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Hello,

A few years back, I was called for Jury Duty. I was sitting next to a man as we (along with 40-50 others) were being questioned to serve on a murder trial. He owned his own business, and it became clear that he was being considered. He whispered to me to watch what he did to get out of it. The Judge asked him if there was any reason that he could not serve. He winked at me and said, "Yes, I am a bigot and would find the defendant guilty, regardless of the facts of the case." Boom, not only was he released from consideration on that case, but he was released completely.

I did not agree with what he did, and do not believe that he actually was a bigot, he just found a way to keep out of serving for a 3-5 day trial.

Glad to be here, MOgirl

Interesting story. In fact I've read similar stories here on FR, as some bragged on how they dodged jury duty. Sad.