Posted on 07/12/2017 6:51:31 AM PDT by VastRWCon
Really there’s a few things you can do. When you send back the postcard there’s generally a “I can’t serve because... please reschedule” do that on one (don’t do it on both, Murphy was an optimist) and they reschedule.
Or you can go to both comfortable in the understanding that 90% of the time you won’t serve, you won’t even get near serving, it’ll just waste a day in the awful jury room and then go home.
Or since you probably won’t wind up on a jury just throw the cards out and move on with your life. They’ll try again later, they’ll even be threatening, but they can’t prove you got it and eventually they give up.
Really there’s a few things you can do. When you send back the postcard there’s generally a “I can’t serve because... please reschedule” do that on one (don’t do it on both, Murphy was an optimist) and they reschedule.
Or you can go to both comfortable in the understanding that 90% of the time you won’t serve, you won’t even get near serving, it’ll just waste a day in the awful jury room and then go home.
Or since you probably won’t wind up on a jury just throw the cards out and move on with your life. They’ll try again later, they’ll even be threatening, but they can’t prove you got it and eventually they give up.
Normally, you only have to report for Jury Duty once a Year.
Not sure if that rule applies to Local versus Federal.
Instead of asking here, best to contact both Courts.
It is illegal to ignore a judges instructions to a jury. It is illegal to inform jury pools about nulification.
I will not participate in a fixed game.
It doesn’t work any more. Having a child under 5 no longer excuses you. You have to go. I haven’t been called since starting to care for mom with Alzheimer’s too, so we will see next time they ask.
Been a while since I served jury duty, being old and able to opt out now, but I seem to remember something about a time limit in the rules for who must and must not serve - I think locally it was something like no need to serve again if you’ve been on a jury within the last year or so - maybe check with the courts involved to see if there’s some sort of exemption for frequency....
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