Originally Posted By DVC_dad I guess what I am asking is, (and trying to find the least offensive way to phrase it...) Are California jury's more sympathetic, sometimes to excess than some other "more conservative shall we say" states?
Originally Posted By jonvn The multimillion dollar pants suit was back east. This latest one where in the rape trial, no one was allowed to say "rape" was not in california, either. California has more than 10% of the nations population, and is the single largest state in terms of the population. For that alone, you will hear more things coming from here than you would other places.
Originally Posted By barboy California is an EXTREMELY diverse state--by far the most diverse of any in the union. We are diverse in our physical/geographical environment, political stances, ethnicty, social culture and economy so naturally we are going to showcase the extremes of both liberalism and conservatism depending on whether the lawsuit comes from a Guerneville party(the most liberal town in the US say 40 miles north of San Fran.) or from the middle of Orange County 450 miles south-east. If you notice that stories of weird cases and excessive awards come out of California more than other states my guess is that is because we are hugely populated. With approx. 37 million out of the US's 300 you can see why we are overrepresented.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 California is also a center of media, so - like New York - more stories of dubious merit make the national news than those from other places. For example, would Amy Fisher and Joey B. have become national news if they had lived in, say, Nebraska? Probably not. But in CA and NY, someone in the media says "did you hear about the weird court case where they...(fill in the blank)" - someone checks it out, and suddenly it gets wider exposure than a similar case in Nebraska ever would.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Ah...yes I can see all of these points more clearly. So, I guess it's a case of misperception on my part. It all makes more sense to me now.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad So Texas, seems to be a little tougher in crime than some other states. Is this for very different reasons? Am I actually wrong in this perception?
Originally Posted By barboy About Texas I think it would be too hard to say whether it is OVERALL tougher on crime than say California or any other state. Now, if we specifically talk about killing people in the name of "justice" then Texas is the undisputed heavy weight champion here in the US. For those looking to commit a murder with some special circumstances like robbery, "cop killing", abductions or rapes I would strongly say don't do it in Texas or you might well find yourself on a 8-15 year sojourn just outside of Houston in the intimate community of Huntsville and ultimately strapped to a table and unwillingly given some high doses of thiopental, bromide and clorine in your arm.
Originally Posted By BeautysBeast Been called 3 times.The first case was a nattempeted muder trial but was i was disqualified because i saw the gent on the news and told judge i thought he was guilty.2nd case i was called for a civil trial (accident injury) we sided with the plaintiff..The 3rd call up i rescended because my fiance's folks were in town and we had planned to see Universal Studios.
Originally Posted By hightp How would you like to be judged by 12 people not smart enough to get out of jury duty?
