Jack got the bad news yesterday. Even though he was retired and sat around all day watching reruns of old movies, he told his wife Polly he wasn’t going to be a juror. He hated jury duty and he was not going to let the courts...
Deferment usually takes a phone call to the circuit clerk or a request on the form some counties ask you to return when you're summoned. Of you need a long-term excuse, you must show that jury duty would cause "undue hardship" for you. The Illinois Jury Act says getting out of jury ...
This inconvenience causes many to question just how to get out of jury duty. Often, there are legitimate, legal reasons to do so. Not every item on the following list will be applicable to everyone, and specific rules vary by court, but there are certainly a few things worth t...
Like it or not, jury duty is something many of us will take part in at some point. And whatever side of the camp you fall on, there's one thing I can guarantee: You're going to do a lot of waiting. I recently served for two weeks and there are a few things I wish I had co...
Even if everyone alive today worked together to watch all the porn uploaded just this year, screening every category alphabetically, and clocking your hours on Pornhub became like jury duty, we probably still wouldn’t get past “anal.”
Even if you're not entitled to a deferment automatically, you may be able to excuse yourself from jury duty if you have a doctor's note explaining why you're not fit to serve, or if you have a pre-paid vacation. You might even be excused if you have school or a work function. Ch...
He hated jury duty and he was not going to let the courts interfere with his retirement. So how do you think you are going to get out of it? Polly asked, both amused and irritated. Are you going to claim that youre dead? Or are you going to tell them youve moved out of the ...
Carrie finds being an 'irreplacable' freelance writer is not an excuse to dodge jury duty. After her break-up with Harry, Charlotte keeps going to synagogue alone, where Jewish ladies swarm to match her to their eligible sons, but she dishes neither till Harry reappears. Berger is fed-up...
Jury Duty casting director Susie Ferris takes us through her casting process that all started as a blank canvas. From the first audition tapes submitted by Susan Berger, Edy Modica, Mekki Leeper and Ron Song to reaching out to James Marsden to join the show to play "a heightened version of...
ll participate in interviews. Also, they’ll pay for everything.” So in my mind, it was a way for me to have an experience I’d never had before. I was going to be a part of a documentary. I’d never been on camera before and I also never served on jury duty, which was ...