Jury Duty problems

[MRT144]

Well i was recently ordered to report for jury duty. i had recieved the letter in the mail beforehand and was planning on going to the date they specified. Well march 4th rolled around and i had been up until 7 am and was in no condition to show up to the court.

Well i dont think that answer is going to hold up as to why i couldnt be there so i need some help coming up with a better excuse.

im moving in april/may to seattle but i didnt know that when i got the letter for jury duty so i dont think i could use that as an excuse.

does just telling them i was feeling like crap work though? id like to be honest if possible. and what are the possible penalties for being absent from jury duty

[Dinner]

How about just not responding to them and then if they write to you after you move just tell them you live in Washington so you couldn't possibly return to San Fransisco for jury duty.

[Ming]

Tell them you had a family emergency... And ask them to reschedule you for june or july this summer

[DanS]

Sure, it will work.

I forgot last time. Told them that I clean forgot, and asked for a reschedule. They were fine about it.

[Dis]

in my city no one cares if you don't show up for jury duty. we have more than enough people anyways.

I was hoping for some jury duty actually . Because I wasn't working at the time. I wanted a good juicy case.

[monolith94]

I'm signed up for the duty this summer - I'm actually really interested to see what it will be like!

:naive:

[Sarxis]

I'd love to be on a jury. I'd hang every J-walker in the state.

[Ramo]

I'd love to be on a jury. I'd aquit every non-violent drug offender in the state.

[David Floyd]

I'd love to be on a jury. I'd aquit every non-violent drug offender in the state.

Yup. Say hello to two of my favorite words: "Jury Nullification"

[Ramo]

Counterpunch had a great article on that recently:

http://www.counterpunch.org/conrad02052003.html

[KrazyHorse]

Why have all of you been called to jury duty?

Only one person in my extended family has ever gotten a letter (my mother) and she just showed up and wasn't one of the 12/100 randomly picked out of a hat, so she got to go home...

[TheStinger]

I would ove to be picked for a jury, I'd love to be like henry Fonda in 12 angry men, unfortunately I am not allowed to serve

[rah]

I recently got a jury summons, scheduled for the week I am going to be on vacation in florida. My wife laughed and laughed, until she got a summons the next day for the same week. What are the odds of that happening?
We both called in and got extensions.

[Zero]

I'd love to hear a juicy case as well. I heard it wasnt too hard to avoid it if you dont want to do it....

[Jac de Molay]

I'm signed up for the duty this summer - I'm actually really interested to see what it will be like!

Bring lots of reading material, and prepare to wait.

The case I was called in for concerned a mentally disturbed woman who wanted custody of her children. She was escorted into court wearing prison orange and arm and leg shackles. She tried to attack the prosecuting attorney before the proceedings even started.


If I was called into the box that day, there was no way I could be partial. And I would have told both attorneys that during the voir dire.