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re: Whats the best way to get out of Jury Duty?

Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:23 pm to
Posted by StrikeIndicator
inside the capital city loop.
Member since May 2019
449 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:23 pm to
No speak English
Posted by WaydownSouth
Stratton Oakmont
Member since Nov 2018
8216 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:23 pm to
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dress like an executioner - mask and all, carry an axe for beheading and say you feel everyone is guilty until proven innocent.


This is the one
Posted by dietcoke7
LA
Member since Aug 2007
1048 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:24 pm to
Incontinence.
Posted by Palomitz
Miami
Member since Oct 2009
2218 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:24 pm to
quote:

Show up wearing a MAGA hat


This. And make it a combo by also wearing a Trump 2024 t-shirt.
Posted by Sofaking2
Member since Apr 2023
4089 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:24 pm to
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Louisiana takes their names name from motor vehicles

Then maybe not registering helps with federal jury duty which is worse anyway?
Posted by MemphisGuy
Member since Nov 2023
3438 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:25 pm to
I got called at the end of January...

They didn't care that it was one of our busiest times at work. They also didn't care that I didn't want to be there.

They called.. I think..750 people on Monday, you sat in a big room and IF they actually called you, they texted you to come to the door.

Got called about 15 minutes after I got there... on a Rape from 1988. I kid you not. A 1988 rape. Anyways... they called 55 people, and called US in groups of 15. Asked questions... dismissed some... most were dismissed for being... different than the defendant, being suburban white women with kids, some with cause for reasons they couldn't serve without it being a hardship (found out that being diabetic and "having to eat every 2 or 3 hours" didn't count as a hardship), then called more to replace those...

oh yeah... it was a sequestered jury... judge told them that they'd have an opportunity to go home, get their things and be back in 1/2 an hour or so to go to the motel where they were being sequestered. THAT would REALLY suck.

Took ALL dang day... but at the end, never got called and got thanked for my service and now I'm good for the next 10 years.

1988 rape case. Defendant was in a wheelchair with oxygen. Heck, he looked as if he didn't have long anyways.
This post was edited on 4/21/24 at 9:30 pm
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
17853 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:26 pm to
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Louisiana takes their names name from motor vehicles


I moved back to Louisiana in 2002 and was never summoned for jury duty until I registered to vote against Joe Biden.

I was never summoned based on driver's license alone. Since re-registering to vote, I've been summoned twice in a 9 month period and got excused based on medical disability.

Before you say anything else, I am not a Trumper and believe that it is a person's right TO NOT VOTE as much as it is a right TO VOTE.

God Bless America!



Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54767 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:26 pm to
If it is a personal injury case just raise your hand when the question, "Who believes that back pain can be faked?" is asked. That did it for me.

If it is a summons for the grand jury selection, do it if you are selected. It is worth the hassle to see what really goes on in your town/county/parish.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
203359 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:26 pm to
Not sure how great it might be.. if you end up in a hotel room with no tv or access to outside things for three to four months sounds like it would suck.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54767 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:27 pm to
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I moved back to Louisiana in 2002 and was never summoned for jury duty until I registered to vote against Joe Biden.

I was never summoned based on driver's license alone. Since re-registering to vote, I've been summoned twice in a 9 month period and got excused based on medical disability.

Voter registration is only one list they pull from. The first time I was called I wasn't a registered voter.
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
50946 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:29 pm to
I hate when those get delivered to the neighbor's mailbox. Then they don't do the right thing and put it in mine. Result, you don't get it because that piece of mail got delivered to the wrong address. It's unreal. Same thing with those Red Light camera tickets where they want you to send money to some Seattle P.O. Box. I mean, I've never gotten one, just my friend was telling me.





This post was edited on 4/21/24 at 9:33 pm
Posted by MemphisGuy
Member since Nov 2023
3438 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:30 pm to
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I hate when those get delivered to the neighbor's mailbox. Then they don't do the right thing and put it in mine.


You mean they accidentally put it in your trash can, don't you?
Posted by Dadren
Jawja
Member since Dec 2023
979 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:30 pm to
Ask them if you can postpone your service to December. If they allow it you most likely won’t get re-summoned. Nobody wants to start a trial right before Christmas.
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
42223 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:31 pm to
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I moved back to Louisiana in 2002 and was never summoned for jury duty until I registered to vote against Joe Biden.
I registered to vote in 2004 and was never summoned for jury duty until I moved to the city of Baton Rouge in 2013

Posted by BuddyRoeaux
Northshore
Member since Jun 2019
2699 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:32 pm to
Just like the best way to get out of work, shite your pants. I have never done this on purpose. At all. Ever.


Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
42223 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:34 pm to
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Not sure how great it might be.. if you end up in a hotel room with no tv or access to outside things for three to four months sounds like it would suck.
that happened to my grandpa in the 1980s - he thought it was great bc he had free food and everything
Posted by MemphisGuy
Member since Nov 2023
3438 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:35 pm to
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Show up wearing a MAGA hat


Can't enter courtroom wearing a hat. Bailiffs or whatever they are remove it for you if you forget when you walk in the door. Even if your "head gets really cold".
Posted by Horsemeat
Truckin' somewhere in the US
Member since Dec 2014
13561 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:36 pm to
Piss your pants and announce to the entire crowd that you have in fact urinated in your pants and need to be excused.
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
17853 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:37 pm to
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Voter registration is only one list they pull from. The first time I was called I wasn't a registered voter.


I have been driving for 40+ years and the only time I've ever been summoned was registering to vote in the 2020 election.

That's a long time to not be called for jury duty.

Posted by PGAOLDBawNeVaBroke
Member since Dec 2023
778 posts
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:38 pm to
Tell them you are an engineer. They won’t anything to do with you or your analytical thinking
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