jury duty? in college?

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<p>That doesn’t make sense.</p>

<p>Suppose it was lost in the mail or you moved or you’re not eligible to serve.</p>

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<p>^ Tell that to Jermaine Dupri!</p>

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<p>Miami, with all due respect…you are wrong. You are ONLY allowed to answer the questions asked of you. They are very clear here that you cannot “volunteer” information regarding your political, criminal or any other opinions unless asked. If you press on trying to volunteer information, YOU can be held in contempt.</p>

<p>I was summoned for the date in January when I was returning from vacation. To postpone, I had to give them two dates when I WAS available. I received a letter back saying they had given met first choice date…and to plan to be there.</p>

<p>June 19…I’ll keep you all posted.</p>

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<p>I imagine a $250 fine to those living in Manhattan is small potatoes.</p>

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<p>There are MANY people living in NY for whom $250 is a HUGE amount of money. </p>

<p>And as an aside, don’t be disengenuous in front of a judge, or make it pretty apparent your goal is to get out of jury duty. That frequently doesnt end well.</p>

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<p>@BCEagle- jury service mail is “returned to sender” if the potential juror has moved. If duly mailed, it is presumed that it is received. If you aren’t eligible to serve, you have to make that case. You can’t just wish it to be true. The same applies to parking tickets and traffic tickets.</p>

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<p>I was one of the 300+ people who filled out the 30 page questionnaire to be on Martha Stewart’s jury, but they didn’t pick me.</p>

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<p>I wrote Manhattan, not NY.</p>

<p>I had moved to another state before the lease was up on my old apartment and the mail was not returned to sender. But mail does get lost. The article said that the mail actually does get lost for a large percentage of unanswered summons.</p>

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<p>You are clearly not from The City. To the residents, that is New York!!</p>

<p>Regardless, to MANY residents of manhattan island, $250 is a lotta money!!</p>

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<p>What is the distinction between Manhattan and Manhatten Island?</p>

<p>Last time I was there, I paid $390 a night for a hotel and it wasn’t anything particularly fancy and that was quite some time ago.</p>

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<p>Manhattan= Manhattan Island (doesnt include the other boroughs, which are considered, Manhattan being one of the 5 boroughs, part of NYC). To many residents of Manhattan and/or NYC (known as “the City”) NYC= NY! I guess you don’t get my drift. Think the New Yorker Magazine cover. [72</a> - The World As Seen From New York’s 9th Avenue | Strange Maps | Big Think](<a href=“http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/72-the-world-as-seen-from-new-yorks-9th-avenue]72”>72 - The World As Seen From New York's 9th Avenue - Big Think)</p>

<p>And stop thinking about the hotel rates or the residents of Madison and Park Ave. There are plenty, PLENTY of people on fixed incomes, starving actors/actresses/students/interns/homeless folks/wait staff, you name it, the elderly, you name it, for whom $250 is a LOT OF MONEY. And yes, many of them DO live in Manhattan and not necessarily the other boroughs, or NJ, or wherever. Not all parts of Manhattan are high end. And many share very small living spaces.</p>

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<p>I actually like jury duty. I know… I’m a freak.</p>

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<p>Jym, what are you saying? I’m pretty sure anyone who lives in NYC considers all the boroughs part of NYC, ESPECIALLY if you can get there without a bus. Maybe not “The City”, but certainly NYC. I lived there for more than 20 years, in every borough but Manhattan and Staten Island. Everywhere I lived, and everybody I knew, would think $250 something to think about. I STILL do! I don’t think I knew anybody who read The New Yorker. Now that I am in a No Cal suburb “The City” means something else. And I know people who read The New Yorker!</p>

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<p>I do too EPTR. It’s fascinating.</p>

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<p>I think I would find it fascinating too, but I can’t get past how much it derails things, usually just to sit in a room and wait.</p>

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<p>^^ There is a lot of waiting involved in jury duty, no doubt about it. I take my nook, and get lots of reading done.</p>

<p>Every American has the right to a jury of their peers. If smart, educated, informed people wiggle out of jury duty because it’s too much trouble, what kinds of juries are we left with? I view it as a fundamental responsibility of citizenship, like voting – doing my little part to preserve one of the bedrocks of our way of life. Sure, it’s a hassle. But it’s not as if it’s a permanent condition, and it’s so so important. IMO.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I get it, and I never lie or try to get out of it myself, nor does my husband. And its not only the trouble for me, but for the dozens of patients that get cancelled, and the people who have to do it, and not work or not get paid because there is no money or no patients coming in. Then I pity the fool that asks us to write them a doctors note. But I write them. Sometimes.</p>

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<p>Sorry to be unclear, Shrinkrap. What I was trying to explain to BCeagle, and was typing quickly, then trying to edit to clarify which probably made it worse, is that there are the 5 boroughs that make up NYC (“the City”), Manhattan being one of them. He asked if there was a difference between Manhattan and Manhattan Island (no), and I was trying to explain that Manhattan was one of the 5 boroughs that comprises NYC. Sorry to be unclear. When I lived there and someone said they were going into “the City” or into “New York”, they meant Manhattan, but that said, “the City” is officially all 5 boroughs, as you know (for the sake of others, its : Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island).</p>

<p>That New Yorker magazine cover is a classic. Knew a few folks who has it as a poster on their wall. Its from 1976. Look at the price-- 75 cents!!! <a href=“http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/72-the-world-as-seen-from-new-yorks-9th-avenue[/url]”>72 - The World As Seen From New York's 9th Avenue - Big Think;

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<p>Shrinkrap,
I hear what you are saying. I am a teacher and it does disrupt my life a bit if I am called and more if I get seated but my employer is required to give me the time and pay me as usual. I sympathize with people who lose income due to it.</p>

<p>I always thought it would be interesting to be on grand jury duty.</p>

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<p>I completely agree.</p>

<p>There are a lot of disagreements on what the legitimate functions of government are but one thing that everyone, Left, Right and Center agree on is that the government needs to provide an impartial system of adjudicating disputes and providing justice. </p>

<p>The most basic function of government is providing justice and at the center of that is the trial by jury. And we cant be bothered to help? I view it as helping out neighbors, which you would surely do if they had come to your door and asked for help. </p>

<p>It is super inconvenient, and made more so by the fact that the court treats you like children. But the public kind of forces them to with the ridiculous ways they try and sneak out of trying to help. You have people not showing, sneaking out after being checked in, making phone calls in court, using every lame excuse in the book.</p>