I just got Jury Duty, How do I get out of it?

[Bigsatan13]

I think a lot of people are missing just how important a point Big Satan is making here. This is America people! It only stays America if the individual citizens are willing to stand up and take action.

20 years ago I was a councelor in the "joint." I can still remember that pain on one guys face. He was just finishing off a 4 year sentence for a crime he did not commit. I read his case file. It was obvious to any intelligent person that he should not have been convicted. I asked him how he managed to get convicted when the evidence obviously showed that he did not commit the crime. He said, "I got a jury of really stupid people."

And just so that you don't think this can't happen to you... all he "did" to even become involved with his case was walk into a TACO BELL and order a burrito. Inside the TACO BELL was the "witness" to the crime (an armed robbery that happened 6 months earlier) who called the police and said, "That's him."

At the time he was head of the youth outreach fellowship at his church, owned his own business, was clocked in on the job with 8 employees (to establish his whereabouts at the time of the crime), had thousands of dollars in the bank... oh yeah... and he was also a very famous ex pro football player. His name was "Chill" Wills.

Thanks for helping me make my point. It's unfortunate how many people don't realize how quickly they could lose their freedom. I've seen potential problems and given advice only to hear an excuse they would use to avoid prosecution.

 

[Kahn]

Tell them you'd be honored to be on a jury and you'd be good at it because you can spot someone guilty from a mile away. Just kidding, I'd do it if you can fit it in your schedule. It would be a learning experience. I'd like to do it.