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The judge has heard it all. Having cows to milk wasn't even a good enough reason even though the judge himself used to do it. Suck
it up and do your duty.
 
Defense attorney asked me if I could be fair to his client. I said I never heard of being arrested for not breaking the law. Was escorted out of the courthouse.
 
I told the judge I talked to the defendant in church last Sunday. The judge said I was excused, I was the first one out of there.
 
My wife was called years ago and during questioning was asked if her brother was Fred, a Detroit cop.
Yup. She was excused.
I was called once over a roofing business/home owner dispute. I felt that holding a builder's license
would disqualify me. Nope. Case got settled out of court.
 
My wife was 8 1/2 months pregnant when she got called for
jury duty on an attempted murder of a policeman. When
asked if she had the ability to serve, she told them that there
was no problem with her serving, but they would have to
recess every 1/2 hour for her pee break. The judge and both
attorneys had no problem with that and she happily served.
Yes, they took a break every 1/2 hour so she could pee.
 
Our jury pool is determined by registered
voters.
So it's possible dead people vote early
and vote often.
George
 
I have sleep apnea. There is no way I could sit through a trial and stay awake. I've been called four times and when I explain this I'm dismissed. I've never had to prove it even though I could get a note from my doctor.
 
When I had jury duty, a guy pulled a stunt like that. His brother in law was a cop. I don't know if the B I L had told him to say
that or not, but by the time the judge got done telling him why we were there, I'll bet he was wishing he hadn't done it. That guy
was red in the face and about to crawl right under his chair.
 
Just tell them you heard all about the case (on the news, etc) and are convinced that the accused is guilty.
 
My dad got called at age 96 while in assisted living with dementia. I had to fill out a form telling why he was unable.
 
Our house got broken into while we were on vacation close to twenty years ago, coin collections for the kids and me and a fancy
hunting knife. When the sheriffs dept. detective showed a couple days later the first thing out of his mouth was the chances of
catching anybody, was like fifteen percent or so. Really pizzed me off so since then when I get my jury duty questionnaire I just
write since we got robbed and the cop didn't seem to give a damn, everybody I see looks like he could be guilty.
 
(quoted from post at 15:34:03 04/08/21) What's a good reason for not being able to serve on jury duty?
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've never tried to get out of jury duty, and have some interesting stories to tell. It's just part of being an American.
 
It varies state by state. Last time I was on a jury I missed 2 days of work due to the long selection process and then was released
and am exempt for think 8 years , which is probably up by now. Here they will allow you to defer it one time for up to 6
months.This is in NY.
 
I was on my only jury duty a few years ago and it was kind of fun to see how the justice system goes about its business. Mine was a case of a pedophile already in jail and was getting ready to come up for parole. In NY state a judge can hold those guys longer than the sentence if a jury decides the guy is still a threat to kids. Our guy had raped a 5 year old as a teen ager and almost killed her, raped a teenager when he was in his 20's, beaten by his father his whole life and a big time drug user among many other things. It took us as jurors all of 5 minutes to agree the judge needed to hold this guy longer as we couldn't see where he had made any attempt to reform, despite prison programs to do so. I suspect the way the judge talked to us after the trial he held him a lot longer. When we were called back with a verdict there were over a dozen cops in the room compared to the couple that had been there during the trial. They were ready for any problem that might have happened. It was an enjoyable time but we had to listen to a lot of details that would turn the stomach of a normal person. That kind of stuff depends on the trial you are on.
 
As a jury pick for a felony case I was grilled by the prosecutor, defense attorney and the judge regarding my prior experiences with crime. The truth be told I said I was once threatened and
almost kidnapped. During screening I was asked what was my favorite TV show and I said Perry Mason. I guess no one liked my answers and I was dismissed.
 
Last time my wife got summoned she was breast feeding our
youngest son. They didnt have a private room to pump in. Got
dismissed. Im not a citizen of the USA so Im not eligible to serve. I
just check that box.


Vito
 
Ways out of jury duty:

Say huh, could you speak up? a lot.

Ask frequently to go to the bathroom.

Just keep saying, I've never seen a (insert whatever) that wasn't guilty.

Any of those should get you off the list.
 
last one i have been called on was a murder case. Each potential juror was put on the witness stand and asked questions. One of mine were from the prosecutor was if proven guilty could you sentence mr..... to death? my answer was yea i would and i would help pull the switch if you need the help :shock: ole judge didnt wait for a response from the lawyers. he looked at me said leave your excused
 
Here, Texas, the reasons are listed on the back of the notice.

Any of those will get you out of the selected pool, the large number that are called.

If you don't qualify for that exemption, then you go to the next step, actually being assigned to a case. At that time you will be further questioned. The questions vary depending on the crime being tried. The more serious, the more carefully the jury is selected.

Last one I was called for was a s e x assault case. The entire room was asked by show of hands if they felt they had ever experienced that, about 2/3 of the women quickly raised their hands! Even a couple of the men did too!

Not sure if it was for real or just an attempt to get out of serving, no way to know, but I was surprised at the numbers and the willingness to share that. Some were quite emotional.

In the end, after all the drama, we were dismissed by alphabetical last names. It was close, but I was dismissed.

But since I was called, and was dismissed, I am subject to being called again at any time, only when you actually serve do you get off the list for a few years.
 
About 25 years ago, I was working 3rd shift and got called for jury duty. I told the plant manager that I had to go to jury duty. He said that it wasn't during working hours, so I couldn't get time off. I went and when the judge asked if anyone thought that they couldn't serve, I raised my hand. He asked me why and I explained that I worked 3rd shift and since jury duty wasn't during my work time that I couldn't get time off. I told him I would serve but couldn't promise that I could stay awake as that is the time I usually sleep. The judge got kinda po'd until I told him That I worked in Iowa and live in Illinois. About that time one of the lawyers stood up and said that he didn't want me on the jury, so they dismissed me.
 
Thirty some years ago, I got called. When they got to me one of the attorneys said, Mr. Railsback, your questionnaire says that your job is parasite. What does that mean? I answered truthfully I might add, I work for the government. I thought the judge was going to bust out laughing. Needless to say I was excused.
Now because I am a dialysis patient, I have a permanent excuse.
 
I got called up recently. Here in Nebraska anyone over 70 years old is dismissed.

One time years ago I got called up on a car/semi accident. When they were qualifying jurors, the judge said he was going to name several doctors that would be called to testify and asked that any potential jurors who had a personal relationship with any of the doctors to raise their hand. One of the doctors was a neurosurgeon who had operated on my back about 12 years before. I raised my hand when his name was mentioned.

The judge asked me the circumstances, and asked if him having operated on my back would weigh how I felt about any testimony he might give. I said I though he did a good job on my back. One of the attorneys said, I move this man be dismissed.
 
You're hard of hearing, aren't you? Third time I got called, I had been under a doctors care for kidney stones. Had to provide a doctors note,though. First time I served, I was in the jury pool with a friend I had gone to school with and had worked with for several years. When we came back from lunch for selection, I told him that we were both going to be picked, because we looked like we had wisdom. Durned if he wasn't picked first, and me second.
 
It is rather odd how judgemental people are and then they don't want to do it when it counts for something.
 
Consider that should you ever find yourself on trial, you'll be judged by a jury composed mostly of folks who didn't have anything better to do. Do it. It's your civic duty.
 
I am hard of hearing and told them 30
years ago that I would need to be
provided with special equipment I order
to hear what's going on,,, haven't heard
from them since.
 
My supervisor at work and I were in the same jury pool. In those days, they called the potential jurors up one at a time, and they were either seated or dismissed at that time. I went up early in the process,
and was seated. Boss came up later. Lawyer knew both of us, and the relationship- he asked boss if he felt his presence on the jury might unduly influence me. Boss said Well, he never listens to me at
work, I don't see why this would be any different.

We were both seated on the jury.
 
When I got called up the guy before me got let off because he claimed his cows got out often and no one else was around to herd them back in. And another surprising thing since they ran out of people to pick from they can actually go out onto the street and grab you and call you up to be interviewed.
 
> And another surprising thing since they ran out of people to pick from they can actually go out onto the street and grab you and call you up to be interviewed.

An old phart I knew back in North Carolina told me he once ran a used car lot around the corner from the court house. He said he was frequently roped into serving jury duty when they ran short of jurors.
 
I'm 68, a little hard of hearing. Got called last month for Grand Jury duty, would have been 4 months of service. Went to do it, no problem, but everyone was masked up, I couldn't understand half of what they were saying. I told the girl running the show I was having a problem understanding what everyone was saying, she dismissed me, first day. Was actually kind of disappointed.
 

Just want to point out a legal distinction here. Reason not to serve would be as many suggested and the judges and attorneys may dismiss you during jury selection. Depending upon the court, I read a couple that a call to the court clerk may get a release from appearing such as out of town on a trip or a severe medical issue.

The term "exempt" from jury duty is typically based on not meeting the qualifications in state statute. When exempt they shouldn't even be calling you in or if you do get a notice, then a call to the clerk may do it. Here are the statutory qualifications in Kansas:

A citizen of the United States
Resident of the county summoned (for at least 20 days)
At least 18 years of age
Have not been adjudged incompetent by a court.
Must be able to read, write and comprehend the English language.
Cannot have been convicted of a felony within the last 10 years.

Don't know about LA, George, but age is not a reason here. Retired people are usually the ones that can serve on a long trial. Out juror roles come from DL, property tax, and other records. Clerks don't do background checks so if someone has one of these then they may excuse you except for the language one.

Had a friend that was a WWII fighter pilot. He was afraid to speak up when asked about medical conditions. Usually here if you raise your hand when everyone is asked and they get to you, you can say you don't want to talk about it in open court, we would go back in chambers to find out. Anyway he was incontinent and ended up on the jury. You can guess how that went. He was totally embarrassed and since they chairs had cushions they ended up unbolting the chair from the floor. Case ended up in a mistrial.
 
I have been summoned for jury duty several times in the past. Each time, I reported as summoned. Most times, they
had filled their needs before they got to me.

One time, though, it was different. All of the summoned people were kept in a large room. We first had to listen
to all of the propaganda about civic duty, how this was such a wonderful process, and how it was such an
enriching experience, and just a lot of malarkey. As lunch time approached and boredom had crept in, we were
informed that the parties involved were working out a plea deal.

Lunch time came and went. The bailiff came out several times and said that it could be any minute that we would
either be seated or dismissed. Finally, at 4:00 PM, we were finally allowed to leave. We were denied lunch, and
we were poorly treated. I would not want to ever repeat that day.
 
Never served on jury duty. From the time I was old enough (21) I was either on active military duty, in an active National Guard
unit or performing EMS duties. All of which was plenty to keep me off a jury. Now, I'm too old.
 
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