Tips on how to get out of jury duty

[Tin Man]

And an uncommonly high rate of cancer. 90% of the funerals we attended as managers for empoyees or employee families were cancer. Everything we see on facebook of who has passed...cancer. something's strange in Hartwell. Lake water?? Who knows. To this day you're still advised to not eat fish that are caught above the "big water." On the clemson side (Seneca River) before the two rivers join, there was contamination back in the 60's or 70's. Even after the two rivers come together you still drift down for a bit before it's considered the Big Water. I lived there 16 years and had my boat for a while. Never knowingly ate any fish from that lake.

Yeah, catch and release every time I fished Hartwell and the rivers.

 

[GVF]

I thoroughly enjoyed jury duty.

I'd have to say I did as well. I am thankful that the only time I ever got selected it was a civil case with 6 juros that got immediately tried. Darndest thing. every single summons but this one I've always shown up, all the cases were settled, and we were all dismissed and counted served. Never saw the selection process or anything.

What I was not expecting was for selections to go in rounds. We were all sitting in our seats. DA and defense attorney presented a brief case narrative began asking their screening questions that leaned toward the outdoors, hunting, etc. They picked 6 of us and cleared it all out. Gave us some instruction, and seated us in the jury box. Tried a poaching case. Rendered a verdict and out before lunch easily. Then they reseated the jury pool and began asking questions for the murder trial, and i'm thinking boy did I get lucky.

But, perfect or not, it's the american system and should be experienced at least once. It really hits you that if you get selected for any grade trial you really need to take it to heart because whatever the alleged crime and evidence you impact more than just the defendent with a verdict.

I'd struggle more with a criminal trial, and I know it gets sensationalized on TV, but I do believe in corrupt LE. Everyone is human. And I do beleive the politics exist in these departments to place close rates above truth sometimes. My nephew did have his responsibilities in his issues, but our hometown PD in GA also had a well earned rep that didn't bode well for him most times. Things he's still paying his dues for even out of state and now in his late 30's, clean, and very well employed. If he had not been an unjust target he could be out from under some things 10 years ago. If they even see him drive thru that town they will find a way to justify a traffic stop and look for a way to arrest him. And he was never violent. Just drugs and never a dealer. And one bonified proveable bogus charge I will not put in print here.

 

[Hurley Mooncalf]

I didn't want to serve when I was chosen for jury duty but ended up being picked from our pool of jurors for a murder case. Interestingly, the incident was caught on various residents' cameras around where the crime happened so we actually had pretty much a full visible record of it but no sound. It was a fairly short trial but intense (3 days). Hardest part was not being able to discuss it even with fellow jury members until deliberation of the verdict. Overall, I think it was well worth going through that experience to have an understanding of our civic functions. Fortunately, our entire jury took it pretty seriously.

 

[Pennheel]

I got out of it due to having serious health issues at the time. I didn't know the specifics of the trial or anything, but I didn't lose any sleep over not being able to attend it.