Best way to get out of Jury duty ?

[tip top toker]

Why the fuck they DON'T send that shit via registered mail is beyond me.

I check my mail maybe monthly. Maybe. Why? Because everything I "need" done I do on-line. I don't think I'm alone in this either.

I got a jury notice in september that I JUST found in my mail last week.

Whoops.


Whattya' gonna' do though...

Shit wasn't registered, and as far as I know, there isn't a g'damn law that says we HAVE to check our fucking mail, right?

There is most likely a law stating that you are liable for the consequences if you don't. for instance if you were caught speeding but didn't open the letter, and as such didn't pay the fine, you'd end up in trouble. No law forced you to open the letter, but the contents of the letter still stand.

In the UK i believe there is even a law that deems a letter received upon it being posted.

 

[cannabineer]

Whoa! I was reading the thread and wondering "why not just go?" until post 18. I think the best way is to let the system deselect you honestly. Don't go in planning just what to say that'll get you rejected. If you do gte selected, it's not necessarily pleasant but then you are doing the duty that offsets your right to vote. I recently was selected ... and it was a fascinating experience. Oh and the Finshaggy Apocalypse! "We find the defendant, uuhh, like, totally bogus."

 

[curious2garden]

I just got a letter, saying Grand Jury Summons
........snip.....

Oh not a simple jury but a grand! I'd go. You get to stop them from indicting people. Why it's more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Think of all the utter horseshit you could save your fellow man from. Also if the grand's stop indicting then the DA has to without the support and politically for them that's a bitch. Yeah, go and vote con, for all of us on this prohibition horseshit, please?

 

[kinetic]

The original '12 Angry Men' was a great movie.

 

[curious2garden]

.....snip..... Oh and the Finshaggy Apocalypse! "We find the defendant, uuhh, like, totally bogus."

Yeah only that's not where it ends. The judge would ask the jury foreman a question. If the foreman decided to not to answer the question or launch on a different topic guess what? Contempt of Court and mistrial, LOL. Oh and knowing that rock 'em sock 'em robot's usual answer I bet he wouldn't be simply paying a fine. He'd probably end up getting guillotined LOL .

 

[curious2garden]

Americas dumbest criminals: I can't be on your jury Sir, I have no one to watch my Marijuana plants. < I think that would get me off the jury lmfao

Doooooooooooo eeeeeeeeeeeeeet

 

[kinddiesel]

go ahead try all that. what they will do they will make you wait in a waiting room by your self for days. until the jury is over. they know you want out of it. this is what I have seen done before. stupid fucks like you sit all alone for 5 or 6 days. for 8 hours with absolutely nothing to doo at all. good luck

 

[Sunbiz1]

Oh not a simple jury but a grand! I'd go. You get to stop them from indicting people. Why it's more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Think of all the utter horseshit you could save your fellow man from. Also if the grand's stop indicting then the DA has to without the support and politically for them that's a bitch. Yeah, go and vote con, for all of us on this prohibition horseshit, please?

This was how the laws changed in Colorado...jury nullification. Although juries are sworn to uphold the law, there are no real consequences for ignoring it.

When juries refuse to convict, state's attorneys' offices stop prosecuting.

What a great system we have...err...when it can be manipulated from within.

 

[kinetic]

go ahead try all that. what they will do they will make you wait in a waiting room by your self for days. until the jury is over. they know you want out of it. this is what I have seen done before. stupid fucks like you sit all alone for 5 or 6 days. for 8 hours with absolutely nothing to doo at all. good luck

why do you got to call him a "stupid fuck"?
Seems a bit much.

I had a friend who worked advertising sales in the ghetto (print ads for local businesses). Told the judge that if he was on a jury for the gang murder trial that he wouldn't be able to make a living after. Immediately excused.

 

[Sunbiz1]

The original '12 Angry Men' was a great movie.

So was this one:

[video=youtube;CaVZ0-oc0bA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaVZ0-oc0bA[/video]

 

[fssalaska]

Whoa! I was reading the thread and wondering "why not just go?" until post 18. I think the best way is to let the system deselect you honestly. Don't go in planning just what to say that'll get you rejected. If you do gte selected, it's not necessarily pleasant but then you are doing the duty that offsets your right to vote. I recently was selected ... and it was a fascinating experience. Oh and the Finshaggy Apocalypse! "We find the defendant, uuhh, like, totally bogus."

Your a lot more positive person then myself.. I just don't want to get wrapped up in the bullshit, most the time this includes " voting " I served in the Army 6 years that should be enough, don't feel I oh shit to anyone especially the court system..

PS I do like the line: "We find the defendant, uuhh, like, totally bogus." lmfao

 

[cannabineer]

They also serve who sit and snicker.

 

[neosapien]

I got called for jury duty about 10 years ago. I sat there for 4 hours and went through all the motions. But didn't get picked. Was an interesting criminal case too. Guy robbed a store then took a woman as a human shield for his escape. If you really want to get out, when they ask all the potential jurors if there's any reason you can't sit in on the case, just tell them you know the defendant.

 

[MojoRison]

Go be the voice of reason, baffle them with your acumen and have your shoes polished so that the lights bounce off them.
Then at the most opportune time stand up proclaim
I HAVE THE POWER!!

 

[Sunbiz1]

I just got a letter, saying Grand Jury Summons
It's been so long I forget how I got out of it last time any ideals ?

I did write up a letter saying: I think the court systems is a bad joke and that I do not agree with the laws of this land, I just live here. If called on I could not alter my beliefs at the order of the court. Juror ID ***********
Ended with: You really don't want me on a Jury...

But have not sent it in yet... I really don't give a fuck about the court or there bullshit, If someone comes at me or mine I don't use the police or court I handle the problem myself what ever it maybe, so way should I be in there circus ?

Grand juries convene for a week or 2 and process multiple cases. In order to be eliminated you must show extreme prejudice, which isn't all that difficult b/c their questioning opens the door. You will be asked such things as, has a family member ever been prosecuted for a criminal offense in this or any other state or federal jurisdiction.

Answer yes, then add your cousin got screwed by the system and you do not believe it works.

Case closed.

 

[fssalaska]

Go be the voice of reason, baffle them with your acumen and have your shoes polished so that the lights bounce off them.
Then at the most opportune time stand up proclaim
I HAVE THE POWER!!

If I listen to you I wind up in a padded room somewhere... I could just see it I would bring a plastic sword because they won't let you have a real one in their stand up in the middle the court room and yell I have the power!!!! That would get me out of jury duty, but then how would I get out of the straitjacket? Really I just be trading one problem for another....

 

[gioua]

commit a felony while the court is asking you ?'s about Jury duty.. not the "best way" but I am betting you'll be off jury duty for few years..

 

[curious2garden]

If I listen to you I wind up in a padded room somewhere... I could just see it I would bring a plastic sword because they won't let you have a real one in their stand up in the middle the court room and yell I have the power!!!! That would get me out of jury duty, but then how would I get out of the straitjacket? Really I just be trading one problem for another....

Picky picky picky

 

[cannabineer]

If I listen to you I wind up in a padded room somewhere... I could just see it I would bring a plastic sword because they won't let you have a real one in their stand up in the middle the court room and yell I have the power!!!! That would get me out of jury duty, but then how would I get out of the straitjacket? Really I just be trading one problem for another....

If you start training NOW you can learn to dislocate your shoulder like Mel Gibson. Win/win.

 

[gR33nDav3l0l]

Interesting way to support democracy.