Jury duty sucks

[esef]

for those of you at work, be thankful! i've been on jury duty for a week, with no end in sight til next week. lemme tell ya, it's NOT what is seems on Law & Order...

[Steve Graham]

Re:: Jury duty sucks

Thank god I've never had to do it.. being a convicted felon.. j/k. Seriously tho I have mates that have had to do it and heard the same thing.

plus, you cant carry a laptop in there and keep with MS

[Civic_Zen]

I got a notice for Jury duty once, I just didn't go.

You don't have to do it you know. They'll just keep you on the list and make you do it another time.

[dawnx]

Re:: Jury duty sucks

I've never had to do it, I think it would be quit cool if you had to do it & somebody was up who you didn't like, guilty all the fucking way. I suppose they wouldn't let you do it if you knew the offender.

[toasty]

I got a notice for Jury duty once, I just didn't go.

You don't have to do it you know. They'll just keep you on the list and make you do it another time.

Depends upon the jurisdiction. I had a trial once where a juror didn't show, and the judge had the sherriff go out and do what's known as a body attachment, where they haul you back in to serve. Some courts are pretty strict about your need to serve...

[tiddles]

just say you have massive explosive uncontrolable diarrhea

[lilsensa]

or you could always lie in the questioning process........tell them you have anger problems and are unstable.......they'll let you off for sure :wink:

[Trancelucent One]

I got a notice for Jury duty once, I just didn't go.

You don't have to do it you know. They'll just keep you on the list and make you do it another time.

Depends upon the jurisdiction. I had a trial once where a juror didn't show, and the judge had the sherriff go out and do what's known as a body attachment, where they haul you back in to serve. Some courts are pretty strict about your need to serve...

I think Civic was referring to the jury selection process...it's the initial notice you receive. You don't have to show up for that. Once you're selected you are required too...that juror that was hauled back in was probably already selected. You can be excused from jury duty for many reasons too....they can't make you but most people don't know that so they just go.

[Civic_Zen]

I got a notice for Jury duty once, I just didn't go.

You don't have to do it you know. They'll just keep you on the list and make you do it another time.

Depends upon the jurisdiction. I had a trial once where a juror didn't show, and the judge had the sherriff go out and do what's known as a body attachment, where they haul you back in to serve. Some courts are pretty strict about your need to serve...

I think Civic was referring to the jury selection process...it's the initial notice you receive. You don't have to show up for that. Once you're selected you are required too...that juror that was hauled back in was probably already selected. You can be excused from jury duty for many reasons too....they can't make you but most people don't know that so they just go.

Exactly.

[JohnMarius]

Re:: Jury duty sucks

I hear ya Jury Duty is horrible, I was on a murder trial for a month. SUCKED

[Morgan]

There are ways to get around it even if you are selected. Usally just tell them you are biased or predjucied.

I?d love to serve on a jury, if it was a drugs case, there would be a not guilty verdict whatever the evidence.

[Pebbles]

I was picked to sit on a jury. It was ok, considering I totaly hated my job!

[zeronineteen]

I got a jury duty letter a couple of months ago and wrote that I suffered from social anxiety and never heard back.

[neoee]

Re:: Jury duty sucks

I wish I would get called. I got called once when I was like 18 but got out of it by showing up late. Now that my job will pay me to go I'd love to get on a trial that was like a week long, it would be like a vacation for me.

[nbpgt]

Re:: Jury duty sucks

i got picked for jury duty about 2 months after moving to texas.. it sucked & was shaping up to be a pretty boring real estate case.. but thankfully i said something the lawyers didnt like & they sent me home