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Article #200Re: How Can I Avoid Jury Duty in Oakland?
From: Frank White
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:50
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:50
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In article <aj6hvo$olm$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net>, lovemycats*meowmeow*@postmark.net says... > >"Bob Ward" <bob.ward@verizon.net> wrote in message > >> On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 14:31:47 -0400, "catlady" >> <lovemycats*meowmeow*@postmark.net> wrote: > >> >-:Twenty-five years ago, just having graduated from college, I got notice >of >> >-:jury duty--in the county where I attended university. It had to have >come >> >-:from the voter registration, as I didn't drive yet, and I had a >university >> >-:dorm address. I had no way to travel to the other end of the very >rural >> >-:county for jury duty. > >> What was it like, then? Did you specify your class schedule on your >> voter registration, or did you just assume that the court system >> contracted with the Psychic Friends Network to determine who could >> spare the time to serve on a jury? > >I dunno, since I was only 19 and a stupid college senior at the time, but I >figured even the court system could deduce that a person registered at a >university dorm address is probably a college student, particularly as the >university has its own town designation and zip code. At least in my state, all that would be irrelevant. The law sets the parameters of who is eligible for jury duty, and anyone who falls in that group is subject to summons. If you are NOT eligible for jury duty for any reason, YOU are the one who has to tell the authorities that. THEY do not know. FW
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