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To: VastRWCon

Just because you have a summons doesn’t mean you will get picked to serve on a jury. If you don’t get picked you fall off the list.

It’s very difficult to get out of a summons. It’s also very difficult to get out of jury duty.

If you get picked for an interview just act biased. You should get disqualified.


13 posted on 07/12/2017 7:03:12 AM PDT by PJammers (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: PJammers
If you get picked for an interview just act biased

One time I was on jury duty for a case involving an auto accident between a young guy and an elderly gentleman. During the juror questioning, they asked us if we had any prejudices against older people. One potential juror after another sat there in that room full of people and swore up and down that they were so very prejudiced, there was no way they could ever be impartial, they just didn't like old people, etc. Obviously they were just trying to get out of serving on the jury. It didn't work; not one of them was excused. But I found it interesting that people would admit to today's biggest sin...prejudice...just to get out of serving.

22 posted on 07/12/2017 7:19:35 AM PDT by Nea Wood
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To: PJammers
If you get picked for an interview just act biased. You should get disqualified.

That's assuming that you get a proper "voir dire" interview. I was picked for a jury some years ago, and they were about to start asking me questions when someone noticed it was almost lunchtime, so the lawyers both approved me without asking so much as a SINGLE question.

Turned out to be the biggest waste of time I'd ever seen.

28 posted on 07/12/2017 7:47:12 AM PDT by ssaftler ("Keep your hands to yourself, leave other people's things alone, and be kind to one another.")
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