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I'm only 25 and gotten my third Jury summons wtf

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Ms. DICKinSON said:
I shot them down every time I receive one. Just tell em you are not a citizen. I've received 4 in the pass 7 years.
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can`t remember where I found this but it`s appropriate and if you are caught lying your ass is grass!!

County Courthouses (or the County Office of Jury Commissioner) typically select potential jurors from voter registration lists or DMV records. Since you have not registered to vote (and cannot vote since you are not a US Citizen), it is likely that your name was selected from DMV records. Therefore, as long as a person has driver’s license, his name will be listed on DMV records and his name could come up for jury selection.

In order to be eligible to serve as a juror, a person must be at least 18 years of age or older, and a US citizen. Non-citizens (including green card holders, non-immigrants, and TNTs) would therefore not be eligible to serve as a juror.

Typically, the jury summons has a number of questions about a person’s eligibility to serve as a juror. One of the questions is, "Are you a US citizen?" Obviously, you would have to answer that question as "No." Once the Jury Commissioner’s office sees that response, they typically would not pursue the matter further.

Some of the questionnaires also ask that if the person is not a US citizen, that the person provide his "alien number." If the person is a non-immigrant or is in illegal status, that person may not have an alien number. So, you should probably write "not applicable" or "none".



I have seen some situations where the Jury Commissioner’s Office wants even more "proof" that a person truly is not a citizen (i.e. they want to make sure that a citizen is not trying to get out of jury duty, by claiming that he is not a citizen). So even if the "No" box is checked (that the person is not a citizen), the clerk still wants more proof. In that situation, you may want to include the picture-page of your Philippine passport, which would indicate that you are still a Philippine citizen.

Furthermore, the Office of Jury Commissioner does not report anyone to the Department of Homeland Security. The Office of Jury Commissioner is a county office, not a "federal" agency, and all they’re interested in is getting enough US citizens to sit on juries. They are not in the business of enforcing immigration laws.

Under no circumstance should you ignore a jury summons, because if you do so, you could face possible fines and penalties through the county court system.
 
zinfamous said:
as long as you present yourself as a lucid, rational human being that engages in advanced cognitive thought during the screening, there is a very high probability that you will be rejected.

Or you could just mention something about how the defendant's eyes look real evil.
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I think these days all they can ask for is someone with a open mind. Besides, its not like the lawyers and judges haven't heard every story under the sun from people trying to get excused.
 
NutBucket said:
I think these days all they can ask for is someone with a open mind. Besides, its not like the lawyers and judges haven't heard every story under the sun from people trying to get excused.
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Most judges and lawyers have not met many people who are willing to soil themselves the moment voir dire begins. You have to want it enough to commit to something different.
 
I have been in the US 12 years (Green Card) and have received at least 3. I don't serve, of course, due to the US Citizen requirement.
 
33, got one summons when I was like 25 and ended up serving on a jury. Then I got another summons like 4 months later and never went or never replied at all. I haven't gotten one since then.

I think they bumpt you name to the top of the list when you change states and sign up at DMV, or when you re-register to vote.
 
Never received a summons and I'm mid 30s.

I have often wondered if it was perhaps due to my college education and/or the fact that my Father was murdered when I was 14, and that there's a fair bit of info floating around about it.
 
TheNinja said:
I think they bumpt you name to the top of the list when you change states and sign up at DMV, or when you re-register to vote.
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Your logic makes sense in theory, but in my experience that's just not true. I've lived in five different states in the last 10 years, and have always gotten a new DL along with registering to vote. Never once been summoned in any of those states, including my current one MA - where I have lived for the past 5 years.
 
28, 3 summons and 1 jury duty which lasted a week. I thought it was fun and would definitely do it again. I got to be the foreman and read the verdict, and run all the jury deliberations.
 
I've gotten 3 and I'm 26.

I was only selected for the jury once and then the defendant decided not to show so we got to go home.


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As explained to me by the judge here the names are put into a pool. Names remain in that pool for 2 years. After being summoned your name remains in the pool for another year. After the time expire or you are summoned twice your name is then pulled out of the pool for a minimum of 2 years.
 
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MagnusTheBrewer said:
Let me call the waaambulance.
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Fail.
 
I just told them I would be biased against the police since I was wrongly arrested. Not only was I excused from the morning jury pool, I was excused for the day. All of the other people in the jury pool were giving me the evil eye as I was walking out smiling.
 
I went to a summons yesterday for a criminal case, which ended up being for a murder. I was disappointed when they dismissed us all as I thought it would be pretty exciting. Apparently the witnesses didn't show up, but I don't know why they'd need to be there anyway. At least I got to see pictures of the body on accident when a lawyer was showing crime scene photos to the judge. I couldn't tell exactly what happened, but it looked like he completely bled out.
 
I'm 29, and I've gotten 3. The first 2 were for Michigan when I was going to college in Missouri. The last one got canceled.
 
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