I mean, have you recieved a summons (letter) either from your municpality or another in which you’re selected to be a juror. You show up to the courts and assigned a number along with being asked about occupation, status, etc. but is the probability even that high on becoming part of the 12 jurors? Is it a criminal offense for failing to appear?
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Is it a criminal offense for failing to appear?
I believe that it technically illegal but I can say that I’ve received dozens in 4 states over the decades and threw each one away.
I’ve not been arrested yet.
I’m glad I served. On the trial I was on three young men could have easily seen their lives destroyed because of shitty cops and a shitty prosecutor.
I will never forget having to explain reasonable doubt repeatedly to more than one other juror in deliberations.
Please, don’t skip jury duty.
Yes.
Read up on jury nullification.
While there are no laws for the wealthy, not sure why the rest of us are supposed to be held to them.
The existence of jury nullification means the answer is No, actually, because explaining your knowledge of jury nullification and intention to use it if necessary when questioned in the jury selection process is guaranteed to disqualify you and is a foolproof way to get out of having to do jury duty.
the first rule of jury nullification is not to talk about jury nullification during the jury selection process
Jury Nullification has nothing to do with a citizen’s obligation to serve on a Jury. That is related to how a Jury finds someone innocent.
I know what it is, I am saying that judges don’t like people knowing about it and in practice will block you from being on the jury if you make it clear that you do. In that sense it does have to do with the enforceability of an obligation to serve on a jury.
