It was November of 2000, and the then-58-year-old newly retired airline pilot was on jury duty.
The story underscores a societal reality: People will go to great lengths to shirk jury duty.
"The bottom line is if you really want to get off jury duty, you can, " he says.
Though most judges and attorneys will tell you otherwise, it's not terribly hard to get off jury duty.
Another striking figure: 26% have used bereavement days and 27% have used jury duty to take a holiday.
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The ending felt a little like when you say goodbye to jury duty, except none of us exchanged emails.
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These "reports" follow a series of humorous tweets Martin supposedly sent last month from jury duty in Los Angeles.
Jury duty is only interesting when you are in the pool, right?
There's an old joke: Would you trust your fate to 12 people who couldn't figure out how to get out of jury duty?
Again, you need proof but courts understand that those with chronic or debilitating illnesses are not likely to withstand the pressures of jury duty.
You could face civil or even criminal penalties if you skip a notice to appear at jury duty or get caught lying to get out of it.
He then left the trial, with Spector's permission, for six weeks to film a television judge show, "Jury Duty, " in which he presided over a jury of celebrities.
While law prevents a juror from losing their job as a result of serving, there is no law stating that the employer has to pay employees while on jury duty.
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Thomas Warren told the newspaper that as he approached the courthouse entrance to report for jury duty, he saw what appeared to be the body of a man lying on his stomach.
However, if at the end of one day in the jury selection room a juror is not empaneled, the duty is fulfilled.
Former soldier Kristian Williams, who was on duty as a doorman at the bar in Queen Street, told the jury Mr Edwards returned from the toilet and claimed his drink had been taken away.
The judge said he had a duty to the public to allow the tapes to be played in open court outside the presence of the jury.
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