I just ignore it,

M-I-L sent a man that shot a few people in a titty bar to the chair.

I've been summoned 8 or 10 times and only picked once (Aggravated Assault in a female college apartment). Found her guilty, but the judge dismissed us before sentencing. I think she just got probation.

The most interesting time was when I was summoned for a Capital Murder trial. There were well over 200 of us. After a very basic voir dire among all of us, we had to set a time for individual voir dire where we had to take the witness stand, one by one to provide our answers in front of the prosecution, defense, defendant, judge, reporter, and bailiff were the only other people in the room.

Unless you're 100% confident of innocents, just plead down for a dwi. Not defending them at all but a ton of people are mental when it comes to them vs texting while driving which is just as bad.

Ive gotten selected for jury duty pretty much every year for the past 5 years, they usuaully dismiss me after an hour or two of waiting, but a few weeks ago when I went I was selected to move forward to the jury selection for an actual case.

I told my girlfriend about the famous George Carlin quote: "Think about how stupid the average person is, then realize that half of 'em are stupider than that." That quote came alive when going through the jury selection process, there were some interesting characters in there lol.

The last time I was called the guy reached a plea deal before we could be questioned so we got to go home. The only thing that stuck out to me is a lot of people brought their kids with them as an excuse to not have to be selected. I was curious if they just reschedule them or what since that could either be a very legitimate reason to not be able to serve, or convenient every time they get summoned.

How do you guys keep getting summons? I got a call once in college back in my hometown, got exempted, and never have received one again.

My wife served on a grand jury during COVID for what ended up being 15 months, because they kept saying they couldn't pick new ones because of COVID lockdowns. Even though she was chosen during lockdowns. Stupid.

My last summons was cancelled before the date. My wife really wants to do it but has been cancelled on twice

I'm in Collin County and I'd estimate I get a county summons maybe once every 7-8 years. That said, I did get one Plano muncipal summons and I was pissed thinking someone wanted a jury for traffic court, but it turned out to be the lowest level of misdemeanor assault (assault by touching). I served as foreman on a 6 person jury and we went not guilty.

It was basically extended family drama and some 30 year old, 250lb guy had pressed for charges on the 60 year old mother of a relative by marriage. She and his wife were arguing in a hospital hallway about a gofundme (not physical or threatening), he stepped in between with his hands up and basically in her face, and she briefly grabbed his wrist to pull his hand down out of her face. This nothingburger incident was all on hospital video. This ***** went back the next day, called the police out, and pressed charges. We deliberated about 10 minutes. Selection and trial were same day and done by 2pm

My ex wife got selected for an interesting capital murder trial in Bexar County. I think it lasted about a week.

July 2014.
A pizza delivery guy was killed. He had left his engine running when he was dropping off a pizza at an apartment and some jackass tried to steal his car. The delivery guy put up a fight but was killed when he was run over by his own car when the other guy drove off. Suspect was apprehended the following day, and at the time of the murder was on probation for a previous offense.

Defendant, Robert Delcid, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

https://www.ksat.com/news/2016/06/17/man-found-guilty-of-killing-pizza-delivery-driver-gets-life-sentence/

I was juror #15 or so on a felony family domestic violence trial in Brazos County 13 years ago. I moved into the 10 spot as other potential jurors were eliminated. The trial lasted 3 days, and the poor guy (redneck cattle truck driver) was guilty as hell. His victim (live in girlfriend) was a very combative, unwilling witness for the prosecution. In a nutshell, the perpetrator, his victim, and his victim's daughter were drinking at a beer joint on Hwy 21, when the victim and her daughter starting nagging and harassing the perp (they both admitted it on the witness stand), trying to get in a fight with him. To his credit, the perp left the bar by himself, and walked back to their shared trailer. When the victim and her daughter returned to the trailer, they immediately started in on him again, and he then beat the victim into the hospital. It was his second family violence conviction, and I think he got 10 years in TDC, but cannot remember for sure because he chose for the judge to decide his sentencing.

I got called once to the district court in Galveston. I got there right on time (even though I was trying to be a little early). When I got to the lobby to check in, they called upstairs for a second and then told me that they had enough people to choose from and that I could leave, which I promptly did. I ended up getting reimbursed more than what I spent on gas and tolls for the trip down there, which was kind of shocking.

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My last summons was cancelled before the date. My wife really wants to do it but has been cancelled on twice

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I'm 51. I've been a registered voter since 1992. I didn't get my first jury summons until 2014. That one was Brazos County. The next two have been in the past two years in East Texas. The county clerk told us on the one jury I sat on that the rolls are reloaded every two years. The trial was in 2024, and the rolls were reloaded in Jan 2025. I received another summons in January, and it was canceled before we arrived.

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She gave "A time to kill" closing argument speech that had us all laughing, including the city attorney.

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"Now imagine she's white."

Yes. Murder trial. Life, eligible for parole after 30.

It is easy to get out of JD.

Just say

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I HATE {insert any protected group here like blacks, women, gays etc}

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How much was her fine

Never been. Only gotten one summons in 13 years since being in Colorado. I just didn't show up. Ain't nobody got time fo dat

This is adjacent to the topic but if you are bored it's always entertaining to watch courtroom drama on YouTube.

There's a lot of stupid people out there.

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This is adjacent to the topic but if you are bored it's always entertaining to watch courtroom drama on YouTube.

There's a lot of stupid people out there.

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I pray they don't vote.

But I'm pretty sure they do.

If you really want to get out of jury duty, just tell them you believe in jury nullification. Both sides and the judge will wand to get rid of you before you spoil their entire jury pool.

I am batting 1.000 using jury nullification as an excuse.

Depending on the extent of the voir dire, sometimes there isn't a chance to share on some of these topics like jury nullification. But one question that does frequently come up is how credible you find the police to be. People saying they always believe whatever a cop says (or never believe it) is one that a lot of folks jump on to get themselves struck

Foreman 3 years ago for a woman charged with continuous sexual assault of her 2 nieces. Found her guilty on 1 count out of 4. The 3 we found not guilty on we thought she was guilty but the state didn't prove its case. Gave her 18 years.

Let's just say at the end of the long week that the prosecutors use of a Kleenex box to describe/demonstrate "penetration" of a female has made me never look at a Kleenex box the same again.

Had a sovereign citizen traffic case. That was infuriating. We deliberated about 2 minutes.

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Had a sovereign citizen traffic case. That was infuriating. We deliberated about 2 minutes.

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Oh good Lord. I hope he was sentenced to be shot at dawn.

On the quarterdeck of a frigate, because admiralty law.

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I owned my own businesses and could not afford to get hung up on a jury, so I always found a way to get out of it. I think I have told several of the stories here, but maybe not. Been called around a dozen times, twice I didn't show, the other times I gave one side or the other a reason to strike me if I was in the danger zone after the shuffle which was almost every time.

One time, one of the attorneys asked if any of us had ever supported any group that was in favor of abolishing the jury system. That question made me realize I had my out, my get out of jail free card, they just dropped it in my lap. So, I raised my hand and the judge asked me to approach the bench. Two attorneys on each side of the case and me and the court reporter. They repeated the question and I said actually no, I had not done so, but if they had a name of an organization and an address of a group that wanted to abolish the jury system, I would certainly make a donation, lol. Well that caused the judge to launch into a diatribe about the jury system being a "basic tenet of our justice system." Then he asked what my solution would be, if no jury system. I told him I might support a jury system if the jury was comprised solely of lawyers and law students. He said why. I said because they understand all the tricks and techniques, such as sandwich questions, machine gun questions, etc. and could see right through the acting. It sort of went downhill from there. We went into a discussion of a jury of peers, I got him into discussing the Magna Carta after I asked him if he even knew the history of the jury of peers. I don't think he did, or had forgotten, because he did not answer.

I asked him if he recalled Clause 39, again he didn't say so I asked the four attorneys. Nobody said yes. I asked if they knew what the word "or" meant because there were some important words after the jury of peers verbiage in Clause 39 and after the word "or."

He changed the subject, the new tact was about getting to the truth. I said it isn't about the truth for any of the four guys in suits standing beside me. I said it is about getting paid. He said do you have a problem with people getting paid. I said sometimes. I said, when one of these guys takes a case, wrongful death, and some widow gets awarded policy limits (no trial, just settles) and the woman who has lost her husband, the children who have lost their father, the parents who have lost a son, get 2/3rds of the settlement and the lawyer gets 1/3rd and all he or she has lost is a few hours, then I have a problem with that.

Then the judge told me it was my civic duty. That sort of set me off and I said that I had a much better track record regarding civic duty and volunteerism than all four attorneys, and him, and the court reporter combined. That I never saw any of them doing anything in the community, none of them were in Rotary or Optimist Club, or doing cleanup after hurricanes or storms or the flood we had dealt with and that I bet the only time they even came to church was right before an election, lol.

As you can see, this went on for some time. I finally told him that this appeared to be a waste of time and that if one side thought they were a better actor than the other, then they should not waste a strike. But if they had any doubt if they were the better actor, it might be wise to use a strike on me. The judge put his head on his desk and said to his clerk "pay the man his six dollars and let him go".

Even though that was what I was after, I nearly asked him why he didn't leave me in the pool and let one side or the other use a strike, but I decided not to push my luck.

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I was called to jury duty when living in Houston. During the voir dire process of a child molestation case, I noticed the defendant was wearing a doo-doo brown suit with slicked back hair, looking like a used car salesman from the 1970's. The defense attorney, who felt it necessary to let everyone know he went to t.u., said that "all children lie", that the defendant can't be considered guilty for not testifying, and the defendant should be given the benefit of the doubt.

I was number 22 and wanted to get myself struck. When asked to raise your hand if I could not be impartial because of the defendant not testifying, I raised my hand. The defense attorney, with a smug look and condescending tone said, "Why would you not be able to be impartial?"

I responded with, "if he will not testify, we will not have both sides of the story and I am obligated to side with the testimony from the alleged victim and give them the benefit of the doubt." then said "So, to answer your question, yes, Ole Slick Rick back there will have to testify."

The defense attorney spun around to the judge, asked for a motion on me and my comment. When he turned around, I looked at him and said "Thanks and Gig'em" with a wink and a smirk.

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I was called to jury duty when living in Houston. During the voir dire process of a child molestation case, I noticed the defendant was wearing a doo-doo brown suit with slicked back hair, looking like a used car salesman from the 1970's. The defense attorney, who felt it necessary to let everyone know he went to t.u., said that "all children lie", that the defendant can't be considered guilty for not testifying, and the defendant should be given the benefit of the doubt.

I was number 22 and wanted to get myself struck. When asked to raise your hand if I could not be impartial because of the defendant not testifying, I raised my hand. The defense attorney, with a smug look and condescending tone said, "Why would you not be able to be impartial?"

I responded with, "if he will not testify, we will not have both sides of the story and I am obligated to side with the testimony from the alleged victim and give them the benefit of the doubt." then said "So, to answer your question, yes, Ole Slick Rick back there will have to testify."

The defense attorney spun around to the judge, asked for a motion on me and my comment. When he turned around, I looked at him and said "Thanks and Gig'em" with a wink and a smirk.

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AND THATS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TO 'EM, AGGIES!!!!