tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post3269870043028892077..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: The Miscreants of Northampton County...TheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-43180043805707885852013-08-07T20:22:28.456-04:002013-08-07T20:22:28.456-04:00I am still unsure if it is distinguished from an a...I am still unsure if it is distinguished from an amateur thonotary. TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-80295394655035814522013-08-07T19:34:28.421-04:002013-08-07T19:34:28.421-04:00What do you call the prothonotary during months ot...What do you call the prothonotary during months other than august?Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-31526332246898917032013-08-07T14:49:04.298-04:002013-08-07T14:49:04.298-04:00Interestingly, here in Florida, there has been dis...Interestingly, here in Florida, there has been discussion of expanding the size of our juries in part, to summarize the law professor that was speaking on it, to increase the likelihood that group dynamics would come into play.Φώτιοςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02468939950395077216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-79442703778725753222013-08-07T11:06:51.610-04:002013-08-07T11:06:51.610-04:00Easy to define "prothonotary", but how i...Easy to define "prothonotary", but how is it pronounced? In case, you know, it comes up in conversation in the next few years.thefederalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514099991587503764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-91126137076436683452013-08-06T21:52:07.403-04:002013-08-06T21:52:07.403-04:00I did not see any apes there! I was #18. When th...I did not see any apes there! I was #18. When they asked whether anyone was close to people in the legal system I asked if lawyers counted. My brother practices zoning law. I did not mention my first cousin's ex-husband, who was a police lieutenant in Easton, since we are not close. Haven't seen him in years. One of my father's cousins was a cop in P'burg, but I only met him once or twice. Legend says he once ran a stop light and gave himself a ticket; but there is reason to doubt the story. TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-88000258302811154472013-08-06T21:45:11.619-04:002013-08-06T21:45:11.619-04:00In PA they fought a pitched battle against slave h...In PA they fought a pitched battle against slave hunters who came north after a fugitive slave. At Christiana, I think. No trial.TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-39945809090417564662013-08-06T21:04:30.568-04:002013-08-06T21:04:30.568-04:00I'll be darned - I was in the same pool (#25 -...I'll be darned - I was in the same pool (#25 - didn't get picked either, but that was because #23 was the 12 juror).<br /><br />I felt sorry for the defendant - I don't know whether he was innocent or guilty, but he looked so anxious.Bob the Apehttp://trousered-ape.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-82056383860999964392013-08-06T20:31:37.086-04:002013-08-06T20:31:37.086-04:00I rather like the county courthouse in Easton actu...I rather like the county courthouse in Easton actually.Jrggrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01185184453708433012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-49116097878978560842013-08-06T20:22:34.335-04:002013-08-06T20:22:34.335-04:00Interesting. I once lost a $20 bet on whether dee...Interesting. I once lost a $20 bet on whether deer hunting was allowed in PA on a Sunday (it isn't or wasn't then) seeing as it was such a popular day for hunting in my area. I love what many would think is antiquated about PA. PA seems to be the "western" state of the NE, or maybe just many Pennsylvanians move to the west.<br /><br />As for thinking for one's self on a jury, jury nullification is common topic in my area as the Fully Informed Jury Association was founded in MT. In short, this is the idea that a juror also has the duty to his conscience to judge the law (I know, dangerous) and vote against convicting a defendant who is charged with an unjust law. Common examples include juries on deliberating the "fugitive slave law" offense during the War Between the States where they would not convict citizens of harboring escaped slaves even if they truly had harbored them. A modern example happened in my town in which marijuana distributors following the state's sanction of such were busted by the Feds. They were not convicted by local juries who always had someone hang the jury. Federalism in action? <br /><br />Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373499755338709217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-76660974177974571272013-08-06T17:40:24.082-04:002013-08-06T17:40:24.082-04:00> What they want are jurors who follow and appl...> What they want are jurors who follow and apply the law and not "make up their own minds" on that aspect.<br /><br />And yet, from what I hear, engineers (the people most inclined to ignore group dynamics and follow logic, no matter what weird locations it leads them too) are systematically excluded from jury pools.TJIChttp://morlockpublishing.com/the-booknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-62380984642848211622013-08-06T15:01:54.708-04:002013-08-06T15:01:54.708-04:00Does Pennsylvania still use anything like 'you...Does Pennsylvania still use anything like 'you shall be hanged by the neck until dead. And may God have mercy on your soul'? Thinking any state with oaths that cool must really go all out when condemning people. Joseph Moorehttp://yardsaleofthemind.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-15048234291171591352013-08-06T09:32:54.448-04:002013-08-06T09:32:54.448-04:00Actually, the judge told us we were to make up our...Actually, the judge told us we were to make up our own minds and not be swayed by group dynamics. What they want are jurors who follow and apply the law and <i>not</i> "make up their own minds" on that aspect. TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-57396802361773506222013-08-06T00:00:54.666-04:002013-08-06T00:00:54.666-04:00Both times I have received a summons for jury duty...Both times I have received a summons for jury duty, I was never actually called in to be in a jury pool. I guess my civic mindedness is not in great demand... Of course, I have heard that lawyers do not want professionals such as engineers on juries, as they are prone to think for themselves and not be swayed as easily by emotion, so that might have something to do with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com