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SARASOTA - Circuit Judge Nancy Donnellan on Thursday handed a stern rebuke, and a three-day jail sentence, to a juror who sent a Facebook message to the defendant in an auto negligence case.
Jacob Jock, a 29-year-old graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design, was dismissed from jury duty after the defendant, a young woman, disclosed that he had contacted her via the Facebook social media website as the trial began in December.
But what most angered Donnellan was Jock's bragging on Facebook about it after the fact, when he wrote: "Score ... I got dismissed!! apparently they frown upon sending a friend request to the defendant ... haha."
Donnellan got the last word on Thursday.
"I cannot think of a more insidious threat to the erosion of democracy than citizens who do not care," she said after a two-hour hearing.
She found him guilty of criminal contempt of court, a misdemeanor.
Jock, also faulted by Donnellan for showing up nine minutes late to his trial, was handcuffed and ushered to a holding cell. His girlfriend cried as he was taken to jail; she would not comment.
Jock testified during the trial that the friend request he sent to Violeta Milerman was a mistake.
Lawyers had asked potential jurors if they knew anyone involved in the case.
Jock said Milerman looked familiar, but he wasn't sure, so he looked her up on Facebook. He has 1,300 "friends" and said he wasn't sure whether she was one or not, he said.
When her picture came up on his cell phone, Jock said he tried to push the "mutual friends" button to refresh his memory, but instead he hit "friend request."[/release]
[url]http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20120216/ARTICLE/120219626/2416/NEWS?Title=Juror-jailed-over-Facebook-friend-request&tc=ar[/url]
Eh, whatever
dumbass
what was he doing looking her up on facebook anyway, it isn't part of jury duty to stalk.
Jurors really aren't supposed to do their own investigating. My professor was telling us that the court didn't want any jurors going over to the waffle house where the crime was committed. They're only supposed to go on on the information presented to them
It's one thing to do it, than there is bragging about getting out of jury duty after being caught
Would he have gotten away with it if he hadn't bragged?
[QUOTE=Lamar;34781261]Would he have gotten away with it if he hadn't bragged?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that seems to be what the article implies.
Getting dismissed from a jury isn't a crime, but bragging about it is contempt of court.
Would've been a rather sharp idea would he not have posted about it.
[QUOTE=Lamar;34781261]Would he have gotten away with it if he hadn't bragged?[/QUOTE]
no, he got dropped and then he bragged about being dropped
Smart people get out of jury duty.
[QUOTE=Haywood;34782107]Smart people get out of jury duty.[/QUOTE]
[del]Jury Duty is mandatory if I'm not mistaken. To 'get out' of Jury Duty is to break the law.[/del]
Or maybe it isn't, I was told it was.
"hey bro u gulty lol?"
Do people really hate jury duty enough to get jail time in order to get out of it
Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with people
[QUOTE=Greenen72;34783225]Do people really hate jury duty enough to get jail time in order to get out of it
Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with people[/QUOTE]
Depends on the length of the trial(and what the trial is about), but I might be willing to spend 3 days in jail to get out of it. Instead of sitting around for hours a day watching people talk about boring ass shit, I can sit around, watch TV, and play poker for lunches for a few days.
they should sentance jury duty escapers with forced jury duty
[quote]"Score ... I got dismissed!! apparently they frown upon sending a friend request to the defendant ... haha."[/quote]
[quote]Jock said Milerman looked familiar, but he wasn't sure, so he looked her up on Facebook. He has 1,300 "friends" and said he wasn't sure whether she was one or not, he said.
When her picture came up on his cell phone, Jock said he tried to push the "mutual friends" button to refresh his memory, but instead he hit "friend request."[/quote]
Backpedaling? What's that?
[quote]"I cannot think of a more insidious threat to the erosion of democracy than citizens who do not care," she said after a two-hour hearing.[/quote]
as if that hasn't already happened
[QUOTE=TurbisV2;34783509]they should sentance jury duty escapers with forced jury duty[/QUOTE]
An easy way to get people to do Juror Duty is to pay them the full amount of their wage with an erosion of 0.50% as time goes on, this should encourage Jurors to go over the case but not able to exploit the system if they manage to maneuveur around the "Hung Jury" verdict.
That and people should really learn to have responsibility for some things.
"What you in for?"
"I stole a car"
"I robbed a bank"
"I killed 9 people"
"I friended someone on Facebook"
[editline]20th February 2012[/editline]
But in all seriousness, what a prat :v:
just do what homer does and say you're prejudice against all races then you dont have to do stupid shit to get out of jury duty
Fuck I have jury duty today this sucks.
If you don't want to have serve jury duty, don't vote.
[QUOTE=Mad Chatter;34784744]If you don't want to have serve jury duty, don't vote.[/QUOTE]No, I have never voted and didn't plan on it. Once you get a drivers license in Florida you are put into their system. Fuck this is boring glad they have wifi. Also they are starting to overcharge people for little things
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;34782732]Jury Duty is mandatory if I'm not mistaken. To 'get out' of Jury Duty is to break the law.
Just like this guy, and look where he is now.[/QUOTE]
I think you can get out of Jury duty if you're racist.
It's frowned upon to be racist but not illegal.
This is why I never vote. Bitches ain't findin' my ass.
Juries are a fucking retarded idea anyway.
"Yeah let's place a person's life in the hands of 12 people who have had no past experience or knowledge of science or how to properly examine evidence".
[QUOTE=Jasun;34785557]Juries are a fucking retarded idea anyway.
"Yeah let's place a person's life in the hands of 12 people who have had no past experience or knowledge of science or how to properly examine evidence".[/QUOTE]
Democracy is a fucking retarded idea anyway.
"Yeah let's place a country's leadership in the hands of the people, who have had no past experience or knowledge of politics or how to properly draft legislation".
[QUOTE=DarkMonkey;34785766]Democracy is a fucking retarded idea anyway.
"Yeah let's place a country's leadership in the hands of the people, who have had no past experience or knowledge of politics or how to properly draft legislation".[/QUOTE]
Most politicians do have a background in politics as you usually have to climb up the political ladder so to speak before you can do anything important.
[QUOTE=mobrockers2;34787164]Most politicians do have a background in politics as you usually have to climb up the political ladder so to speak before you can do anything important.[/QUOTE]
or if you live in the uk, being related to a politician counts as climbing up the political ladder
[QUOTE=Jasun;34785557]Juries are a fucking retarded idea anyway.
"Yeah let's place a person's life in the hands of 12 people who have had no past experience or knowledge of science or how to properly examine evidence".[/QUOTE]
The idea is that you have 12 people who have no reason to think one way or the other about a crime. That way only the defense and prosecution matters.
It is the closest thing you can get to true neutrality. What would you have instead?
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