jury duty

Serving on a jury is a privilege, honor, and a requirement for living in a democracy; but what do you do if you get out of serving your civic duty?

While some of us love the idea of fulfilling our civic duty, we know some don't...

It's another "FINISH THE SENTENCE FRIDAY"....and I was thinking.... If you receive a letter in the mail to Serve Jury Duty (which is inevitably and you eventually will), you are OBLIGATED and MANDATED to SERVE...or face fines and jail time, etc...

The latest entry into the BIG DUMMY FILES Susan Cole, 57, of Denver was dismissed from jury duty in July 2011 after she "deliberately dressed in a crazy and uncoordinated fashion" to look like she had a mental disorder (PTSD). Which she claimed she suffered from military service, was the victim of domestic violence, and had been homeless...

A Brooklyn woman called to serve jury duty in the death penalty trial of New York city mob boss Vincent Basciano may not have been being entirely honest when she wrote in her jury questionnaire that the people she least admired were "African-Americans, Hispanics and Haitians," and that police officers are "lazy." It isn't uncommon for potential jurors to put offensive statement