Comments on: How to get out of jury duty: "Just tell ‘em you’re a doctor" http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-just-tell.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-just-tell.html#comment-73383 Anonymous Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:41:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-just-tell-em-youre-a-doctor.html#comment-73383 I just served as a potential juror -did not get chosen at the end, thank God- for two days. It was the most painful process I've ever been through, I felt like I was the one on trial for those two days. Of course, I made myself clear and I think that's why I got dismissed, I don't think it was because I said I was a doctor with people who needed me for their care; I assume in that case they would not have brought me back the second day; or is it that those representatives of the law didn't really care about my patients?! The second day, however, I sorta had a good time, and made them laugh a few times with my strong opinions about how wrong trial by jury is; well, you may disagree, of course. But the bottom line is how I presented to them: would you invite an atheist to preach Sunday school? That'd be me sitting in the Jury Box. I just served as a potential juror -did not get chosen at the end, thank God- for two days. It was the most painful process I’ve ever been through, I felt like I was the one on trial for those two days. Of course, I made myself clear and I think that’s why I got dismissed, I don’t think it was because I said I was a doctor with people who needed me for their care; I assume in that case they would not have brought me back the second day; or is it that those representatives of the law didn’t really care about my patients?! The second day, however, I sorta had a good time, and made them laugh a few times with my strong opinions about how wrong trial by jury is; well, you may disagree, of course. But the bottom line is how I presented to them: would you invite an atheist to preach Sunday school? That’d be me sitting in the Jury Box.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-just-tell.html#comment-73051 Anonymous Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:58:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-just-tell-em-youre-a-doctor.html#comment-73051 It is $40 in NYC. It is $40 in NYC.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-just-tell.html#comment-73048 Anonymous Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:48:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-just-tell-em-youre-a-doctor.html#comment-73048 "$17.20 is not enough pay per day for jurors"<br/><br/>Damn - it's $5.00 in my area of NJ... “$17.20 is not enough pay per day for jurors”

Damn – it’s $5.00 in my area of NJ…

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