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Originally Posted by masraum
Here you have to go to court Mon morning, then Mon-Thu night, you have to call in to a specific number after 6pm and see if your name is on the list (and someone ends up on the list pretty much every night). Those are generally for little crappy cases, I assume. Probably minor arrests or traffic or he said, she said types of things.
I've been lucky to never have to serve. I understand that it's a civic duty and part of what makes this country great, and I'm being selfish by not wanting to do it. It is what it is. I don't want to get stuck listening to a bunch of crap and then having to deal with the dumbarses that got chosen with me. I don't know for sure that I could be unbiased too, and that's the truth. I was once almost chosen, and even before they started asking us questions, the defendent was in the room. I thought she looked guilty to me. That can't be good for the process.
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Oh yeah, I know all about that. They got me as far as sitting in a alternate seat for a murder trial. I wanted no part in that. The ruse was if I objected strictly on the basis of serving on a capital crime, they would send me down the hall to a business trial.
I worked around the whole deal using the "informed jury" spiel. You can Google those terms if you're unfamiliar. I think I learned that here.