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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 15 2012 @ 04:14 PM EDT |
When I was a juror in the UK, as a way to impress on us not
to be late, it was made clear that the costs of running a
court in the Old Bailey are astronomical. I can't remember
the figure, but it was something silly like £100,000 per
hour - $160,000 US.
The actual figure may not be accurate but having a court
buliding
full of highly paid lawyers, judges, SVPs, expert witnesses,
reporters and clerks wait around whilst a Marshal is found,
instructed, makes his/her way through the traffic, finds the
(possibly uncooperative) juror - if they are even at home to
be found, and then comes back through the traffic would be
considerable.
Also, there was apparently some communication with the
juror, who decided to take the car back home. Perhaps the
communication indicated that they were not being as helpful
to the court as they might be. Alternatively perhaps counsel
and the judge were impatient.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 15 2012 @ 11:07 PM EDT |
It might have been a two hour trip each way.
I can't believe the juror did this on purpose, unless she
wanted to catch today's episode of the View and thought the
judge would postphone things till tomorrow.
If she were to do this it would be early in the trial. To do
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| Authored by: Ian Al on Wednesday, May 16 2012 @ 04:02 AM EDT |
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Regards
Ian Al
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 16 2012 @ 11:38 AM EDT |
Was it a Ford? (See note below) IIRC, They use M$ in their
auto computers.
Ford: F(ound) o(n) r(oad) d(ead). :)
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