“When you go to trial, you're putting your fate into the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.” -- Comedian Norm Crosby

@ZachStarHimself

8 ай бұрын

😂

@gameymcgamer847

8 ай бұрын

😂

@LitLemonzz

8 ай бұрын

😂

@GizmoBeach

8 ай бұрын

Amusing line. But you don't have a choice in many areas. It's not like in movies where potential jurors are grilled and say something someone didn't like and bingo you're on a jury because of Judge Grouchy.

@catharsix

8 ай бұрын

​@@GizmoBeachidk man, I was smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Judge: "Is there any reason you can not serve on the jury?" Me: "I'm clairvoyant and already know the outcome of this case." Judge: "You're dismissed" Me: "I knew you would do that."

@camwha5904

29 күн бұрын

Just mention jury nullification

“There’s no way there’s an ad in the jury selection process“ got me dead 💀

"Are you capable of being impartial in this case?" I know what jury nullification is "Aaaaand you're out of here, we won't call you back."

@Foxy-Mask_Menace

8 ай бұрын

That's what I'll do if I ever get summoned.

@moomooha234

7 ай бұрын

I'm not well versed in the law, but that could be considered jury tampering which is a third degree felony.

@Mustang-wt1se

7 ай бұрын

Technically can’t get in trouble if you just ask them what it is. They won’t answer so they’d have to dismiss you

@jessiehogue.

6 ай бұрын

@@moomooha234 I am not an expert either, and it may not apply everywhere, but from what I'm told, a jury cannot be punished in any way for an incorrect verdict, so I don't think it could.

@ellaerith3199

6 ай бұрын

​@@moomooha234quite the opposite, if you know what Jury Nullification is and don't say so that's actually a crime.

I'm glad that in the end we got clearance that the person Jaywalking was purposefully walking slow, or else I also would've had a hard time deciding their sentence.

@TheKb117

8 ай бұрын

yeah, really justified the possible decision for said penalty. hahaha

@TheKartana

8 ай бұрын

Not speeding up isn't intentionally walking slow.

@yaboykirby7789

8 ай бұрын

It's actually really fucken dangerous to speed up while walking across the street cos cars don't know what speed you're going and if you trip you're fucked. Way more dangerous than just walking out onto the street at the same speed Source: My Dad when he was 4 years of age used to run out in front of cars (aka chicken) with his mates for fun

@boggless2771

8 ай бұрын

​@@TheKb117 i dont want to diss your dad or anything, but I wouldnt take advice from someone that plays chicken with cars for fun.

@pyrouscomments

8 ай бұрын

I was also in reasonable doubt, until this reveal. While I'm in general opposed to this sort of punishment, unfortunately this is one of the cases when it's not only acceptable, but mandated. May god have mercy on both my and the accused soul's.

as someone who lives in a country without jury duty, it's always been such a funny concept to me lmfao

@everythingisscience658

8 ай бұрын

I am a little confused, does the judge make all the rulings in that case? What if the judge is politically motivated or racist? What counterbalances that single fallible human beings power?

@i5b

8 ай бұрын

@@everythingisscience658 Usually countries without juries are civil law countries so it works differently than you would expect from common law countries. I don't wanna do a wall of text here but just look it up if you're interested in the differences

@attila0323

8 ай бұрын

WTF is jury duty?

@Pman353

8 ай бұрын

@@attila0323citizens are selected at random to listen to a case and render a decision.

@tymondabrowski12

8 ай бұрын

​@@attila0323a random person gets an invite to be in a jury, and then they decide together with 11 other random people whether the guy is guilty or not.

A Zach Star video a day keeps the jury duty away

@symbioticfigs

8 ай бұрын

🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

@restingsmirkface

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, that would disqualify you for sure after showing this video for clarification! lol

@insomniac_mind776

8 ай бұрын

This is the perfect comment

@nokia-gm8gv

8 ай бұрын

fr

@penginguy2177

8 ай бұрын

nothing keeps the jury duty away

I've managed to get out of three jury summons because each time they summoned me, I was 5 hours down the road at college. They kept saying they'd call again when I was back in town on break, and i gave them the exact time window I'd be in town. Then they would just not call during that break and wait until I'm already back at school for the next year. After the third time, I guess they gave up.

@Tsundere606

8 ай бұрын

They never give up. But, I admire your hope. I got mine shortly after college and it lasted three months.

@AdeleiTeillana

4 ай бұрын

​@@Tsundere606They absolutely do give up! I got called for jury duty while I was in college and my dad responded for me and told them that I was in another state. That was twenty-two years ago and they haven't called me since! I think they forgot that I exist! 😂

@Tsundere606

3 ай бұрын

@@AdeleiTeillana the American government never forgets. They’ll find you one day 😂😂 My mom got called for the first time at 40 yo and then twice more after that 😔

@AdeleiTeillana

3 ай бұрын

@@Tsundere606 Nah. Despite keeping my address (and driver's license) located at my parents' house, I've moved all over the country and even to another continent. Even if they were to miraculously remember I exist, I'd have an excuse not to go. As far as the state government knows, I'm still living overseas. 😂

@TRG_R17

5 күн бұрын

Reply 5

I was called in for Jury duty in the wrong county, called for the lady to tell me "tough shit, you have to go", spend 3 hours waiting, get called into the courtroom, the judge and prosecution ask "why are you here if you're not part of this county?" and tell me to go back to the waiting room, i wait another 2 hours, and then the court says we can go home since the building had to get shut down for the day because of weather. Good news is I won't be called for like 5 years now since it counted, but fuck that was agonizing lol

@misterfister7262

7 ай бұрын

Why TF would you go in the first place 😂😂😂

@TheOReport1994

5 ай бұрын

Where the hell do you live that you won't get called on again 'for like 5 years!?' I swear during college I was called AT LEAST twice a year and I could only get out of it because I was a student. Since I've graduated, I live in constant dread of the summons. . . .

@mrnukes797

5 ай бұрын

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@lad4830

4 ай бұрын

They should pay you for your time. US is really a crazy place to live for like 2 decades now. I'd rather live in a warzone than that shithole lmao.

"Were you dropped on your head.....as an adult?" Took me out 😂

@KoolKeithProductions

3 ай бұрын

lol bro l had jury duty today and l was asking myself this question literally EVERY time a potential juror spoke. One dude said he was from Brooklyn. The judge asked "which part", and dude said "the bottom part" 😂

"Death penalty' "That is correct' Seems like it was a quiz and Zach passed

Every time I receive a jury form, I have to resist the urge to write in giant letters “You do NOT want me as a juror. I hate everyone equally and will say ‘Guilty’ the entire time.” (I literally received 3 within the span of two years. It was ridiculous.)

@davidhibbs3396

8 ай бұрын

The prosecutors will demand u serve.

@febfreeze831

8 ай бұрын

Just go in there like a racially unbiased Uncle Ruckus Blatantly shout "he's guilty" "hang em i got the noose right here"

@barbariandude

8 ай бұрын

Easiest way to get out of jury duty, as far as I understand it, is to just show up and say "I know what jury nullification is" to the lawyers. Job done, you'll be shown the door immediately!

@ALoser-ThisIsTotallyUnique

8 ай бұрын

@@barbariandude im using this

@Ryann9

8 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠@@piotrbojkoffor break the law by not showing up

The long pause before the fully disappointed "Death penalty" is golden.

As someone who had no idea wtf Jury Duty was. When I got the letter, the very first word that stood out to me was 'Court', afterwhich my immediate reaction was: WHAT THE FUCK DID I DO?!?

I got this letter every year, no joke every year since I turned 18 in a row until the age of 27. That means for a decade I was "randomly selected" for the potential for Jury Duty. Then for 10 years in a row never had to go in for the selection process because I was told that I was not needed. This cycle only ended because I moved out of state. There was a part of me that wonders if there was someone who wanted to go every year and then some other lawyer that was like hell no need tell them to not even come in.. Either way it basically became a ritual because they would always send around the time of my birthday. It was my birthday gift frim the state lol.

@TraceguyRune

8 ай бұрын

Move to a bigger town. There's probably like 13 people in your city

@InitiatesJourney

8 ай бұрын

it was over 200,000 @@TraceguyRune

@InvasionAnimation

8 ай бұрын

@@InitiatesJourney What a little town.

My jury duty got dismissed a couple of days ago. I was very happy. If it hadn't, I would've absolutely been one of the people making the process as slow and painful as possible out of pure spite.

@tamimtio3052

8 ай бұрын

You became what you hated most, and for what

@zoopdterdoobdter5743

8 ай бұрын

It really should be a little more difficult to get out of this particular civic responsibility. Otherwise, we end up with people too stupid to get out of it and (possibly worse) people who actually want to be there for whatever reason. 😐

@ALoser-ThisIsTotallyUnique

8 ай бұрын

@@zoopdterdoobdter5743 well in most cases only stupid people, those with a power fetish, or those with a strong sense of justice end up on a jury since getting out of it is pretty much as easy as saying, im incapable of being a neutral party

@ashupashu5559

8 ай бұрын

@@zoopdterdoobdter5743 screw that the judge should go decide.

@DeathnoteBB

8 ай бұрын

@@zoopdterdoobdter5743 That just screws disabled people over (and people not legally disabled but have diagnoses)

I had a classmate this week email the teacher that she would be absent due to jury duty. She even asked for a student exemption before the day off, and they said she had to show up. So she drives there, and the judge or whatever was like “is anyone a student” and she was like “yeah” and he excused her. So she got her $10 for it but when she walked back to her car she had a $15 parking ticket lol

@lanceknuth5300

8 ай бұрын

I predict that the rest of her time in school will be tough.

@neilkurzman4907

8 ай бұрын

A $15 parking ticket? Did this happen in the 80s ?

@absention390

8 ай бұрын

@@neilkurzman4907 No it happened this week as I said in the first sentence

@neilkurzman4907

8 ай бұрын

@@absention390 I haven’t heard of a $15 traffic ticket in decades. I didn’t know there was any place that actually had that small amount. I’ve gone to parking garage is the charge more than that to park.

@absention390

8 ай бұрын

@@neilkurzman4907 I heard of a $15 traffic ticket this week

I've been called for jury duty 3 times. The only time I had to go, I sat around while other people got questioned until lunchtime, went to lunch, came back, and then was immediately sent home. Why they couldn't have done that before I spent money on lunch, I'll never know, but at least I didn’t need to serve on a jury.

@neilkurzman4907

8 ай бұрын

Because there’s a lot of gamesmanship going on. If you were sent home during jury selection, it means the two sides came up to an agreement before the jury seated, and it was too late.

I got lucky. The judge outright asked "does anyone just not want to be here?" My hand immediately went up, along with the hand of the guy next to me, and we were both dismissed and then we fist bumped.

@amandapanda5087

7 ай бұрын

That is pretty lucky lol, I've been lucky so far in that I've never even been needed for jury duty

@bigfootpart4therevengeancing

7 ай бұрын

@amandapanda5087 I felt bad for one of the guys in the selection pool, though. He told me that he'd been summoned for jury duty FIVE TIMES and had never been selected. He just looked really annoyed.

@anthonylong9067

5 ай бұрын

God that must’ve been awesome. I was summoned once and waiting for 3 hours in the lobby only for my name along with about 30 others telling us we were excused. The funniest part was my name was the last one to be called

@adamsagov1058

5 ай бұрын

What a cool judge!

@kwspy9138

26 күн бұрын

@@bigfootpart4therevengeancingpoop

You: "Jury Nullification!" Lawyer: "You are dismissed and we will never ask you back again."

I feel like this channel is just Zach posting what happens to him in a comedic form and I am here for it... ✋

@Nippleless_Cage

5 ай бұрын

Zach has died and gone to heaven confirmed.

Literally the first time I didn’t skip through the sponsor just because I felt so bad for him sitting through that whole day and wanted to go through the pain with him

@KitKat-hn1vt

8 ай бұрын

Same!!

“I remember like it was yesterday-” “I will give you a thousand dollars not to tell this story” “It was November 7th 2023-“ “That was literally yesterday!” 😂😂😂

@neilkurzman4907

8 ай бұрын

He did say he remembered it like it was yesterday. So that was extremely accurate.

Wow, I just got a jury notice in the mail a couple of days ago, so this video is right on time. Luckily I'm a student, so I can get out of it pretty easily if I get told to show up. Also, funny that someone got put on trial for jay walking in a state where jay walking isn't illegal anymore lol.

@Humanwastingtime

8 ай бұрын

The crime was walking very slow while jaywalking. Nobody cares about the jaywalking

My wife recently got called for jury duty. We were baffled to realize that being a full-time parent to little kids was not a valid reason to be exempted from jury duty. Like do you want her to bring the kids with her to jury duty? And since we didn't know which day she would have to attend or if she even needed to attend at all for a period of an entire month, we couldn't arrange for a babysitter in advance. I basically just had to tell my work to expect the possibility that I may need to take a day off to watch the kids while she did jury duty. Fortunately, she never had to actually attend, but it was a ridiculous process.

@nigredoooalgown6245

2 ай бұрын

Foe future reference, just look up Jury Nullification and you will never be called in again.

So many people act like they are a judge and jury at all times, you'd think they'd relish the opportunity to do it for real

Me: has jury duty all next week Also me: a full time student who can and has opted out.

@juliancain3872

Ай бұрын

So how did it go?

I was actually summoned for Jury Duty last week and the letter felt exactly like that lmao. Luckily, I'm a full-time college student so I was exempt

@valence7

6 ай бұрын

I'm going tomorrow and I'm a student as well lol. Did you just tell them when you got there, or did you have to call someone?

@Nix1280

6 ай бұрын

@@valence7 my letter provided a website URL I went to and answered some questions on

Imagine just being summoned directly by the government to have to judge others, like damn thats a wild ass concept

@etherealhawk

8 ай бұрын

The whole point is to be judged by regular people just like you, not someone salaried or with an agenda

@yuvalzabary9270

8 ай бұрын

@@etherealhawk I get you but still, you have to admit getting directly summoned for the duty of judging others who are either A. Less fortunate than you or B. Mildly to very evil is an experience that should be considered weirder than just a thing that happens

@pumpkin_pants3828

8 ай бұрын

​@@yuvalzabary9270 when you grow up in a country where it happens, it is normal. when you dont, it's not. people have different viewpoints

@yuvalzabary9270

8 ай бұрын

@@pumpkin_pants3828 heres the thing, despite living in a country where it does happen you can tell when you put deeper thought into it that something sounds weird, you can say "oh well anything will sound weird when you explain it weird" but there are certain things that hardly sound normal even explaining it in a simpler manner. Overall yeah it sounds weird to me because it's foreign but it also sounds weird overall due to it simply being something that's inherently unusual, it does make sense at the end of the day though(reasons explained above, not my comment).

@RaineWilder

8 ай бұрын

@@yuvalzabary9270less fortunate than you is not an option usually. The jury is picked based on a lot of criteria, including your income. It has to be “a jury of your peers” as per constitution. Being evil is not a criteria. Although you political preferences are. I’ve worked with the department who does jury selections and I’ve seen the system where all of the county residents data is stored. It’s crazy detailed.

I feel like this is personal. Like he had this experience

I should be currently sleeping, but HERE I AM. Thanks a lot Zach.

"oh my god you actually called"💀😂

If the court employees were this sassy Jury Duty wouldn't be so boring. 😅

The fact that random people can decide stuff like this is absolutely wild to me. Sounds like a recipe for a disaster.

@DashieDe

8 ай бұрын

But it works somehow. Unfortunately, jury duty is too rare in my country

@tafazziReadChannelDescription

22 күн бұрын

It is

@tafazziReadChannelDescription

22 күн бұрын

​@DasithieDe it doesn't work at all. Look at OJ simpson

the ad read transition is smooth and the skit character is self-aware of the fact... Great one Zach hahahha

When the ad in the middle of the video is 1000x more interesting than the ad KZread forces in by threatening people with Adblock

Damn he snuck in a punishment video in this jury video

I have been trying to get on jury duty every year since I was 18 years old To get to go sit in an air conditioned room, downtown, judging people, while my lunch is paid for.

Every time I got the jury duty card, it was late because I never check my snail mail, it stacks up for ages sometimes lol. So I'd call them in a panic, and they are always oh no worries, I'll check you off you're fine.

Zachs comedic timing is actually incredible

Just say that you're aware of jury nullification and you will choose not guilty even though the defendant is guilty because you don't think that jaywalking should be punished.

@Goku17yen

8 ай бұрын

but do you like them then that when you get the mail notice, or do you have to actually show up to the court screening and tell them there

@RRW359

7 ай бұрын

@@Goku17yen You have to do it during jury selection. Nullification is 100% your right as confirmed several times by the Supreme Court but no Lawyer is ever going to select you for a case if you even know what it is, let alone if you intend to do it.

@hyp3rsqu1d81

6 ай бұрын

​@@RRW359nullification itself is legal. However lying to the lawyers when they ask if you "have any beliefs that would prevent you from making a decision based solely on the law" is perjury and illegal

@RRW359

6 ай бұрын

@@hyp3rsqu1d81 The law says the Jury makes the final decision regardless of what the law says.

@256shadesofgrey

4 ай бұрын

@@RRW359 Well, the defense might want to have you there depending on what other beliefs you hold that they could identify, but the prosecution will instantly strike you.

if you think its bad being selected try being the judge having to listen to those morning every single day 🤪

If you find the law unjust tell them and tell them that you're refused to cooperate with it. You are allowed to do this it is called jury nullification.

I was summoned once for a murder case, I wanted to be in the jury so bad but wasn’t selected Then I got summoned again for a traffic violation and put in no effort and got selected. So dumb lol

The ending was priceless thank you. It was worth the wait.

I actually wanted to do jury duty, but by the time I finally got a summons, I had to ask to be excused for health reasons. Chronic severe migraines do not a court schedule keep.

"Then MOVE. TO MARS" 😂 that was golden

What I hate about jury duty is when the judge says thank you for coming on a day out of your lives and busy schedule. 🐂 💩!!! We’re told if we don’t show up it is either a fine or jail wtf??

I think the calling number thing is a nice improvement over pre covid. First time doing jury duty I spent the whole day at the courthouse to never be selected. This time i called the number to not be selected.

@randallporter1404

8 ай бұрын

I had to go online to register and about a couple of weeks before the scheduled selection date I got a text that said I was released.

Remember kids, if you get jury duty just flip a coin to decide if they’re guilty or not!

@KiaStout

8 ай бұрын

It'll be fairer then our current system.

@jajafeedyns8082

8 ай бұрын

Mr. Dent, your alter ego is speaking again.

@DilettanteThat

8 ай бұрын

@@jajafeedyns8082OMG ILY

@neilkurzman4907

8 ай бұрын

Or for the exact same amount of work, you could just listen and come to a conclusion.

Fu'kin seamless ad read transition, and making it part of the pain in the skit... Genius!

I didn't expect to giggle so hard! I know you had fun with this. 🤣

I love how the sponsor is genuinely one of the funniest bits of the video everytime

Seeing The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck in the books

The first time I had Jury Duty was in the 90s, back then there was no call in you had to show up at the courthouse every day and sit in a huge waiting room with hundreds of other people just in case you were called. One time I sat in the room all day every day for 5 straight days then on the last day I was selected for a jury.

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@bigboytownimations2723

8 ай бұрын

I can’t believe zach is paying himself on his own patron to get his own video an hour early, we could all learn a few things from this guy

@donjones4719

8 ай бұрын

A lot of people said how funny the ad is. I'd skipped it, out of habit. But there were so many compliments that I actually *went back* and watched it! And yes, it's good. So... Blinklist is Cliff Notes on a screen.

@hackman669

8 ай бұрын

So Zack you live in Califirnia! Me too. I live in ghetto Empire.................... ..

SMOOTH TRANSITION to the AD! lol ❤

That was one of your best videos!

I would love to see a video of just the jurors answering basic questions about their life

Love the intro and extrovert energy between the judge and him

Video uploaded 10 mins ago. Zach pinned a comment 1 hour ago...We can only assume Zach is showing his life in future tense what a bro.

“there’s no way there’s an ad.. IN the jury session!” hilarious use of an ad break

the vids... god damn they are well done. Especially the pimp'n of products... just seemlessly inserted into the narrative... love it soooooooo damn much.

Perfect. I now know what to expect when I have to call the court this Friday.

Zack, Brilliant as always.

"I don't remember consenting to any of your rules," The phrase that got me out of jury duty the one time I was called, 12 years ago.

Zach Star ladies and gentlemen! 👏👏 The only KZreadr that can trick me into watching a full ad without fast forwarding 😂😂😂

You do your sponsored segments better than any other KZreadr I know!

Does being physically incapable of caring less about the result of the trial count as being impartial or emotionally compromised?

Nicely done Zach, nicely done

I live in a civil law country. While we do have criminal juries, they're much rarer than in the US, and the prevalence of them in crime/legal shows was always interesting to me. It's rare to be called on jury duty, or at least rarer than in the US. I think the only person who did it was my grandmother 30 something years ago.

Jury duty is so funny. "Hey, how about being as incompetent at the law as you are in choosing someone to run a country?"

Man i had to stop the video like every 20 seconds because of how hard I laughed

The only youtuber I watch the ad for. The ads dont feel out of place from the skit and still funny. lmao.

Channel is so underrated the production value alone is amazing

I literally just got done with jury duty today. Just saw the vid today, so timing was incredible!

I was in jury duty once. the first day i spent in the waiting room. day 2 i was called at 4pm and they never got to my name. day 3 i said fuck this and showed up to work. still got paid the $80 since legally after day 2 you can not show up to jury duty and its not illegal after you spent 2 days.

One way I've gotten out of Jury duty is by telling the judge that eye witness testimony is the lowest form of evidence there is and should NEVER be used in court under ANY circumstances. You see, in court eye witness testimony is considered the highest form of evidence. I dont get it either.

My grandfather got called in for Jury Duty…like six months after he died.

Another fun option is after all the warning that it's absolutely essential that you be there, sometimes they don't actually need you. But you only find out after a full day of sitting there in a room full of like 200 other people.

I'm keeping this video for the next time I get a letter for jury duty. Literally downloading it so I can watch it while in court.

This makes jury duty less of a hassle. Almost fun.

Meanwhile after losing his mind, Zach murders all other jurors, the prosecutor, and the lawyers.

One of the best video so far

This channel is slept on

I don't actually skip the ads on this. Well done on all of it!

Having had to go to Jury Duty yesterday this is (basically) pretty accurate.

The ad read was honestly the best part of the video

Love your content keep up the great work

Side note, "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman is such a great book

i LOVE the "tan taaan" sound that he makes hahaha. So hilarious!!

"i remember it like it was yesterday" "that was literally yesterday"

Man he was ready to go when it was his turn 💪 Seems like a great pick

The hammer-gavel at the end! Chef kiss.

Legit sat in my bathrobe considering court process while researching prospects for work reasons the same day you come up with this little diddy?

Lol glad I got jury duty so I could relate to this video. But no more please. Once was too much.

Best add placement ever.

I like the way you inserted that [advertisement].

Jury nullification is a thing

Bro November 7th was my 31st bday and my first show playing in two new bands. I'm gonna love using this clip for random stupid purposes in discord and vr. Always amazing content from you. Love it!