Get in an argument with the defense attorneys during the questioning. That's what I did last year. The judge actually started laughing.

just say you know the guy and you are good friends with him, either that or you are a huge racist ROFL

I feel like showing up to court wearing a NORML shirt will behoove you somewhat.

I was on a Federal one last Oct. $35 a plus mileage both ways.

Misdemeanor juries in Kansas are 6 person juries.

This is a good way to get stricken. It has the bonus of not completely pissing off the judge.

I was actually wanting to serve on the jury (child sex offender) but I couldn't resist myself. This attorney was really not very bright and kept asking very obvious questions, so I stomped on her.

It was actually pretty tough for me. I was an internal auditor at the time. As per AICPA audit standards, when we draw conclusions, we have to obtain "reasonable assurance" that the controls around the process are effective.

There is a big difference between "reasonable assurance" and "reasonable doubt". It was very very difficult for me at the time to change my mindset.

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:shrug:

I served as an expert witness on a federal trial last year. I was on the stand for one afternoon, but those poor folks had to listen to a case about chicken waste for three weeks. I kid you not.

You're an expert on chicken waste?

I served on a jury a couple of years ago and it was actually very interesting. Although I only had to do it for three days. And I just got another jury notice in the mail two weeks ago.

People watch all these lawyer TV shows/movies and think it's really like that. It isn't. I was a court reporter in hundreds of courts-martial. 95% were coma-inducing boring, and even the ones with interesting stuff were mostly coma-inducing boring, punctuated by flashes of awfulness. Ugh.

Then if they say, well it involves only people of your race.

Say "no i'm racist against everyone, understand?"

exactly!!!