Woman Sentenced for Faking PTSD

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I loved this comment to the article:

I'm an attorney. The best I ever saw was a man who claimed he couldn't serve because he frequently, and without warning, would fall asleep. The Judge asked if frequent breaks would help. The man said no. He said he fell asleep about once an hour, and couldn't control it. The Judge asked him what he did for a living. His answer? Municipal Bus Driver. The courtroom erupted in laughter, and the Judge excused him.

What I really don't get is why someone would go to such lengths to avoid jury duty. Unless it's a high profile case I don't think it's that time consuming, apart from that, that woman is a writer, so it's not as if she had regular workhours anyway.

I know in Austria they have troubles getting enough jurors, but I guess that's because here there are no repercussions if you just ignore the summons to jury duty.