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SuperTeamRyan t1_ja8kx0e wrote

If it were easy to get out of jury duty no one would ever serve, unless they wanted to serve. And someone trying to serve jury duty more than needed would not be a fair representation of the average citizen and may have some weird biases.

I you can probably get out of jury duty 9/10 times for criminal cases if you have had bad experience with cops. Civil is probably a bit more complicated. Grand jury seems impossible.

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ninjabell t1_ja93evz wrote

TBH I would like to experience it once. I'm 36 and have never been summoned.

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SuperTeamRyan t1_ja93tej wrote

I was summoned recently for a DV case and I got “lucky” for the first time because apparently everyone has been either abused or has a sister/mother/wife who has been abused.

It’s an experience and can be really interesting at times.

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Equippedchart49 t1_ja9jbcn wrote

I'm 32 ad I've been summoned 4 times while I have multiple friends that live in the same district and are the same age or older that have never once been summoned. Frustrates the hell out of me! lol

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Sufficient-Green-763 t1_ja9d932 wrote

Regular trial jury duty is super easy to get out of. Just answer the questions wrong and they'll strike you most of the time. You don't want to outright lie about facts, but when they ask something like "can you fairly apply the law as instructed, and set aside your own notions of the law" or something to that affect, just say no, you don't think you can. Tell them you don't trust big government. You're probably getting booted.

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SuperTeamRyan t1_ja9dyfh wrote

During my selection some people did try this but the judge pushed back and essentially went down a line of reasoning that most weren’t able to follow through with. She kept 1 of them as an alternate, probably out of spite.

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Sufficient-Green-763 t1_ja9ek90 wrote

I mean, in my case it's truthful. I've seen a lot of my state's problems in the public defense system (it's awful here), and for nonviolent crimes I'm pretty much 100% a not guilty protest vote from the outset.

But yeah, judges will respond differently. Some may keep you if they think you're trying to get out of it, but as long as you're respectful and not mocking about it, you've got a good chance and you won't be punished.

Now, I see one guy falsely claimed to have killed someone and would go into heroin withdrawals during the trial, and he got hit with contempt. Don't be an asshat 🤣

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