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Originally Posted by HardDrive
There is your answer. At the beginning of the jury selection process, the judge will ask jurors for reasons they should not be selected. Tell them that you are self employed, and that a trial of more than a week would be a disaster for you financially. The judge may say that no 'hardship' situations will be considered, but I didn't see one juror who raised this objection get selected.
That being said, despite your situation, its still you civic responsibility.  |
The jury summons indicates that the ONLY reasons to be excused are:
If you are a police officer.
If you have been convicted of a felony.
If you have served on a grand jury.
If you have served on a jury in the last year.
If you are a minor.
If you don't speak english.
It specifically states that self employment is NOT a valid excuse.
So i may have to live on the whopping $15 p/ day that it pays.
I guess thats big bucks to some welfare junkie with nothing else productive to do.