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DH just got done doing jury toward end of March. I know there are automatic jury duty exemptions like illness, (think over 65?), being Amish. I was wondering are there other ones automatically exempt? Like judges, lawyers, doctors, politicians, government workers, etc. I'm really curious. Or is it different in different states?
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I live in Washington State & was tapped for jury duty last year at age 69. I asked to be excused due to needing hip replacement surgery & not being available before the surgery due to pain & mobility issues, & excusal (as they called it) was granted.

I expect them to pursue me again next year.
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I think exclusively breastfeeding might be one.
I seem to remember something about that...it might've been phrased as an infant's only caretaker. Maybe.
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DH is permanently excused d/t blindness. When I was pregnant I was excused for two years.
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According to my state website, there are 10 statutory reasons you are automatically except from service: not a US citizen, not a resident of the state at least 50% of the year, under age 18, 70 or older and choose not to serve, don't speak English, have a medical or physical disability that prevents you from serving, sole caregiver for a disabled household member, live outside the district where you were called, convicted felon, or served on a jury or Grand jury within a certain time frame. You can petition for lots of other things (nursing mother, for example), but the exemption isn't automatic for anything else.
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I got exemptions when I had my two boys.

With anjuliboy 1.0, they wanted me to come in when he was just 3 weeks old, so I called and said nope, I'm not even going down there. They said that was fine. DH was called at the same time I was, and he went down in a soiled shirt and and said he had a newborn at home, please let him be exempt. The soiled shirt wasn't even on purpose, he really didn't know because he was just that tired.

With anjuliboy 2.0, they wanted me to come in when I was 37 weeks pregnant. They made me come down to the courthouse, though. My mom had died days before, so I was this big, pregnant mess, sobbing trying to find someone that would let me go home. I finally did and they told me not to worry about it.

I always feel like the call me in at the most inopportune moments. Like, a year before I had anjuliboy 1.0 or a year after I had anjuliboy 2.0, I would have been able to serve and gladly done so.

Oh well, whatever.
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Apr 9 2018, 07:26 AM
I got exemptions when I had my two boys.

With anjuliboy 1.0, they wanted me to come in when he was just 3 weeks old, so I called and said nope, I'm not even going down there. They said that was fine. DH was called at the same time I was, and he went down in a soiled shirt and and said he had a newborn at home, please let him be exempt. The soiled shirt wasn't even on purpose, he really didn't know because he was just that tired.

With anjuliboy 2.0, they wanted me to come in when I was 37 weeks pregnant. They made me come down to the courthouse, though. My mom had died days before, so I was this big, pregnant mess, sobbing trying to find someone that would let me go home. I finally did and they told me not to worry about it.

I always feel like the call me in at the most inopportune moments. Like, a year before I had anjuliboy 1.0 or a year after I had anjuliboy 2.0, I would have been able to serve and gladly done so.

Oh well, whatever.
Ugh, I got called when I was 36 weeks pregnant with my first. They were renovating the courthouse so we were stuck in a dingy basement room waay far away from the courtroom, so mostly we were left alone and occasionally a court officer would drop in to check on us. We were there for HOURS with no access to snacks or wifi. When the poor bailiff finally came in around lunchtime a couple of very irate guys let him have it, including pointing at me and proclaiming, "She's gonna have that f*&$ing baby before you guys tell us what the f*&$ is going on!!" They let us go so they wouldn't have to feed us lunch. The KFC across the street made a killing that day, LOL!!
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Being the sole caregiver for your children. I was summoned shortly after my son was born and with him being a special needs child, there was no way I was finding anyone to watch him. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to be excused.
My husband is a physician and it is not an automatic here in Fl. He had to go in but then when they interviewed him as a candidate, they excused him presumably because he is a white upper-middle-class educated citizen.
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Years ago when I worked for the jury commissioner it was illness (with a doctor's note), over 70, police, fire, EMT, nurses, doctors and lawyers and we exempted legal secretaries and paralegals, Although I know they are stricter now and don't exempt legal staff. By the was, 75% of the irate phone calls we got were from people who were exempt but either hadn't read or hadn't understood the letter that detailed the exemption. My favorite that we got a lot was "it says over 70 and that's not fair, I'm 83, why do I have to do it?"
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Apr 9 2018, 07:26 AM
I got exemptions when I had my two boys.

With anjuliboy 1.0, they wanted me to come in when he was just 3 weeks old, so I called and said nope, I'm not even going down there. They said that was fine. DH was called at the same time I was, and he went down in a soiled shirt and and said he had a newborn at home, please let him be exempt. The soiled shirt wasn't even on purpose, he really didn't know because he was just that tired.

With anjuliboy 2.0, they wanted me to come in when I was 37 weeks pregnant. They made me come down to the courthouse, though. My mom had died days before, so I was this big, pregnant mess, sobbing trying to find someone that would let me go home. I finally did and they told me not to worry about it.

I always feel like the call me in at the most inopportune moments. Like, a year before I had anjuliboy 1.0 or a year after I had anjuliboy 2.0, I would have been able to serve and gladly done so.

Oh well, whatever.
Ugh, I got called when I was 36 weeks pregnant with my first. They were renovating the courthouse so we were stuck in a dingy basement room waay far away from the courtroom, so mostly we were left alone and occasionally a court officer would drop in to check on us. We were there for HOURS with no access to snacks or wifi. When the poor bailiff finally came in around lunchtime a couple of very irate guys let him have it, including pointing at me and proclaiming, "She's gonna have that f*&$ing baby before you guys tell us what the f*&$ is going on!!" They let us go so they wouldn't have to feed us lunch. The KFC across the street made a killing that day, LOL!!
I'm guessing the chairs weren't all that comfortable.

I've been called for jury 4 times over the years (twice before the two times I had the boys) and I've served on one jury. The worst part about all the sitting and waiting for hours were horribly uncomfortable chairs.

There's a McDonalds down the street from the courthouse in Baltimore - that place is always super busy.
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I got a summons for while family was here. I asked to be delayed, and they actually granted it (I have exact dates), so I'll have to check again in June. They're sending a new notice, too.

Lawyer, not auto excused.
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Getting DS out of serving while he was away at school was a project. CT would allow him to defer for up to a year, but they wouldn't outright excuse him. He finally wrote them a letter saying "I'm at school in IL from this date to this date, and again from this date to this date, and then from this date to this date I am working in FL." He basically had 2 (non-consecutive) weeks over the course of that year where he would be in CT, and of course you can't guarantee you won't be selected and the trial won't run longer than a couple of days. So they finally excused him.
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Apr 9 2018, 08:07 AM
when they interviewed him as a candidate, they excused him presumably because he is a white upper-middle-class educated citizen.
That’s bullshit. He’s the kind of person I would want on my jury. Not every case is the same. I’ve kept nursing mothers, doctors, caregivers, and my last jury had a judge on it.
Automatic exemptions are limited and jury duty is everyone’s civic duty.
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I kind of wonder about that. Also, of you're serving on a jury, what do you do if you have to go to the bathroom during court?
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I'm not sure about what categories are exempt but in my jurisdiction (NJ), legal personnel (lawyers, judges, legal secretaries, paralegals) are not exempt. If you're a lawyer or a judge, you'll likely not get selected or will be dismissed from a case for cause if there is a conflict (you know the parties or attorneys handling the case), but you just go back to the juror pool. I know many of lawyers and judges who are called for jury duty and they normally spend a day waiting to be selected before being sent home at the end of the day, but a few do get selected for jury duty. Right now my paralegal is stuck on jury duty for six months (its a once a week appearance). It's luck of the draw.
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Apparently being me is an automatic exemption. I’ve never been called which is unfortunate as I’d be happy to serve.
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Apr 9 2018, 09:49 AM
I kind of wonder about that. Also, of you're serving on a jury, what do you do if you have to go to the bathroom during court?
Raise your hand and ask the judge if you can go. It's really effing embarrassing. Says the girl who ended up having tummy troubles while on jury duty once. Everyone laughed. I wanted to die. I hated every moment of jury duty. :$
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Apr 9 2018, 09:58 AM
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Apr 9 2018, 09:49 AM
I kind of wonder about that. Also, of you're serving on a jury, what do you do if you have to go to the bathroom during court?
Raise your hand and ask the judge if you can go. It's really effing embarrassing. Says the girl who ended up having tummy troubles while on jury duty once. Everyone laughed. I wanted to die. I hated every moment of jury duty. :$
Oh man, that would suck! I'd be raising my hand every hour unfortunately!
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When I was a kid (1950s), my mother was called and served on a jury. When it was over, she said, "Now I understand why you can be excused for being a woman -- the other woman on my jury was whining and crying the whole time." So I guess in the Fifties gender could get one excused.

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Apr 9 2018, 01:35 AM
DH just got done doing jury toward end of March. I know there are automatic jury duty exemptions like illness, (think over 65?), being Amish. I was wondering are there other ones automatically exempt? Like judges, lawyers, doctors, politicians, government workers, etc. I'm really curious. Or is it different in different states?
I just did a request to be excused because my dad is dying and I'm out of state helping to care for him. Anyway, there were options,
- over 70
- officer of the court, LEO, etc
- primary care giver of an invalid
-medical condition

There were some others, too.
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I've gotten excused from Jury Duty twice (after my first Jury Duty experience, it isn't one I really want to repeat). I was excused for being the primary caretaker for a child under the age of 8. The hours and distance that would have been required for me to be on jury duty would have made it near impossible to take care of my kids properly without having to have someone else take over for me. I have not been asked again. Knock on wood.
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Ive never been asked. As a resident if we got one we just dropped it off and the program Cooridinator took care of it.

As a fellow I’m oretty certain I wouldn’t be excused unless I had a good reason.
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I've always wanted to be part of a jury but have never been summoned. Unfortunately if I did get summoned now I'd have to ask to be excused because I can't sit in a chair more than an hour without pain. That sucks because I wanna!
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I've been called twice, but no cases ever went to trial when I was serving so we could just go home. I'd actually like to be on a jury.

One of my employees got called for being on a grand jury, but she wasn't chosen. It would have been a once per month meeting for a year. I actually would love to do something like that since it's easy enough to work around, but it's not something that comes up very often.
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I've been called and went multiple times, served on a jury once, 8 months pregnant.

Most of the time, I sat there for a day or two, and then got a note that I had completed my necessary service and was exempt for 5 years.

BittyBoss is now over 5, and I was 8 months pregnant with her when I last served. I was surprised it didn't show up a couple of months ago. I did get a jury eligibility questionnaire over the weekend, so I suppose a summons will show up in a couple of weeks.
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Apr 9 2018, 10:03 AM
When I was a kid (1950s), my mother was called and served on a jury. When it was over, she said, "Now I understand why you can be excused for being a woman -- the other woman on my jury was whining and crying the whole time." So I guess in the Fifties gender could get one excused.

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My mother got excused in the 60's because she had 2 small children. They didn't call her again for 20 years.
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my husband passed in November , got jury duty summons in December I just ignored it .
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Apr 9 2018, 01:35 AM
DH just got done doing jury toward end of March. I know there are automatic jury duty exemptions like illness, (think over 65?), being Amish. I was wondering are there other ones automatically exempt? Like judges, lawyers, doctors, politicians, government workers, etc. I'm really curious. Or is it different in different states?
I don't think so. I know many lawyers who have been called and served. I think a doctor with urgent patient care issues can probably get excused but it isn't automatic. In our state, if you are over 70 you can get excused but that is by request.
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I've been excused once because I was the only person doing both of my part time jobs at the time, my bosses both wrote a note. The other times we were already booked to be on vacation.

I was finally able to serve last fall but mostly sat in the room waiting to be called, reading my book. I went through one a day for three days. Eight hours of reading, interrupted by bathroom visits made for a rather boring week. I was kind of sad not to make it into court, but truthfully I was a tad relieved as well. Looking around the room I have to admit I decided that I hope to never be involved in court. I know it's judging on appearance, but the room did not inspire confidence in people who might be deciding my fate.

Our court person in charge of the potential juror room was pretty funny, she made jokes, and did her best. I was impressed with how she handled it and tried to keep the mood light. I don't know how they could improve it. I wish people wouldn't try so hard not to serve. Reasonable issues do come up, but it seems like most people just don't want to be inconvenienced.
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I haven’t been summoned in over 10 years.

What happens if you ignore the summons? I’ve never done that before, but someone I know ignores the letter every time it comes in the mail and they never seem to have suffered any consequences.
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I have been called several times, but went home each time without being selected for a jury. I was pulled for a jury pool but was let go as I had a few things they asked me about that didn't make me a good fit for a few different reasons. I had the same insurance company as one of the parties involved. I had once had a concussion, like one of the parties involved, and I had attended school for nursing. All of us who had any one of those three things were dismissed.
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The sad thing is the number of people I know who won't register to vote because they don't want to serve on a jury, and the juror pool comes from the list of registered voters. I think they've gone to using driver's licenses in a few places because of that.
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I've been called a bunch and served on a jury for a civil trial that lasted 6 days. The judge was a guest at my wedding, the plaintiff called witnesses that were employed by my employer, and if the case was appealed, it would go before the state Court of Appeals, where my XH (then DH) worked at the time. All of these factors were discussed during jury selection, and I was still selected.
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Apr 9 2018, 12:02 PM
I've been called a bunch and served on a jury for a civil trial that lasted 6 days. The judge was a guest at my wedding, the plaintiff called witnesses that were employed by my employer, and if the case was appealed, it would go before the state Court of Appeals, where my XH (then DH) worked at the time. All of these factors were discussed during jury selection, and I was still selected.
Wow, I'm shocked that you were selected. The thing about your husband (XH) I don't think would have mattered too much, but having the judge at your wedding and knowing multiple witnesses are usually automatic for-cause dismissals.
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I've been called a bunch and served on a jury for a civil trial that lasted 6 days. The judge was a guest at my wedding, the plaintiff called witnesses that were employed by my employer, and if the case was appealed, it would go before the state Court of Appeals, where my XH (then DH) worked at the time. All of these factors were discussed during jury selection, and I was still selected.
Wow, I'm shocked that you were selected. The thing about your husband (XH) I don't think would have mattered too much, but having the judge at your wedding and knowing multiple witnesses are usually automatic for-cause dismissals.
That wouldn't automatically rise to cause here, but I'm surprised no one used a peremptory.
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I've been called a few times, when my kids were tiny and breastfed I was excused. I've only had to actually go to selection once and I was dismissed because my family had a history with the type of crime the trial was for. It was really embarrassing having to share the history, it's something very few people in my life know, but it was pertinent and I absolutely knew I wouldn't be able to be impartial.
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Buffy: here, you get a questionnaire every time. Like I just did one and they delayed me (have family visiting so I got pushed back like 6 weeks). Even tho I just did the questionnaire, I'll have to do it again.

We are given a number to call the evening before (after 430), and our "rank" in the pool. Recorded message says numbers x-y need to report, everyone else is excused. So if you do that first questionnaire and then ignore the summons, you might get lucky here.

If you ignore the questionnaire, tho, they'll ask (demand) to know why.
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I've been called a bunch and served on a jury for a civil trial that lasted 6 days. The judge was a guest at my wedding, the plaintiff called witnesses that were employed by my employer, and if the case was appealed, it would go before the state Court of Appeals, where my XH (then DH) worked at the time. All of these factors were discussed during jury selection, and I was still selected.
Wow, I'm shocked that you were selected. The thing about your husband (XH) I don't think would have mattered too much, but having the judge at your wedding and knowing multiple witnesses are usually automatic for-cause dismissals.
That wouldn't automatically rise to cause here, but I'm surprised no one used a peremptory.
You're right, not "automatic" in the sense that the rules require a for-cause dismissal. But, in my experience, if the potential juror knows any of the parties, attorneys, or the judge, the judge will typically dismiss them for cause during voir dire, without putting them in the box to be dismissed later with a peremptory.
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I did have to jump through hoops to get my mom permanently excused. They required medical documentation and proof that I am her POA. It wasn't more than I think should be required, just a pain in the ass.
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Apr 9 2018, 12:21 PM
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I've been called a bunch and served on a jury for a civil trial that lasted 6 days. The judge was a guest at my wedding, the plaintiff called witnesses that were employed by my employer, and if the case was appealed, it would go before the state Court of Appeals, where my XH (then DH) worked at the time. All of these factors were discussed during jury selection, and I was still selected.
Wow, I'm shocked that you were selected. The thing about your husband (XH) I don't think would have mattered too much, but having the judge at your wedding and knowing multiple witnesses are usually automatic for-cause dismissals.
That wouldn't automatically rise to cause here, but I'm surprised no one used a peremptory.
You're right, not "automatic" in the sense that the rules require a for-cause dismissal. But, in my experience, if the potential juror knows any of the parties, attorneys, or the judge, the judge will typically dismiss them for cause during voir dire, without putting them in the box to be dismissed later with a peremptory.
Not here. I sat through three hours of voir dire in a courtroom where I knew the judge and had tried a case against one of the attorneys. They still had to go through everything and because I said I could be fair and I answered most everything pretty neutrally, cause was denied (I know because I asked the judge later).
I'm quite sure it's different in every jurisdiction, but it is my experience that cause dismissals are hard to get and automatic exemptions are very rare. Age 70 and older *if the juror chooses*, non-citizen, under 18, having a current case pending in the county, or non-resident of the county at the time of service are pretty much the only automatic exemptions.
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I've been called a bunch and served on a jury for a civil trial that lasted 6 days. The judge was a guest at my wedding, the plaintiff called witnesses that were employed by my employer, and if the case was appealed, it would go before the state Court of Appeals, where my XH (then DH) worked at the time. All of these factors were discussed during jury selection, and I was still selected.
Wow, I'm shocked that you were selected. The thing about your husband (XH) I don't think would have mattered too much, but having the judge at your wedding and knowing multiple witnesses are usually automatic for-cause dismissals.
That wouldn't automatically rise to cause here, but I'm surprised no one used a peremptory.
You're right, not "automatic" in the sense that the rules require a for-cause dismissal. But, in my experience, if the potential juror knows any of the parties, attorneys, or the judge, the judge will typically dismiss them for cause during voir dire, without putting them in the box to be dismissed later with a peremptory.
Not here. I sat through three hours of voir dire in a courtroom where I knew the judge and had tried a case against one of the attorneys. They still had to go through everything and because I said I could be fair and I answered most everything pretty neutrally, cause was denied (I know because I asked the judge later).
I'm quite sure it's different in every jurisdiction, but it is my experience that cause dismissals are hard to get and automatic exemptions are very rare. Age 70 and older *if the juror chooses*, non-citizen, under 18, having a current case pending in the county, or non-resident of the county at the time of service are pretty much the only automatic exemptions.
In the last case I tried, the judge was letting everyone off for-cause if they knew anyone associated with the case. After going through 10+ jury pools (of 40+ people per pool) over the course of 5 days (for an 8 week trial), then the judge started getting annoyed and putting people on if they answered neutrally. Then we were allowed to use our peremptories. It was frustrating because she was dismissing some people who were clearly biased one way or another (plaintiff or defense orientated), and wasn't allowing us the opportunity to use our peremptories. So jury selection went on forever. Its a wonder the trial even started.
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Apr 9 2018, 11:44 AM
I haven’t been summoned in over 10 years.

What happens if you ignore the summons? I’ve never done that before, but someone I know ignores the letter every time it comes in the mail and they never seem to have suffered any consequences.


In my home county, they send the sheriff to your home and they'll haul you into the courtroom. Since it's a rural county with a smaller population, you have to physically show up. No calling the night before to see if you have to go.

jeni_4
Apr 9 2018, 12:01 PM
The sad thing is the number of people I know who won't register to vote because they don't want to serve on a jury, and the juror pool comes from the list of registered voters. I think they've gone to using driver's licenses in a few places because of that.


They do that in Pennsylvania now and I like it. If you update your license, it will also update your voter registration. It's one less thing to do when you move!
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Apr 9 2018, 09:49 AM
I kind of wonder about that. Also, of you're serving on a jury, what do you do if you have to go to the bathroom during court?
I wondered that too. If I have ANY fluids I’m like freaking Lily on the road trip to Chicago: “Sugarsnap pea? Pee! I have to pee.” I’d be raising my hand about every hour while doing the pee dance.

I also get tired and spacey and ragey if I’m not fed real meals.

So pretty much having me on your jury would be like having a giant toddler.
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I also hate debating. So...deliberations was study of what hell would be like for me.
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I promise you, jury duty isn't close to the horrific experience most of you are making it out to be in your minds.

Attorneys and judges have to pee, too. We also need food. All my judges give at least one pee break during the morning session, an hour-plus for lunch, and at least one pee break during the afternoon session. Jurors are free to bring snacks with them and eat in the jury room during breaks. They can go wherever they want for lunch *or* have the free county-provided meal. I've very rarely seen a judge keep a jury in the box for more than two hours without some type of break, even if it's just to stand and stretch.

My god, you'd think from reading this thread that the attorneys/judges/parties WANT jurors to be uncomfortable. Are you crazy?
The more pissed off you are, the less likely you are to be reasonable and rational during deliberations.
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The last time I was on jury duty, a lady asked to be excused because she was the chaperone for a 3 day 7th grade field trip. The judge asked her if anyone else could take her place; without missing a beat she looked straight at the judge and said "Would you like to chaperone 90 7th graders for 3 days?" The judge cracked up and said you are excused. The whole courtroom was laughing.
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I promise that jury duty was a horrific experience for me and one I hope I never have to repeat. I was uncomfortable, pissed off and miserable the entire time. But that was mostly because of my personality than the courts fault.
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I've only gotten a summons twice. The first time, my home county sent the summons, but I was in the CG and was overseas. The summons got forwarded from my parents house to the base in Seattle, then from there forwarded to our next port of call, in Chile, where it waited a few weeks until we pulled in and I got it. It was already weeks past the date I was supposed to report. One of the guys in the ship's office sent out a letter on my behalf, saying I was active duty, servicing overseas and explaining why it took so long for us to get the summons and respond to it. I still have a copy of the letter with my CG stuff.

The second time, I would have liked to serve, but never even had to go down to the court. We had juror numbers in the summons, and you just called the in the evening to see if you needed to go in the next day. My number was 300 something, and they never went over 150. I've been in my current house for 8 years, licensed and registered to vote, and haven't been summoned. I wouldn't mind if I did. I'd like to see what the process is like, and I think I can be pretty fair-minded.
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I’d actually enjoy doing jury duty sometime.

I...just don’t think I’d be a good juror. I’m pretty sure I would be terrible and the judge and both lawyers and the other jurors would hate me by two days in. I would need to get up and pee more often than every two hours. If I’ve had coffee it’s like every 30 minutes. And I am solidly addicted to caffeine, so eliminating that isn’t an option if you want me conscious and paying attention.

If I ever get called, I’ll probably just tell them that. If they want me anyway, fine. If they can’t deal with that, then they don’t have to use me.
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I've been called 4 times and served on a jury twice. I've really enjoyed my experiences. I've heard about things I'd never hear about (one drugs/domestic case, one federal case with prostitution of minors), and felt like I was doing something worthwhile. It was nice to have so much downtime and focus on something completely outside of work. The only stressful part was deliberations. It was amazing to see how differently people can interpret the same information.
Edited by bundtcakes, Apr 9 2018, 01:13 PM.
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