Jury Duty

[mp170.6]

Years ago in college, I postponed jury duty because of a conflict with school.

 

They responded by scheduling me during the winter break.  Since then, every Jury Duty summons I've received has been scheduled between December 17 and January 3.  Every single one of them.  This happens on either 2 or 3 year intervals and yesterday, I received my sixth summons for the Christmas season, this time for call-in beginning December 17 for five days.

 

I thought prospective jurors were supposed to be randomly selected?  How is it I'm on such a predictable schedule?  This is Orange County by the way. 

[Brandon]

Throw it away

[arch stanton]

Why not ask the ones who schedule it?

[Jay]

Throw it away

Yeah throw it away and get a tattoo. That'll show 'em.

[Brandon]

Show who? Why the tattoo?

[Blarg]

So you don't look like the new kid in the county jail when they get serious about you skipping jury duty.

[mp170.6]

Why not ask the ones who schedule it?

 

I did one time.  They assured me it was a randomized selection process, which it obviously isn't. 

[Brandon]

So you don't look like the new kid in the county jail when they get serious about you skipping jury duty.

So they're releasing people early and reconfiguring a lot of jails to support the prison population (which isn't going away any tine soon since prison is a multibillion dollar industry) but they are going to make sure people that don't go to jury duty have a place? The state can never prove you got a non-certified piece of mail.

[Glen]

I threw away my last notice for jury duty.  A few months later I got another notice saying that if I didn't respond to this notice that I would have to pay a fine.  

 

So yeah, just throw it away.  

[Brandon]

Got a second notice once, it said something about DMV sanctions or hold ups. Nothing happened.

[LBHalos17]

Weird how I stopped getting those after I responded that my profession is Police Officer...

I feel sorry for jurors.  They are forced to spend a lot of their time, judging cases with barely any legal advice from the legal system, for peanuts.  

[Tank]

i don't mind doing jury duty as long as it doesn't conflict with teaching. used to be that teachers could get their duty postponed until summer, but those days are gone. two years ago we had a teacher that out for three or four weeks on a murder case, and it really disrupted things in her room to have a sub for that long.

 

couple years ago i was called and had to show up. didn't call so i was excused from any more duty. about 8 months later i got another summons for jury duty. filled out the form saying i'd been summoned less than a year ago, zeroxed the form they give you so you can prove you served, and mailed it in. got a threatening letter saying i still had to report anyway. never did, and they never followed up.

[katie]

Last time I did jury duty they sent us to lunch at noon for an hour and a half, and then when we came back let us all go. Thanks for wasting my time!

[Jay]

I get summoned every 2 years or so.  Gives me a chance to check out a different restaurant in SA.  A few years ago I tried this Venezuelan place called Mil Jugos, walking distance from the courthouse.  Pretty good.

[Eric]

I've been pulled for Jury Duty only one time where I actually had to go down to the courthouse.

 

When the defense attorney asked me my profession, I said Poker Player. When he asked me if I could spot tells (body language) I responded that the tongue jut he just gave at the conclusion of his question told me that he had already made up his mind to excuse me, he was just looking for the reason to be able to. He turned to the judge asked for me to be dismissed and the judge approved it among a courtroom full of chuckling.

 

I haven't been asked back since.

[HaloCory22]

I got a letter back in 2009. Tossed it and haven't heard back since.

[Brandon]

I actually haven't got a notice in a really long time, but had to do some DMV stuff and wouldn't you know it, a week later something came.

[Richard]

Last time I did jury duty they sent us to lunch at noon for an hour and a half, and then when we came back let us all go. Thanks for wasting my time!

 

 

Same, but at least there was wi-fi for Netflix.

[gotbeer]

Weird how I stopped getting those after I responded that my profession is Police Officer...

I feel sorry for jurors.  They are forced to spend a lot of their time, judging cases with barely any legal advice from the legal system, for peanuts.  

 

Getting peanuts would be a raise.

[mp170.6]

I can't believe how many of you blow them off. 

[sneaky_flute]

Just disregard it. I've never heard of anyone actually being fined for ignoring a summons. I used to get them all the time and just threw them away.

Edited October 22, 2013 by sneaky_flute

[TobiasFunke]

I would love to get a Jury summons and be a jurror on a case.

[Spencer]

I used to get them when I was in college, but never had to report. I'm not sure if my folks contacted the courthouse to say I was living out of the area or not.

I've only gotten one summons, earlier this year, since moving back to OC in 2009.

I of course ignored it, and never heard back.

[Adam]

I've always ignored them until the last one I got...a year ago or so. Maybe less... I was interested in seeing the process. It was very exciting. I sat in a crowded room with hundreds of others playing poker on my iPhone for about 5 hours before being dismissed.

[CaliAngel]

Does anyone know how we get on the jury duty lists to being with?

 

Last I heard it was when you register to vote.

 

If I knew then what I know now I would have gladly refused to register to vote in order to never have to do jury duty again.