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Article #394Re: How Can I Avoid Jury Duty in Oakland?
From: Chloe
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 14:10
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 14:10
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"Barbara Bomberger" <barbarabomberger@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:oj5alu4hgfmu4621bnkucfgsv6tgl4esas@4ax.com... > > In general, I'm finding this thread pretty appalling. > > Both the seeming lack of respect for what is a fundamental process of > our judicial system, and the "situation ethics" of avoidance. Yeah, these conversations are always a little depressing to me, too. Shame we can't have a system where the people who are intent on skipping jury duty because it's inconvenient can't just opt out. If you don't want to serve on a jury you'd agree that if you were ever accused of a crime to be tried by a secret tribunal or--even better--no trial at all: you just go automatically from accused to prison. My perceptions might be colored by the fact that I've had jury duty several times and it didn't cause me all that much problem. Certainly some people should be excused, and every time I was called I did in fact see people excused for good reasons--caregivers, small business owners, etc. On one occasion the judge cheerfully postponed my service for several months when I explained I was in the middle of a major home repair crisis. I'm not really familiar with the geographic situation the OP described, but it does sound like a PITA if jurors are required to travel to a distant courthouse location. OTOH, there's surely a system in place where members of the pool phone in to see if they're required to report the next day. Typically when I was called I didn't actually report more than 5 or 6 days out of the month.
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