Help me get out of jury-duty!

[nikimcbee]

I got roped into jury-duty on Nov 7th Since this is the left-coast, here's plan plan of attack: Wear my USS Texas Battleship shirt, my USS Cavalla hat, and bring either a book in Russian to read, or a book about WW2 German. IE my book on Tiger Tanks, U-boats, or something totally German . All the pacifist lefty types will freak out and send me home:hmm: .

Any ideas?

[The Avon Lady]

"Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races."
- Homer Simpson

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

"Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races."
- Homer Simpson

I would, but then they would arrest me for not having PC thoughts .

[Kapitan]

Go to the docs give him a nikker and ask him to write a sick note for you.

[mog]

Just say you are prejudiced against the police. As an anarchist, you are morally offended by the existence of a repressive institution that strips rights from citizens, and could not possibly take the word of people whose career is ratting on their fellow man.

Of course, you'll leave the court house with an FBI file to your name, but who cares?

[XabbaRus]

I think you should do your duty. If you are able you should do it.

Unless youhave a valid reason.

Ask if the court will be explaining jury nullification to the jurers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/proj...ification.html

http://www.greenmac.com/eagle/ISSUES...ification.html

[sonar732]

Playing along with the joke...

Guilty...I say they're guilty! What, the trial hasn't even started? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[SmithN23]

Depending on the case, it could be interesting to sit in on it and see how the system works, but if all that sounds boring to you, you could say that you have a test coming up in school that you can't miss (I am guessing that you are in school). If your not in school just tell them that you feel that you could not be unbiased in the case and they will kick you out.

[STEED]

Not knowing the country your from nikimcbee, I can only speak for England. Turn up in a nice suite and start saying things like this is a waste of time if I had my way the person would be hanging at the end of the rope, and this one the person's guilty lock them up. And here is the key thing say it in front of the defence council, they will have you deselected faster than a fart out of a Rhino. I know this has worked for three people over the years.

[StdDev]

You mentioned the "Left Coast"..?
Here in Kalifornia the law is "One day or one trial".
If yoiu get called on a panel of prospective jurors and are eliminated/dismissed for any reason.. back to the juror pool with ya!
So.. you are gunna spend a minimum of one day furiously waiting... waiting for anything to happen... waiting.. tic..... toc...........tic...............toc............... .....tic.......... PLEASE SOMEONE FAKE AN EPILEPTIC SEAZURE... ANYTHING!!!!

Just pray that there are some local restaurants to eat at otherwise come lunch time you will be introduced to the "$6 Court House Hot Dog and the $2.50 Coke"

The only redeeming quality of jury duty is.. next time you go to the dentist for root canal, you will be able to think back on your jury experience and realize that "it could be worse!!"

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by StdDev

You mentioned the "Left Coast"..?
Here in Kalifornia the law is "One day or one trial".
If yoiu get called on a panel of prospective jurors and are eliminated/dismissed for any reason.. back to the juror pool with ya!
So.. you are gunna spend a minimum of one day furiously waiting... waiting for anything to happen... waiting.. tic..... toc...........tic...............toc............... .....tic.......... PLEASE SOMEONE FAKE AN EPILEPTIC SEAZURE... ANYTHING!!!!

Just pray that there are some local restaurants to eat at otherwise come lunch time you will be introduced to the "$6 Court House Hot Dog and the $2.50 Coke"

The only redeeming quality of jury duty is.. next time you go to the dentist for root canal, you will be able to think back on your jury experience and realize that "it could be worse!!"

That was my last last jury experience! I went straight from work (12 hours night shift ) to jury duty. ...Then fell asleep at a table. They were going to put the trial off till after 2pm . Then the judge changed his mind and they started at 10:30 am. When they were "trimming" the jury pool down, one guy went on a diatribe on how he thought drugs should be legal . He went straight to the door . So I got an idea:hmm: . By the time they got to me, they had their pool, so they sent everybody home. Maybe I'll need a translator Serbian would be good, maybe Bulgarian...Good thing I know my slavic languages. Do they let you bring laptops? And I will be doing my civic duty that day, I'll be voting.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

I got roped into jury-duty on Nov 7th Since this is the left-coast, here's plan plan of attack: Wear my USS Texas Battleship shirt, my USS Cavalla hat, and bring either a book in Russian to read, or a book about WW2 German. IE my book on Tiger Tanks, U-boats, or something totally German . All the pacifist lefty types will freak out and send me home:hmm: .

Any ideas?

Do your duty. You'll like it anyway and remember it for a long time to come.

Trust me - yours is not as bad as mine - someone hated me when I had to do it way back when. They picked me on my 21st birthday so I couldn't even go out and drink / party etc. on my 21st birthday!!! I did get selected for 2 jury's though and I found it interesting.

-S

[Ishmael]

Five words: I believe in Islamic Law.

[FUBAR295]

Tell them "I believe in the death penalty for parking tickets".