Thoughts on jury duty? Do you love the chance to get out of work for a few days or do you do everything you can to get out of it? Because I must be the only person I know who loves the work vacation lol

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Depends on the case and time. A couple days is one thing, a week or another is something else.

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It's your civic duty.

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I got called in once and was super excited at first - even wanting to be selected for the murder trial. Until I heard the defense attorney open his mouth. Slowest speaker ever. Then, when it was his turn to ask me questions, he was misogynistic and spoke down to me as a woman compared to the man next to me. We also never got a break from 9-330ish when those not selected got dismissed. I was tired and cranky by then.

I was happy when not selected for a murder trial.

I was called 7 to 8 times over a 18 year period. I stopped going. I think I’ve done enough for a while.

I’ve asked to postpone jury duty and served several times. The judges here told everyone that work related excuses wouldn’t result in being excused. Many were excused to conflicts or personal reasons.

My last time, I was in the panel
for an auto liability case. Selling auto insurance ,
I was excused.

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There are some people in some locations that are called so often they’ve stopped participating. The last trial I did get vior dired for they wanted to know if the jury candidates were OK with possibly prosecuting a person who possibly had a felony before, but they would not divulge what the felony was for. The wide range of possibilities was not fair to that defendant.

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