Jury Duty

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I will probably have to go tomorrow. I didn’t get called up today, and my number grouping looks like its next in line. I have a lot of shit going on with school, being exam week, and sitting downtown all day is not high on my list of shit to do. I already postponed it once, so looks like im stuck? How do you guys get out of this, just say your biased or some nonsesne? school me

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if I recall correctly…there has been at least one thread regarding this process.

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tell them you just smoked a rock…you’ll be dismissed

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Just be honest, tell them you’re a student and have exams to worry about. Jury duty would be imposing an unreasonable hardship on your studies. They will dismiss you.

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Ya call and say you have school. You might have to pick a day over the summer to be selected again but hey, its life.

I have been called twice. Once I showed up and sat all day and was supposed to end up on a grand jury trial but it got canceled. The second time I told them when I showed up and went infront of the judge and lawyer that I live in the city and am biased. If someone is arrested, then they are already guilty in my eyes.

I was dismissed in 30 seconds. Lol.

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I would love to serve jury duty, sadly I’ll never be chosen. :frowning:

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this didnt happen

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Probably not. If you did actually do something like this you could be fined for contempt of court.

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lol. you should have just told them you didn’t want to be a juror for someone who is black because you don’t want to get HIV.

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this isn’t the chapelle show or something

you can’t get off like that anymore even though you think you can…

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you have a chance once your in the court room to raise your hand and see the judge and the lawyers in a seperate room before they do all of the selecting… im sure if you tell them about school and what not they will understand, they did for me a few weeks back.

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i cant wait to do jury duty, im jealous

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Why wouldn’t you want to go? Its a legal excuse to not work, to relax for the day, and get paid. Plus, you meet tons of interesting people and learn a thing or two. Its not nearly as bad as the movies make it out to be.

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Yeah, it’s not that bad. I never got picked but served for 2 days waiting… depending on how many people show up you might not even get picked (and you’ll still be good for 8 years or whatever it is)

Why not bring your books/laptop with you so you can study there? You’re more than likely going to have a lot of downtime. Make sure you get there 15-20min early so you can get a table :tup:

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He would first need to have a job, to look forward to missing work

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I hate all the people that try to weasel out of it. I hope you never need a jury for something in your life. I was called last week and really wanted to do it, but unfortunately it was a car accident case and my sister was recently in a car accident with injury, so I couldn’t sit unbiased. Just go and hear it out, its not like you can’t study at night, and you’re a liar if you tell me you study from 9-5.

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I want to serve on a jury real bad but i have never been picked… alot of my family and friends have but im still waiting.

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I didnt know they gave you money to show up? thats a bonus. I just dont need more shit on my pate this week and i hate going downtown. But guess i dont have to worry at least for tomarrow. I just called they are only calling up 536-755 or something like that tomarrow and my number is over 1000, so i have to call back again tomarrow after 6. This also pisses me off, jerking around like this. I cant make any def plans or request a different exam time etc.

blow me

who gives a fuck, that is why they call up 1500 people so they can pick 12. People who dont do dick with their lives love this shit!

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its actually 12 people out of 30ish per trial. they call 600 people because there are many trials going on at once.

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Then this is a job for im :eekdance: