I'm curious to see what some of the excuses are that people use and also the reason why you didn't want to be on jury duty.
2006-06-27 08:35:32 · 20 answers · asked by hotandtastylady 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
Update: Interesting answers already! For the record, I have been on a grand jury that lasted 6 months (but we only met one day a week the first month and then one day every 3 weeks after). Every other time I have had too high of a number and they've just put me back in the computer. I look forward to someday participating in a trial...as a JUROR and not a defendant or victim.
2006-06-27 08:51:10 · update #1
I've never tried. Been summoned for jury duty 3 times, and happily did my DUTY each time. My wife got called once, but she was 9 months pregnant at the time and they let her out of it (her first day of duty would have been her due date).
2006-06-27 08:38:00 · answer #1 · answered by john_stolworthy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, I have never been called for jury duty. I would like to be, but I would never get on a case. I am friends with too many police officers, and the defense lawyers would not want me!
2006-06-27 14:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by fire4511 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was on jury duty one time and a few years later i was asked again, so i lied because my life was very busy at the time and i felt a bit offended that i was being asked again when i know lots of people that had never even been asked once. I told them that i was a Jehovah Witness.
2006-06-27 12:03:09 · answer #3 · answered by Jade 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but my grandfather when polled for jury duty once answered, the defendant must be guilty if he's here. Grandpa was excused.
2006-06-27 10:11:05 · answer #4 · answered by merlinsdragonfire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, never lied, spent my time doing the right thing. Yeah, it's a great thing to convict someone, only to read another notice that the guy was let OUT and committed yet ANOTHER crime. Sure, a jury of his peers....
2006-06-27 08:55:52 · answer #5 · answered by Kitsune 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my country, We don't have juries. Its only the judge(s) who are involved. So I never had to lie toget out of it!
PS- theonly reason I answered was bcos I want to find out what lies people tell in this case. Rather than trying to search for the question, I now have a link to it in my Q&A!
2006-06-27 08:39:50 · answer #6 · answered by shrek 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It was a drunk driving case. I needed the money from my real job pretty bad, and wanted to get to work that day, so I told the judge and attorneys that my best friend had been killed by a drunk and I was immediately disqualified and allowed to go home. As it turns out, a good friend of mine was killed by a drunk a few years later.
2006-06-27 08:40:02 · answer #7 · answered by zharantan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jury duty aint fun ma aunt told me she sed she was racist LMAO she sed she dosnt like it because u gotta be thea 4 a while n if the case isnt done u cant evn go home and u cant leave the court room without sum1 going with u evn if u gotta pee
2006-06-27 08:37:49 · answer #8 · answered by babygirl08237 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lied?? never! seriously i have only been called once and I went and waited and waited, but I was never called in as a juror, but I have heard some hilariously funny excuses!
2006-06-27 08:39:39 · answer #9 · answered by Miami Star 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course! I went once and it was a waste of time. I figured out a trick since; I put down that i work for a TEMP Agency and that i may lose my job if i miss. works everytime!
2006-06-27 08:43:49 · answer #10 · answered by Big Cheese 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋