re: How often do you get a jury duty notice?

Got two in the last two years, one state, one federal. Cancelled both times.

If you don't show up, they can send someone after you. They don't always bother with it, but you run the risk. It usually has to be a damn good excuse, like it would be a severe work hardship-not just an inconvenience, but you're self employed and your business would have to shut down, that sort of thing. Or you're the sole caregiver of a disabled family member. My parish will allow you to set a more convenient date one time, then you have to show up no matter what, no excuse.

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I'm an attorney so I'll never have to serve. But it's sad seeing all the people trying their hardest to get out of jury duty. Put yourself in the accused's shoes.

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Don't be so sure. I know lawyers who've served on juries. And one retired judge who served.

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How often do you get a jury duty notice?

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I started getting them as soon as I moved to BR from Arkansas & registered to vote here & got my DL changed to LA. I got them every two years for a while, and had to serve on a couple of juries, but most of the time sat in a little room in the jury pool on the tenth floor of the governmental building wasting time for most of the week.

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I have never gotten one before. Sooner or later my luck is going to run out. What happens if you don't show up?

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Yeah, I wouldn't recommend that.

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What is the easiest way to get out of it?

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Have a baby and/or move.

Jury Duty envelopes are never sent certified mail.

meaning there is no way for them to know if you got your notice or not.

Just a FYI.
There is no warrant or fine for not going.

I've gotten two notices. The first I sat in a library downtown for three days reading before I was told I didn't have to come back. For the second I didn't have to show up.

In the past 20 years I've received two notices. Both were cancelled, thank goodness.

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I'm an attorney so I'll never have to serve.

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is not the same as

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it's sad seeing all the people trying their hardest to get out of jury duty

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?

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I wouldn't think either side would want an attorney on the jury.

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and we are back to not wanting dumbasses on the jury?




:rimshot:

preach on that for a while...