Jury duty!?!?

**WOLFCRAFT** · 09-07-2008, 10:57 AM

So I have a summons for jury duty tomorrow.
Haven't decided if I'm going or not yet.
I don't know if it's just the interview process or what, but getting up at 7am is insanely early to me and will suck big time.
I've heard they can arrest and fine you if you don't show, but a buddy of mine said he skipped his and nothing happened?
Anybody know anything about this??

**DSM4Life** · 09-07-2008, 11:29 AM

Luck of the draw.

You could not show up but your taking the chance of them coming after you.

**WOLFCRAFT** · 09-07-2008, 11:33 AM

Found this on fraudwasteabuze.com...

The easiest way to avoid jury duty is to simply chuck the jury summons in the garbage and don’t show up. This might be unsettling to many people who may worry about getting into trouble with the law. The truth is that in most major cities, the no-show rate for jurors is around 50%. If they aren’t going to bother showing up, why should you? Most jurisdictions don’t have the time or the resources to track down everyone who has skipped out on jury duty. Besides, no one can prove that you ever received the summons unless it was sent by certified mail.

Found the same info on several other sites.

**** it I'm not going.

Eat shit jury duty.

**DSM4Life** · 09-07-2008, 11:37 AM

**WOLFCRAFT** · 09-07-2008, 11:40 AM

Something about your avatar makes those handcuffs seem a little more threatening. j/k

**DSM4Life** · 09-07-2008, 11:47 AM

I could use these if they make you feel more at ease

**WOLFCRAFT** · 09-07-2008, 11:51 AM

Hahahahaa...
What kind of jail is this??

**DSM4Life** · 09-07-2008, 11:52 AM

Its legit trust me. Now drop them and reach for your toes.....

**JiGGaMaN** · 09-07-2008, 07:48 PM

I would go for sure. It may be cool as hell, its like a free, live screening of law and order (the original ones, not the new ones that suck ass).

**Sir Lifts-a-lot** · 09-07-2008, 08:26 PM

I would go. Could be fun. Interview could be fun all punchy and shit from it being so early. Mouth off, be a jerk off and have fun with it. I mean you do get paid for it. Well atleast a little bit.

**MuscleScience** · 09-07-2008, 09:04 PM

I got a jury duty summons about 3 years ago. Smack dab in the middle of finals. I told them that I could not make it. I was told that it was no problem and they would put me on the alternate list or something like that. Got a call about three weeks after that saying that I was selected for jury duty. I told the lady that I had finals in school and I couldnt possible make it.......LOL that was kinda a white lie because I was leaving for a fishing trip a day later. I have not had a jury duty summons since.

**WOLFCRAFT** · 09-07-2008, 09:45 PM

Yeah I was thinking of taking that route... I have a shirt with the serial killer Richard Ramirez on it with big pentagrams all over. Figure that alone would rule me out for selection.

I work late nights, and normally wake up around 1 or 2 pm.
So getting up at 7 am... noooooootttttt happening.
Not going.

I don't like Law & Order anyway.
OZ on the other hand is a different story.

**Bojangles69** · 09-07-2008, 09:48 PM

Everyone who knows me gets out of jury duty with one simple statement "my friend/brother/blah blah is an ex-con".

BUT, I also heard all you have to say is you don't have faith or respect for our justice system.

**WOLFCRAFT** · 09-07-2008, 09:56 PM

Easy... cause I don't!!

**wantmoremass** · 09-08-2008, 11:43 AM

i've always wanted to be chosen for jury duty. besides doing my part for the justice system (if we don't do it who's going to) i think it would be interesting. my cousin was called for duty and had to serve on 3 or 4 cases, one of them murder. don't know if i'd be into it if i was on a high profile case where the jury needed to be sequestered for days/weeks/months on end though.

**Ernst** · 09-08-2008, 11:58 AM

I skipped the summons and nothing happened. It was sent to a previous address, as I had just moved, but hadn't changed my mailing address yet. By the time it found me the time had passed. Never been summoned since.

**Hoggage_54** · 09-08-2008, 12:13 PM

throw the book at the accused

**ghettoboyd** · 09-08-2008, 03:09 PM

ive been called for jury duty.i was pissed untill my employer said that if i was selected thay had to pay me, as if i was working. i too worked nights at the time so i was trilled to have a normal scedual for a few weeks and get paid. as for the jury pay i think it was like 5 or 10 bucks a day i cant remember

**wukillabee** · 09-08-2008, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by Ricky Thunder

Easy... cause I don't!!

Exactly! Ivehad like 3-4 summons, know what i do? Put that sh*t in the shredder asap, end of story. Jury duty, what jury duty? Can they prove u received a summons? Um no! Do u sign a confirmation from the mail man everytime u get a jury duty summons, nope. Ive never personaly (not a story online or he said she said) heard of someone having problems not calling or showing. They pay u like 5 bucks, just enough for the hot dog and soda from the stand outside. Waste ur whole day, why do all that? Whats the justice system do for u? I know id never go, got better things to do with "My" time. Fu*k em!

**DSM4Life** · 09-08-2008, 06:59 PM

Thread jack

New Judge Judys just started !

End jack.

**Coop77** · 09-08-2008, 08:05 PM

I was on a 9 day trial in July. It was a pretty interesting experience actually.

**FallenWyvern** · 09-08-2008, 09:39 PM

Was on a jury once for two weeks. Yawn.

I throw the summons away now....

**firmechicano831** · 09-08-2008, 11:11 PM

I just got a letter for jury duty and threw that shit down the shreadder.

**zimmy** · 09-08-2008, 11:41 PM

Jury duty is an honor. Having a good understanding of the law...being involved in local politics and serving on jury's is privledge that should be appreciated. You might be the one guy who shows up who isn't some one who "just couldn't get out of it". It could be a fellow BB who is charged with something because he looks big and you could be his key to a FAIR trial.

**WOLFCRAFT** · 09-09-2008, 12:17 AM

Yeah I skipped that shit.
I went and saw a sneak peek of Burn After Reading instead.
And it sucked.

I asked a friend who's a cop about it and he said neither he or anyone he know has ever taken anyone in on a jury duty warrant.
So pretty sure I got nothing to worry about.

**Auss11e** · 09-09-2008, 04:04 AM

I was picked for jury duty once and i just called them up and stated that i felt i couldn't perform these responsibilities without some of my prejudices getting in the way, and they let me out of it and even thanked me!!!! lol

P.s. I'm not really prejudice! (not much anyway)..........

**40plusnewbie** · 09-10-2008, 05:28 AM

Even if you never want to sit on a jury here is some useful information for every citizen to have:

http://www.fija.org/

And for all who didn't know: Juries are the highest law of the land here in the usa, not supreme court judges or the head of the dea or the president.

I highly recommend that anyone who does not know what Jury Nullification is, learn about it. It is your right and my right and what protects us from tyrrany.