Jury Duty and Nullfication

thumper1
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:08:01 +0000

I have served on a jury. My understanding is that during the voir dire, you are ONLY allowed to answer questions that are POSED to you. You cannot volunteer additional information about any other beliefs or whatever. Prior to the voir dire, juror prospects in this state are asked to fill out a form indicating any reasons why they should NOT be chosen for a jury (believe me…there really aren’t any). From what we were told, that is the ONLY TIME you can indicate any reasons for not serving on a jury. If a question comes up during your voir dire that would REQUIRE an answer about your beliefs, you can give them. Otherwise, nope.