SaintNick

Any way to get out of jury duty?

EhV8R

Or, you could just do your civic duty...

I'd imagine you wouldn't have a hard time getting released right away if you show up and make it obvious you don't want to do it.


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Halon1211

show up with a MAGA hat on?

BeatNavy

You get pay protected for it, why try to get out of it?

DropTank

You could act like a piece of garbage during the jury selection to get out of jury duty like a selfish piece of trash.

flensr

In some counties/cities you can make a written or phone-in request to be excused. In the excuse, point out your military service and PTSD, the family members (or yourself) who were victims of crimes so you're biased, how many family members you have who are law enforcement officers, etc etc. Especially in larger cities however, a lot of time they still want you to come in to get formally talked through the process even if they know in advance one or the other side's lawyers will object to your presence.

If you don't have any obviously biasing factors, perhaps joining the local sheriff reserves or joining the marines or something equally life-changing would be the way to go if you really want to disqualify yourself from jury duty.

Or... maybe commit a couple of felonies and serve some time? That might do it too.

AirBear

A lot of stuff you don't disclose until you're at the court and get handed the paperwork. Best bet is to be honest and say you're a pilot on a variable schedule. Even better if you commute. You have no way of knowing if you'll get back in town for jury duty since you're not guaranteed a seat home. Explain you would have to take multiple days off just to show up.

Here in CLT you don't find out if you have to show up until 5pm the night prior. Fairly useless for commuters.
It's been a long time since I served but I remember the questionnaire just covered my age, job, and education level. When seated in the jury box I was asked if I actually lived in CLT or if I was a commuter. One guy with a DUI was asked how he felt about how he was treated in that incident. His answer was somewhat ambivalent and he was excluded.

Duckdude

I’d love to get jury duty but they haven’t called me since I was 23 - that was a while ago! And my old airline got me out it, even though I wanted to go.

biigD

No kidding - jury duty was fantastic. Two weeks of trips dropped with pay and I was home by 5pm each day. We even came to a verdict earlier than expected so I had some extra time off at the end.

OOfff

that’s a very subjective opinion for something you labeled “objective”