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Originally posted by 11PB11
I know they couldn't do that in America.... I wouldn't think they could in Canada........ that's weird..
Court was ready to start and everyone was present, except the pool of jurors.
Roughly 200 people had been notified to appear, but just 20 showed up, newspaper accounts say. It seemed Bridges' only choice was to call off court. Instead, he ordered Cleveland County deputies to round up 55 potential jurors in an hour. They, in turn, went on a shopping spree of their own at a Shelby Wal-Mart.
Anyone who happened to be at the store was asked two questions, local lawyers remember: "Are you a Cleveland County resident? Have you been convicted of a felony?" If the answers were yes and no, people were brought in involuntarily.
Bridges seated his jurors. Court carried on. Court watchers say there hasn't been much problem in recent years getting jurors to appear in Cleveland County.
Originally posted by XLR8R
This is something that I found was really bizarre can anybody tell me if this is legal?
I live in Canada, Ontario, A friend of mine was waiting in line at a groceries store, today on Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 around 1pm, a bus pulls up in front of the store cops start coming out of the bus and collecting people on the spot for Jury duty. People were protesting saying "we on our lunch break from work" or "why don't you go get people on welfare instead" The cops then said "If you do not cooperate you will be put under arrest"
Is it legal to impose Jury duty in such a way. I know that if you get a letter you have to go unless there is a conflict of interest
Originally posted by getreadyalready
reply to post by bozzchem
Now that I think about it, this was common practice in the Wild West days! Nobody wanted to serve on a jury, but it was mandatory. Grand Juries are still called together rather quickly. I guess the disturbing part is the busload of cops, but jury duty has always been mandatory, they just usually give a little better notice before just rounding up a group of people!
Originally posted by XLR8R This is something that I found was really bizarre can anybody tell me if this is legal? I live in Canada, Ontario, A friend of mine was waiting in line at a groceries store, today on Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 around 1pm, a bus pulls up in front of the store cops start coming out of the bus and collecting people on the spot for Jury duty. People were protesting saying "we on our lunch break from work" or "why don't you go get people on welfare instead" The cops then said "If you do not cooperate you will be put under arrest" Is it legal to impose Jury duty in such a way. I know that if you get a letter you have to go unless there is a conflict of interest