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    Never even thought about it that way. Also a good...

    It seems pretty obvious to me. A sitting president and a past president, and a few other offices, would exert so much influence in the jury room that the verdict would not be the opinion of the...
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    I don't think the job is a valid excuse for most...

    I don't think the job is a valid excuse for most people. Everyone has a job. But many elected officials get a pass.

    You can't have a mayor on a jury if he appointed the D.A. You can't have a...
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    The President gets out of most things that...

    For the record; I was called and made no attempt to get out of it, but my question is...

    Presidents Bush and Obama both got out of jury duty.
    At what point does "the job" become relative for the...
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    When did we start talking about Sweden? There is...

    Last I checked there was no jury duty in Sweden, and it doesn't seem like they're living in anarchy.

    When did we start talking about Sweden? There is no comparison between America and anyplace...
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    Where was the sarcasm? Not everyone is dragged...

    The sarcasm is unneccesary. I'm saying why not just have trial by judge? Yeah, I know if I was prosecuted could choose trial by judge. I would prefer that twelve people weren't dragged against...
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    So that the state can't just throw people in jail...

    This is a tad off topic, but why do we have jury duty? It seems like a massively archaic system that penalizes people for voting (they take your name off of voting registries)

    So that the state...
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    Not saying that it can't happen, but most court...

    Not saying that it can't happen, but most court cases don't last a week or 2, more like a day or 2. You are getting worked up over some very huge odds that you will even be picked, and that you will...
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    I know that feeling though. Big accounts or large...

    I know that feeling though. Big accounts or large clients come at a moments notice with no rhyme or reason. You can get caught up into feeling like if you are not there every moment, you will miss ...
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    I don't know of many ways to get out of jury...

    I don't know of many ways to get out of jury duty...dead or in the hospital comes to mind. But "I have to work" is pretty much everyones excuse. They don't even let doctors out of it.
    No one wants...
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