The one time I got called for jury duty in Harris County (Houston, Texas), it was for a violent offense. During voir dire, I was asked if I could excuse violence against a known convicted felon - my answer was absolutely. Was asked how/why? Said, ok, say I’m a drug dealer, and some other drug dealer wants to cut me out of business, and decides to rape my sister to show me he “means business and I can’t protect my family”. I find out about it, either before hand (preferably) or afterward. I then kill the son of a bitch because he raped my sister. Had nothing to do with my slinging drugs, he got just punishment for rape.
The judge just stared at me a few seconds and asked if anyone else felt the same as Mr. Dreaming, to which a few did, and then we were all excused.
/true story
Not picking a fight, but jury duty is right and responsibility of free Americans that our founder fathers enshrined in the Constitution (Sixth Amendment).
I teach my federal government students that they should honor their responsibility to serve on a jury and not joke about ducking a right our founding fathers protected and viewed as a solemn duty of sovereign citizens.
The “system” fails when citizens shirk they duty to serve on a jury. (OJ).
Again, not picking a fight, just offering a different perspective.