Do non-US citizens/non-US residents have to do US jury duty?

[Kuciwalker]

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[DanS]

FYI, they ask you if you have any disability that would preclude you from understanding jury instructions. Just say that you're Canadian and they'll dismiss you as a potential juror.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by DanS
FYI, they ask you if you have any disability that would preclude you from serving on a jury. Just say that you're Canadian.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
The major thing is the hassle, followed closely by the fact that I'd probably end up having to convict some kid of a drug offense, for which the punishment in the US is absolutely draconian.

Unless it was drug dealing and involved weapons, I doubt you'd get on a case like that. They usually don't make it to a jury trial.

More likely you'd end up on a civil suit than anything else. My mom has been on JD 3 times since I can remember and it's always been a civil case.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

when you get your citizenship,or register to vote, or when someone in your family gets it, they usually nominate the entire family for jury duty (happened to us)

i was registered in SD county to vote and they came after me. i told them i was gonna be a resident of SF at the time. then when I was in SF they came after me, but I told them I was a resident of SD. the bureacracy couldnt keep their stuff straight so they gave up.

[Sprayber]

Tell them you only speak French and demand that the court proceedings be conducted in English and French.

[KrazyHorse]

All excellent suggestions.

[KrazyHorse]

I demand that the court proceedings be based on the Code Napoleon!

[Agathon]

I don't want to ****ing deal with convicting some 19 year-old for possession with intent or whatever.

It is quite likely that the defendant will be black. When the judge asks you if you have any problems with being on the jury, tell him you are racially prejudiced and hate blacks. Invent some **** and bull story about being mugged by a gang of Jamaicans in Montreal or something.

It works. You'd be surprised at how many people got out of conscription by "confessing" that they were gay.

[Japher]

It is quite likely that the defendant will be black

[KrazyHorse]

But what if I want to run for public office some day?

That will never do.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Agathon
Jamaicans in Montreal

They'll know for sure that's bogus.

Haitians in Montreal. Jamaicans in Toronto.

[Japher]

But what if I want to run for public office some day?

tell em you think he's innocent because he's an oppressed ethnic minority

[KrazyHorse]

Good plan.

[Japher]

If you aren't a citizen then you can't vote, then you shouldn't have be summoned.