Comments on: How To Get Out Of Jury Duty Summons – 16 Fool-Proof Excuses http://www.mytwodollars.com/2010/06/10/ways-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-summons/ A place to discuss money...for the rest of us. Thu, 24 May 2012 23:41:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: david silas gergenhttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2010/06/10/ways-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-summons/#comment-488653 david silas gergen Thu, 24 May 2012 23:41:30 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2487#comment-488653 Jury duty sucks and so does the system. I know because i am a criminal and i am about to do hard time Jury duty sucks and so does the system. I know because i am a criminal and i am about to do hard time

]]> By: jerzehttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2010/06/10/ways-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-summons/#comment-487786 jerze Wed, 23 May 2012 22:46:08 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2487#comment-487786 What a bunch of boobs lecturing folks to serve on a jury--the legal system in this country is failure and a joke-- I plan to use any excuse i can so as to not waste my time and expense doing something as stupid as jury duty. since i am smarter than the average bear and from whats in the news about juries--these people are the brightest bulbs around so no doubt i wouldnt be picked anyway but just want to avoid the hassle of being inconvenienced. What a bunch of boobs lecturing folks to serve on a jury–the legal system in this country is failure and a joke– I plan to use any excuse i can so as to not waste my time and expense doing something as stupid as jury duty. since i am smarter than the average bear and from whats in the news about juries–these people are the brightest bulbs around so no doubt i wouldnt be picked anyway but just want to avoid the hassle of being inconvenienced.

]]> By: serenahttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2010/06/10/ways-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-summons/#comment-478624 serena Mon, 14 May 2012 09:22:27 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2487#comment-478624 I agree an excuse is not reasonable and yet I believe serving jury duty should be for those who want to serve jury duty.. This is supposed to be land of the free..However although I will not use an excuse.. I will definately state my claim in how I loath the court system and how my uncles murderer got away with killing him and how much I think the system sucks and that reasonable doubt what is that 99.9% percent guilty and 1 percent not.. whatever, I can't truly say, I wouldn't convict someone when I myself don't want to be judged although the judge may say which I know for sure because it's happened to me it's not judging it's an opinion whatever.. I hate Jury duty... and a million others probably feel the same and why is there jury duty ..Why cant a judge,, hear the story of the defendant I mean do I really wanna hear something that I don't want to be involved in.. I agree an excuse is not reasonable and yet I believe serving jury duty should be for those who want to serve jury duty.. This is supposed to be land of the free..However although I will not use an excuse.. I will definately state my claim in how I loath the court system and how my uncles murderer got away with killing him and how much I think the system sucks and that reasonable doubt what is that 99.9% percent guilty and 1 percent not.. whatever, I can’t truly say, I wouldn’t convict someone when I myself don’t want to be judged although the judge may say which I know for sure because it’s happened to me it’s not judging it’s an opinion whatever.. I hate Jury duty… and a million others probably feel the same and why is there jury duty ..Why cant a judge,, hear the story of the defendant I mean do I really wanna hear something that I don’t want to be involved in..

]]> By: Chrishttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2010/06/10/ways-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-summons/#comment-473126 Chris Wed, 09 May 2012 04:21:58 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2487#comment-473126 I plan to never serve on a Jury. Why? Boring as anything. I'd rather be at work. As HeatherJoJo said, forced/compulsory anything is not my idea of freedom. I don't register to vote simply because of this. In Ohio, voter registration is used to determine jury eligibility. Supposedly, so are driver's license though very few courts use that database. I'm reasonably safe there and, should it ever come up, I might just have to take a last-minute trip out of state. After enough reschedules, I figure they'll get tired of asking me. I plan to never serve on a Jury. Why? Boring as anything. I’d rather be at work. As HeatherJoJo said, forced/compulsory anything is not my idea of freedom. I don’t register to vote simply because of this. In Ohio, voter registration is used to determine jury eligibility. Supposedly, so are driver’s license though very few courts use that database. I’m reasonably safe there and, should it ever come up, I might just have to take a last-minute trip out of state. After enough reschedules, I figure they’ll get tired of asking me.

]]> By: HeatherJoJohttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2010/06/10/ways-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-summons/#comment-454280 HeatherJoJo Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:11:15 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2487#comment-454280 TO Anonymous:: Thank you for stating exactly how I feel. This IS NOT a freedom. Anytime you are FORCED to do something against your will, then it is not freedom. I would not want to go on trial with a group of people who don't want to be there. They will do what they need to do on the quickest route to get out of there. Jury selection is very unfair to all concerned. TO Anonymous::
Thank you for stating exactly how I feel. This IS NOT a freedom. Anytime you are FORCED to do something against your will, then it is not freedom. I would not want to go on trial with a group of people who don’t want to be there. They will do what they need to do on the quickest route to get out of there. Jury selection is very unfair to all concerned.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2010/06/10/ways-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-summons/#comment-453732 Anonymous Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:09:21 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2487#comment-453732 Haha wow guys. What freedom? This isn't freedom. "You have the right to be a jury" it's more like "you are forced to be a jury". Do you really want to put your life on the hands of people who were forced and don't care nor do they want to be there? Exactly. Please take your comments on freedom and leave. If you still believe we have freedom, I pity you. Haha wow guys. What freedom? This isn’t freedom. “You have the right to be a jury” it’s more like “you are forced to be a jury”. Do you really want to put your life on the hands of people who were forced and don’t care nor do they want to be there? Exactly.

Please take your comments on freedom and leave.
If you still believe we have freedom, I pity you.

]]> By: Kellyhttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2010/06/10/ways-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-summons/#comment-447031 Kelly Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:05:09 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2487#comment-447031 I suspect that most of you who are complaining about people trying to get out of jury duty are the ones who aren't called for jury duty once a year or, in some cases, several times a year. My husband is self employed and works from home. Because he works from home, he is also the primary caretaker of our 18 month old son who we have worked very hard NOT to send to daycare a single day of his life. He was called by two different courts within one month of each other. I have been called at least once a year. Yet we have friends who have been called no more than, as they say, "once every seven years, like clockwork". How is that fair? If my husband has to appear for jury duty, we (1) have to put our son in daycare for the first time in his life (something we've worked hard not to do because our FIRST responsibility is as a parent) and (2) pay for said daycare and (3) lose his self employed income. In return, the court is kind enough to reimburse him $12 per day in the County of Maricopa. How can they ask ANYONE to accept $12/day in lieu of their income (which is far less than minimum wage), when they traditionally earn $75-100 per hour and then ask them to pay childcare and then reimburse them $12/day? It makes no sense. $12/day may have made sense 20-30 years ago, but not anymore. And the system has to be changed so that EVERYONE is equally called up for jury duty...not only people who (a) are registered to vote and (b) have a drivers license...but EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN. I suspect that most of you who are complaining about people trying to get out of jury duty are the ones who aren’t called for jury duty once a year or, in some cases, several times a year. My husband is self employed and works from home. Because he works from home, he is also the primary caretaker of our 18 month old son who we have worked very hard NOT to send to daycare a single day of his life. He was called by two different courts within one month of each other. I have been called at least once a year. Yet we have friends who have been called no more than, as they say, “once every seven years, like clockwork”. How is that fair? If my husband has to appear for jury duty, we (1) have to put our son in daycare for the first time in his life (something we’ve worked hard not to do because our FIRST responsibility is as a parent) and (2) pay for said daycare and (3) lose his self employed income. In return, the court is kind enough to reimburse him $12 per day in the County of Maricopa. How can they ask ANYONE to accept $12/day in lieu of their income (which is far less than minimum wage), when they traditionally earn $75-100 per hour and then ask them to pay childcare and then reimburse them $12/day? It makes no sense. $12/day may have made sense 20-30 years ago, but not anymore. And the system has to be changed so that EVERYONE is equally called up for jury duty…not only people who (a) are registered to vote and (b) have a drivers license…but EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN.

]]> By: Sharihttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2010/06/10/ways-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-summons/#comment-435891 Shari Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:12:17 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2487#comment-435891 I do agree with civic duty -- BUT -- having your life completely tied up for one week every single year is completely outrageous. I just finished my "duty" and am really stressed out by it. I am a very political person and can't vote because I took my name off the voter registration years ago to try to get summoned less often. My income is very low, am self employed, and my main client's income pays for my outrageously high health insurance. If I don't do their work - they'll find someone else who can. From reading these posts, it's clear the courts don't care about the hardship they are placing on people (and the unnecessary stress/high blood pressure). Sad part, there is a SIMPLE SOLUTION. Allow volunteers, pay them something decent, and then after all the positions are filled by volunteers, draw the remaining from a jury pool. (in California their excuse for not having volunteers is they want a cross section of people. With volunteers, they would still have a cross section of people - ones who are less stressed out and more able to focus on the task at hand.) Then, don't overdo it by summoning people more than once every TWO years! I do agree with civic duty — BUT — having your life completely tied up for one week every single year is completely outrageous. I just finished my “duty” and am really stressed out by it. I am a very political person and can’t vote because I took my name off the voter registration years ago to try to get summoned less often. My income is very low, am self employed, and my main client’s income pays for my outrageously high health insurance. If I don’t do their work – they’ll find someone else who can. From reading these posts, it’s clear the courts don’t care about the hardship they are placing on people (and the unnecessary stress/high blood pressure).

Sad part, there is a SIMPLE SOLUTION. Allow volunteers, pay them something decent, and then after all the positions are filled by volunteers, draw the remaining from a jury pool. (in California their excuse for not having volunteers is they want a cross section of people. With volunteers, they would still have a cross section of people – ones who are less stressed out and more able to focus on the task at hand.) Then, don’t overdo it by summoning people more than once every TWO years!

]]> By: Doesn't like Jury Dutyhttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2010/06/10/ways-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-summons/#comment-423038 Doesn't like Jury Duty Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:38:53 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2487#comment-423038 I'm sorry but I do not feel that "jury duty" is a CIVIC anything. I don't have to do it for this country or it's people. What do they do for me? I'll use every excuse in the book and I'll burn the summons. This is stupid. I'm not going to waste my time doing this. I've more important things to do, like sleep or play video games. Some people even have jobs. I’m sorry but I do not feel that “jury duty” is a CIVIC anything. I don’t have to do it for this country or it’s people. What do they do for me? I’ll use every excuse in the book and I’ll burn the summons. This is stupid.

I’m not going to waste my time doing this. I’ve more important things to do, like sleep or play video games. Some people even have jobs.

]]> By: radarhttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2010/06/10/ways-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-summons/#comment-420564 radar Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:31:53 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2487#comment-420564 Dont see any attorneys or judges living on a pittance per diem.justice system is a joke. Should at very minimum pay persons salary equivalent .duty schmuuty a antique cliche. Dont see any attorneys or judges living on a pittance per diem.justice system is a joke. Should at very minimum pay persons salary equivalent .duty schmuuty a antique cliche.

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