re: Do you know anyone that actually got in trouble for skipping jury-duty summons?

Im a felon so they don’t want my judgement. I cant serve on a jury, even though id love too. Everyone hates on jury duty, but I probably will never get to experience it!

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The town I live in sends a cop to your house to hand you the summons so you can't say you never got it in the mail.

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Do they usually send Andy or Barney?

I got called for the first time a year or so back in my mid 40s.

I didn't do anything but sit in a big room and play on my phone. I never even got interviewed or anything before I was dismissed.

He did not skip juror duty, but he tried to avoid being on the jury.

So, years ago, we had a juror who decided he would get out of jury duty by telling the judge he could not be partial and hated everyone. He hated injured people and hated lawyers and hated insurance companies. He was feeling pretty smug and confident that he was about to be set free, but the judge was wise to his game.

She asked him if he preferred the library or the zoo. He looked at her astonished and said he did not understand. She said, " We all must perform our civic duties and give back to the community. So I was wondering if you would prefer to assist the public library with shelving books or perhaps feeding the animals at the zoo.....that is, unless you have had a change of heart and now feel that you can be unbiased and listen the evidence and make a sound ruling."

His face was white as a sheet and he acknowledged his change of heart.

Of course, she did not have the authority to do this, but in the moment he did not want to roll those dice. Both sides agreed to kick his arse....but it was a funny moment.

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Probably could tell you were racist by being a middle aged white male.

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Maybe that's why I was 2nd on the list to dismiss

I've been a registered voter for almost 30 years and that was the first and only time I've been called.

Do you mean skipping the entire four month period or just not calling in one week or two? Big difference. I forgot to call in a couple of times but I checked in the rest of the time and showed up to the trial they called all of us for. I knew the defendant pretty well, tho so they let me go.

Once, many years ago.

A very pompous surgeon didn’t show. The judge recognized the name and sent officers to pick him up and bring him to court.

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TYFYS

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I don't know anyone that has skipped but when I went the one time I got summoned, they opened by thanking us all for coming and doing our civic duty. The way they worded it made it seem optional which kind of pissed me off.