jury duty - Page 3

It's like police officers, 20+ years ago when I got my first summons police officers were pretty much excluded. Last time I went there was a prison guard, city cop and a Border Patrol Agent in the jury pool. Of course none were placed on the jury but all still had to go through the process. I'm guess people figure if they have to go through it then so do LEO's and lawyers.

When I first moved to Texas I was in a smallish town and at my first jury duty I saw the judge give a Sheriff's Deputy 30 minutes to go home and change out of his uniform and come back to serve in his assigned jury pool because he wasn't going to excuse him because he worked in law enforcement.

I happen to agree if you're a criminal defense lawyer why can't you serve on a civil case?

Lawyers tend to think differently than regular people.

I've never been called, but if I didn't want to sit on the jury my approach would be to dress up rather than down. Here in the UK I would wear a pinstripe suit, carry a copy of the FT and try to give the impression that I was looking forward to sending down some chavs for a good long stretch - and then hope the defence lawyers would oppose selection.

I went into jury duty in a wife beater and dicky pants. i wasnt chosen

I was called, but it turns out due to budget cuts, they weren't holding any trials the week I was supposed to show up. Hopefully this happens to you in the future as well. When they ask you questions, I'd say I was biased against cops due to bs speeding tickets, bad experiences, etc. My brother did that, and they didn't select him.

I had an English teacher in high school with a thick white beard and a bald head. He would always attend jury duty in a wizard cap and robe. He has never served.

I was summoned in Febuary of last year and got there late so they rescheduled it for the next month. Next month came and I just didnt feel like going so I didnt. They continued to send me notices to attend until I finally went...in October.

I said the opposite. I said I would trust cops more than the criminal who was on trial (which was the truth), and I was excused.