downtown Calgary.

The sheriffs were able to issue the court summons using what’s called the ‘talesman procedure,’ something Calgarians haven’t experienced in 26 years. It means the court ran out of potential jurors and people are being forced to serve with no notice, whether they like it or not. “The sitting judge may, he or she may, send out the sheriffs to go round up people for jury duty, and essentially serve people with a summons to attend jury duty on the spot,” explained lawyer Brian Hurley from Liberty Law.

“Under this special provision, the round-up provision, if you will, you can still tell the judge when you get to court, ‘Listen Ma’am,’ or ‘Listen Sir, this is an undue hardship for me for these reasons,’ and you might be excused but you have to follow the sheriff to the courthouse and explain yourself there,” said Hurley.

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[Peter1469]

A good time for jury nullification.

[stjames1_53]

...let them interview me for jury duty......................

[RMNIXON]

I never understood the idea of forcing people onto Juries when they don't want to. It sounds like a prescription for a bad result.

Perhaps we should scrap the entire system and have regular volunteer juries of mostly bored retired persons? They can all be prescreened so that process is not so wasteful and exhaustive.

[OLD GUY IN FLORIDA]

I never understood the idea of forcing people onto Juries when they don't want to. It sounds like a prescription for a bad result.

Perhaps we should scrap the entire system and have regular volunteer juries of mostly bored retired persons? They can all be prescreened so that process is not so wasteful and exhaustive.

Robert A. Heinlein proposed a system he termed "Fair Witness" in which professional jurors would sit on trials. They would be trained in the law and on procedures to be followed and screened to reduce potential bias. Sounds like a good idea to me.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/defi...Fair%20Witness

[carolina73]

I never understood the idea of forcing people onto Juries when they don't want to. It sounds like a prescription for a bad result.

Perhaps we should scrap the entire system and have regular volunteer juries of mostly bored retired persons? They can all be prescreened so that process is not so wasteful and exhaustive.

Everyone is innocent today. Send gift cards to...

Then after they gather you up and leave your kids sitting outside the school in the snow they introduce the case of "The cat that pooped in the neighbor's yard".

[stjames1_53]

Robert A. Heinlein proposed a system he termed "Fair Witness" in which professional jurors would sit on trials. They would be trained in the law and on procedures to be followed and screened to reduce potential bias. Sounds like a good idea to me.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/defi...m=Fair Witness

So, no Trial by Jury of your peers?

[Peter1469]

Robert A. Heinlein proposed a system he termed "Fair Witness" in which professional jurors would sit on trials. They would be trained in the law and on procedures to be followed and screened to reduce potential bias. Sounds like a good idea to me.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/defi...m=Fair Witness

If that is what we want, eliminate juries and go judge allow.

The US jury system was to interject the civilians into the justice system as a check on the government. The biggest modern example is marijuana. In most courthouses petty marijuana offenses were jury nullified and prosecutors got the hint that they were wasting time and resources on them.