But the thing is i work under contract at a hosipital and they dont pay u for being on jury duty because im a contracted employee and my contractor dont pay u for that. The thing i want to know is what if i get choosen to work on jury duty and i be out of work for one or two weeks. What should i do to get paid for it and is this right or is it something i can do or someone i can talk to, because being out of work for one day for jury duty dont bother me its just if i be out for weeks. And thats what bother me because i have bills to pay.
2007-01-12 01:42:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
i suggest you plan on going to the jury selection, listen to the judge explain the process, and see where it leads. if it looks like you will be selected and you will be held for more than two days, explain your situation to the judge and you will probably be excused. my experience with jury duty, for city and county cases, is one to two days max. federal court is different and you could be "on call" for two weeks or longer.
so, just go and find out what will be involved, and then make your decision with the judge's approval.
2007-01-12 01:55:25 · answer #1 · answered by gggjoob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best way is to avoid being selected- be very opinionated about something that would make either the defense or prosectution throw you out of the jury pool-
example if its a child abuse case then act absolutely disgusted the whole time and if you have kids make sure the defense knows this and they will try to toss you out of the pool
jury duty does pay you something- its probably not much though like $250 a week
2007-01-12 10:03:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOu get paid while on Jury duty by the court
2007-01-12 09:51:09 · answer #3 · answered by edge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to get out of jury duty you have two options. one is to kindly ask not to be chosen for said duty, however they can deny this request if your an elligible candidate. you may also exclude yourself by saying unreasonable things. these include saying even remotely bias, rascist, or hateful things. or you could simply claim to know the defendant and your automatically exempt. i.e. "oh, yeah i know John doe. i went to school with him" or whatever. optionally you could feign physcosis
2007-01-12 10:02:17 · answer #4 · answered by eskew_obfuscation 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can ask, but you most likely have to serve if you are chosen. Just tell them that you are pro-death penalty for traffic violations....I'm pretty sure the defense will eliminate you!!
2007-01-12 09:51:18 · answer #5 · answered by wildraft1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can plea for a hardship dfischarge, but they are RARELY given. When you are chosen to be a juror, you have to serve.
2007-01-12 09:47:51 · answer #6 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋