How To Get Out of Jury Duty

Last updated on: November 25, 2013 at 11:02 pm by John Shore

How To Get Out of Jury Duty 2013-11-25T23:02:23-08:00 John Shore

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It’s a privilege and even honor to serve on a jury. But if you ever want to get out of it anyway, I hereby bequeath unto you this 100% guaranteed way to avoid jury service, every time:

Wave to the defendant.

I accidentally discovered the almost alarming efficiency of this method about two weeks ago, when I found myself in a pool of potential jurors for a trial case. When the time came for the lawyers on both sides to ask me questions about myself, I did as the judge requested, and stood.

And then, before I could stop myself, I just sort of … waved to the defendant. I have no idea why I suddenly became Court Dork. Nervous, I guess. The guy was looking right at me. And I felt sorry for him. He looked so … worried.

Anyway, I had barely finished my little “How’s it goin’, defendant dude?” wave when the prosecuting attorney piped right up.

“Move to dismiss.”

As the nearly-guffawing bailiff was showing me the door, I saw the longing with which the defendant’s lawyer was watching me leave.

Just to make sure the dismissal stuck, I held an invisible phone to my ear. Looking right at the defendant I mouthed, “Call me!”

No, I didn’t do that. But I did know I’d just discovered a sure-fire way to avoid jury duty. And now you know that way, too.

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