July has been taken away.........
No travel for us. We went on our first trip just a few weeks ago. When we returned I was looking through the stack of mail. On the very bottom was a jury duty summons for my wife. She is on call for j...
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goducks10 wrote:
Never known anyone getting issued a warrant for a no show. Personally know several people that didn't go and nothing happened.
A long time friend I know from work told me about the time his wife had a jury summons and totally forgot about it. Nothing ever came of it. It's total BS that they will come after you with a warrant. They purposely over book for jury selection knowing there will be no shows.
Maybe where you live, but not BS at all in most counties across the country. So giving this kind of advice can get someone in a lot of trouble that could easily be avoided. I know for fact they do it where I live. The judges must be VERY forgiving in your county (BTW, this is up to the judges to issue the warrant. Better hope you don't get a zealous judge any time soon!). Most courts issue bench warrants for no shows. It even tells you that on the summons. I personally don't know anyone who's had to go through it mostly because no one I know is foolish enough to test out that theory.
goducks10 wrote:
Here's an interesting story about jury duty. I was told this by someone who actually saw it happening. One morning at the Marion County Court House in Salem Oregon they didn't have enough jurors to choose from. The bailiff went outside in front of the court house and literally pulled people in from the sidewalk. They were asked the typical 'Are you a U.S. citizen, etc. If they answered yes then they were taken inside to begin the selection process. True story.
I've heard that most courts have this latitude pretty much every where. It's rare, but it does happen.
