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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Judge reams out people avoiding jury duty
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 02:23:39 -0000 (UTC)
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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

>>. . . 

>I'd actually enjoy serving on a jury, especially now that I'm retired and have
>time to kill. Even when I was working, the FedGov's policy is to pay you the
>whole time you're on jury duty as if you were at work, so you don't lose any
>money and you get (potentially) a week out of the office. A lot of people
>aren't so lucky and don't get paid while on a jury. Most, if not all, states
>have laws that prohibit an employer from firing you for jury duty but they
>don't have to pay you while you're on one.

>When I retired, I embarked on something I’d wanted to do for years and packed
>up the car and just started lazily driving around the country, state-by-state,
>staying in various places, sometimes a week at a time, to see all the sights.
>L.A. to Key West, Florida to Maine, etc. The trip took me a month and a half.

>When I finally returned home, I found a long-expired summons for jury duty in
>my accumulated mail. I called the number on the summons and explained what had
>happened. The woman looked up the number on my summons and said it was no
>problem, they'd just cancel it in the system and issue a new summons for me
>since I was home now and being retired had no work conflicts with serving. And
>a few days later, a new summons showed up. I went and got eliminated the
>moment both sides discovered I was a lawyer.

Wouldn't stating that you intend to apply common sense after listening
tio arguments have disqualified you as well?