I got my first jury duty summons today in the mail. I simply can’t go because I’m a full time student YEAR ROUND. The bitch on the phone said being a college student is not a valid excuse. WHAT? Not a valid excuse. My tests will be missed, notes will not be taken, the fact that I paid for a full semester last December and it’s going to waste. I plan to be a full time student for at least another 4-6 years because I want to get into pharmacy school…or get a Masters degree. I won’t take this shit. I will never serve as a juror as I know it’s a waste of time for me. If they make me sit on a case I will act as rude as possible…never listen to the damn case…show up late…wear offensive clothing or whatever. Iknew I shouldn’t have registered to vote last year, but it was tempting because I wanted to vote for Arnold. I’m never voting again…so will they stop sending me jury notices…or am I stuck in the system for life since i registered to vote? I told the Bitch on the phone that my excuse was school and she said she would postpone my jury duty until summer. That will not work for me because I got to school every chance I get…which means I go to school i nthe Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter! Summer postponement will not do! I am actively looking for a job too…and when the March 8th date rolls around…what if I have a job? Being a full time student should have automatic dismissal from this jury duty crap. Don’t they know people’s grades depend on what school’s they get into and certain school curricular activities. I know that one day isn’t going to affect much, but if it’s more than one day I’m going to raise hell. I get 16 weeks a semester to attend…plus holidays…plus what if I get sick and have to actually take another day off? I’ll be totally screwed out of the money I paid for books and tuition. So tell me your ideas of getting out of jury duty.
Sure, there are lots of ways to get out of jury duty. You may not be able to get out of the first call (Bring a book!!!), but during the questioning phase, you can easily get yourself excused by merely being far left, or right, or having some strong beliefs that neither the prosecutors or defense can stomach.
I’ve had jury summons four times. The first time, I was pregnant, and had complications. The second time I wasn’t working, and had no way to pay for daycare should I have been chosen for jury duty. The third time, I was nursing (not the same child, my second one 12 years after the first).
And the fourth time, I had no transportation, and the courthouse was almost 20 miles away.
I actually went to court with a few friends who got called in for the jury selection process, and any strong beliefs will make you an extremely unpopular choice, and get you excused normally.
Try to find out what trial you’re sitting for, and then adjust your “unpopular” views accordingly.
Best of luck.
Probably if you say something like “I know that the state wouldn’t try to prosecute unless there’s strong evidence, so I’m sure the accused is guilty” wouldn’t be well-liked by the defense attorney.
I haven’t done that myself, so I’m just assuming.
Fuck you asswipe. Maybe you don’t believe in stuff like, I don’t know, the constitution.
Maybe you don’t think laws apply to you. Maybe you’d prefer to live in a country which doesn’t have jury trials. I’m assuming you live in California. The law (which you seem to hold in contempt) says
Since you’re 18, a US citizen and can obviously comprehend at least written English, you must not possess ordinary intelligence. Maybe you should claim to be an imbecile - looks like you’ve made a fine start already.
I do believe that, for the first time, I will tell someone on this board, that would be you CatPerson, to go fuck themselves. Your pitiful excuse boils down to being too busy to serve one of your most important duties as an American. Just who do you expect to take your place? I guarantee they will be busier than some pissant excuse for a student.
So no, I will not offer some way you can get out of jury duty. I hope you get called for a grand jury and have to sit for six weeks like my neighbor. She has a real job and mouths to feed and it represented tremendous hardship for her. I never heard her complain or try to get out of it. I hope you find some time to mature at school, although I am not holding out great hopes.
Oh thank god.
Why is the person on the phone a bitch, so much so that you called her that twice? I mean, you DO know the difference between someone with a vendetta against you and someone trying to follow the law?
Actually I’m waiting to hear that I’ve been wooshed.
Sure, being a college student is an excuse. You’ll have to go the one day on the letter. IF you get randomly selected to even be in a jury, when you get asked if you have any reasons not to be in it tell them you’re a full-time student with many upcoming deadlines. Or say you have a bladder problem and have to go to the toilet every hour.
Of course, actually having an opinion, admitting to reading the newspaper regularly, and having a passing familiarity with the law are qualities that the trial laywers don’t seem to be in favor of.
I thought this was going to be an interesting story about someone having problems while serving on a jury. Instead, it’s a shitty rant that rates a grade of F, possibly a D- if I were feeling generous.
First, why do you feel the need to make such a huge deal about your scholastic ambitions? What the fuck does jury duty have to do with you wanting to get a Master’s degree or get into Pharmacy school.
Secondly, I’m glad you are not voting. The more idiots who don’t vote, the less idiots we will have in office. “I registered so I could vote for Arny because I thought it would be cool!!!” Yeah motherfucker, I want someone with your IQ as my pharmacist.
Third, the woman said she would put it off till summer, the same “bitch” as you called her. She gave you a break and you continue to bitch about things that have not even happened yet. How about thanking her, shutting the fuck up and then waiting till summer arrives before ranting about it?
You have never served jury duty nor have served on a jury but it’s a waste of time? The best is at the end, you state that it’s one day. This entire rant is because you have to go one day? Here is a clue, when you get questioned, you say “I have a test tomorrow and if I serve on the jury it will cause me trouble”. The judge will excuse you from serving and that’s if you even get called. Then again, since you don’t know shit about jury duty, there is no reason for you to base any of your bullshit on facts.
As for the job, more stupid shit about something that has not even happened. You might look for a job and having jury duty at some future date might cause you trouble with this job you might go look for in the future. Insanely stupid bullshit.
Please get out of jury duty because the idea of an idiot like you serving on a jury scares me, literally. Grow the fuck up.
My father got out of jury duty while he was dealing with his Bell’s palsy by writing a letter to the person in charge of sending out the notifications stating that he is insanely prejudiced against lawyers, corporations, and insurance companies. He also told them that he firmly believed that as he is not God, he has no business judging the guilt or innocence of another, so there is no way he could ever vote guilty.
Basically he read the jury info sent to him and then made himself seem like a horrible juror because he didn’t want to have to sit a courtroom with an eye that wouldn’t blink and no ability to Visine it every 2 minutes.
Ah, a jury. The only animal with 12 assholes and no head. I hear that the way that you determine the average I.Q. of a Jury is to take the I.Q. of the smartest juror and divide it by 12.
I mentioned my college plans because I know this jury duty thing will come up again and I will have to use the same excuse. I will have to tell them I am a student year after year.
Whoever said that they wanted to do jury duty…No one! I never signed up and said I would do jury duty. It was thrown upon me when I turned 18. Do you think I want to go? Hell no! But, I’m still going to “serve” my purpose as a juror.
Who in the hell likes jury duty? Of course its inconvienent and sometimes a hardship but you know whenever I hear people talking about how it is gonna fuck up everything I hope that one day they are facing 12 people that just want to get their service over, are bitter about being chosen and who in the hell cares about justice.
Geesh, so much whining …
Just go in when you’re called, tell them you have classes that you cannot miss, and they’ll almost certainly let you go.
What do you all want to bet that if CatPerson was on trial for something they would want a jury? You know, the law says “a jury of one’s peers” doesn’t it? Where are they going to find 12 folks that are as lazy, self-centered, selfish and idiotic as CP? And I hope he/she/it never complains about how the country is run, seeing as how they aren’t going to vote.
You’re a fucking citizen. Being a citizen brings with it certain rights and responsibilities, one of those responsibilities is jury duty. No one likes jury duty. It is one of those things that you try to get out of. Do you want a fool proof way to get out of it? Go to Law School, and become a member of the bar. You will never be called to serve on a jury.
We’ve got a lot of rights in this country and few responsibilities. It’s not too much to ask to fulfill them.
Good for you. If you get chosen for a case, you’ll probably learn something.
The trick, of course, is say you’re prejudiced against all races.
In any case, the OP has completely lost all right to complain about exorbitant civil judgements or incomprehensible criminal verdicts.
I look forward to extending detailed ridicule at first opportunity.
George Carlin used to have a bit where he said avoiding jury duty was a snap. Just say you’re perfect for jury duty because you can spot a guilty person just by looking at them.
Holy shit… you need to quit fucking whining. Jury duty’s not that bad.
Being a full-time student, you have MORE free-time and a much more flexible schedule in most ways than working people. I know… I’ve been a full-time student for the past 2 1/2 years myself. Unless you’re some kind of mouth-breathing retard who can’t afford to miss a day of classes, it won’t hurt you academically at all. Plus, your professors will more than likely let you reschedule or otherwise work with you to accomodate this. I’m sure it’s not uncommon wherever you’re from.
Second, you DID sign up for jury duty when you registered to vote, dumbass. Registering to vote is the exercise of your franchise, and one of the obligations that comes with it is to serve on a jury.
Third, would you really like it if we didn’t require people to serve on juries? Justice administered by judges with no juries? Not me. I’ll gladly serve on jury duty when asked if it means that I’m being judged by 12 people in my community rather than some stinkin’ lawyer/political hack.
This is one of my pet peeves… companies are required to give you time off for this, they pay you something, and you’re doing something extremely useful for your community and your fellow man, yet selfish and petty assholes routinely bitch about it and try to weasel out of it. Makes me completely pissed.
Hijack…
Would someone, PLEASE explain to me what breathing through one’s mouth has to do with one’s intelligence? I see this insult frequently, and am always wondering at its origins and accuracy.
PLEASE put me out of my ignorance agony on this one…SOMEONE???