Jury Duty
Jun 27, 2016 20:47:26 #
I received a jury summons. It allowed me to opt out due to my age(84). I checked that option. Several days later I received this card. apparently you can get younger. I just want to know how.
Jun 27, 2016 21:12:36 #
I'd tell 'em if you can guarantee turning back the hands of time x 10 years, I'll volunteer !!
Jun 27, 2016 21:14:49 #
No doubt there are government guidelines on how this should be done! 
Jun 27, 2016 21:46:00 #
Jun 28, 2016 00:45:53 #
ab7rn wrote:
I received a jury summons. ... .
If you don't want your address out on the internet, you should also blackout the barcode type marks (intelligent mail barcode) that appears under your address. It is readable by downloadable apps on smartphones.
Jun 28, 2016 00:58:30 #
I just received a Jury Summons too! In the past, I've managed to get out of it by stating how much I admire Lawyers (not) in the Voir dire.
Jun 28, 2016 01:53:32 #
Erdos2 wrote:
If you don't want your address out on the internet, you should also blackout the barcode type marks (intelligent mail barcode) that appears under your address. It is readable by downloadable apps on smartphones.
Thanks
Jun 28, 2016 05:30:55 #
I only remember being called for jury duty once, many years ago. As a dentist with a full load of patients, I think I was excused. Now retired, with plenty of time, I think serving jury duty would be an interesting thing to do.
Jun 28, 2016 05:30:55 #
I only remember being called for jury duty once, many years ago. As a dentist with a full load of patients, I think I was excused. Now retired, with plenty of time, I think serving jury duty would be an interesting thing to do.
Jun 28, 2016 07:03:08 #
I'll be 71 soon and after sitting on 5 jury cases, 3 districts and 2 federal, I feel that I've done my duty! Though very interesting, hope I never get another call!
Jun 28, 2016 07:21:31 #
You know, my sister received a jury summons, a few weeks after she passed away. I returned it with a note explaining that she had died. She received the same reply as you. Go figure.
Jun 28, 2016 07:31:05 #
Jun 28, 2016 07:34:36 #
Robert R wrote:
I only remember being called for jury duty once, many years ago. As a dentist with a full load of patients, I think I was excused. Now retired, with plenty of time, I think serving jury duty would be an interesting thing to do.
I only served once and it was absolutely fascinating. I intensely sat and listened to every word from each of the three attorneys (Probate Court - three different groups claiming an estate.) The lawyers' deliveries were better than anything on television. After lunch one day we were kept in the Jury Room for an hour before being led back into court. I thought that there had been a settlement of some sort. After we sat, the judge started to loudly admonish us for disregarding his instructions not to discuss the case. At lunch one of the jurors ate with a plaintive and were overheard discussing the case by another juror who told the bailiff! We were dismissed with the judge's last shot, "None of you will ever be summoned for jury duty by this court again!" I was both disappointed and mad. I hadn't done anything wrong and I was being treated as an ill-behaved child. To make it worse, I never found out how the case was resolved.
Jun 28, 2016 07:50:13 #
ab7rn wrote:
I received a jury summons. It allowed me to opt out due to my age(84). I checked that option. Several days later I received this card. apparently you can get younger. I just want to know how.
Hoping.
I'm up for my last forever stint the next two months. Then I get to use same excuse forevermore. Hope to actually get called in this time but don't like being tethered to home plate. My new job as family recreation director requires constant travel. I get off the last week because we are headed off to Alaska on the ferry.
Jun 28, 2016 08:48:29 #
I'm retired law enforcement and every time I'm summoned it's a waste of time because no defense attorney will ever pick me. We used to be exempt but the law was changed awhile back. I would love to hear feedback from any other LEO's who were actually picked for a jury!
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