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Randy Stankey
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 02-09-2012 11:16 AM
Go ahead and go on jury duty.
In many states, there is a "One Day or One Trial" system. You go and sit in the jury pool for one day. If you are selected for a trial, you continue on that case until it is complete. Otherwise you go home at the end of the first day.
Sometimes you are on jury duty for a set period of time. You might go and interview to be on the jury panel and, if selected, you can be called to a trial at any time during that period. If there are no trials during your tenure, you don't do anything. At the end of your jury period, usually a week or a month, you are off the hook.
In Pennsylvania, regular trials are "One day or One Trial" for regular cases and a one month panel for grand juries.
My wife was on the grand jury last summer and she never even got called once.
Since your father is a judge and you know most of the lawyers and staff at the courthouse, you'll probably be ripe for exclusion from a lot of cases.
When juries are selected, lawyers can challenge any juror. They have a set number of "peremptory" challenges where they don't have to give a reason for excluding a person. If they just don't like the color of your shirt, they just exclude you. They are usually only given two or three peremptory challenges. There is also "challenge for cause" where the lawyer selecting jurors has to provide a tangible reason. Common challenges for cause are because the potential juror knows somebody associated with the case or because they might have a bias against the defendant.
Go ahead and report as planned. In your case, I beg you'll be excluded because you know so many people. If so, you will have done your civic duty and you'll be off the hook.
If you get selected, let's hope it's for a multiple murder case.
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