Comments on: How to get out of jury duty https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:32:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: SomeRandomDave https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/#comment-266951 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:32:31 +0000 https://jwz.org/b/yk3p#comment-266951 United States

"Yes, your honor, I believe I can give him a fair trial before voting to hang him.

I realize it's a civil case, but if we all vote for capital punishment, that's a thing, right?"

]]> By: Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈 https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/#comment-266945 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 03:55:20 +0000 https://jwz.org/b/yk3p#comment-266945 Via Mastodon

(Quote post) "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."

Jury selection: "Please remain neutral."

jwz:

How to get out of jury duty.

Judge forced to slash SF jury pool over hate for Elon Musk: One candidate said, "In a criminal trial, I would feel morally obligated to convict, however, in a civil trial I could set those views aside," adding, "I believe it would be to the benefit of the human race for Mr. Musk to be sent to prison." ...
https://jwz.org/b/yk3p

]]> By: Sir David Nielsen https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/#comment-266944 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 03:04:08 +0000 https://jwz.org/b/yk3p#comment-266944 Via Mastodon

SF sounds like it has _a lot_ of people I’d get along with.

]]> By: Dave P https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/#comment-266943 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 23:22:29 +0000 https://jwz.org/b/yk3p#comment-266943 United States

In reply to Owen.

Exactly, "Elon who?" Is the play here

]]> By: Cordwainer Fish https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/#comment-266941 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:46:31 +0000 https://jwz.org/b/yk3p#comment-266941 United States

In reply to Karellen.

That would be an acceptable outcome.

]]> By: Grafo https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/#comment-266939 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:19:45 +0000 https://jwz.org/b/yk3p#comment-266939 Via Mastodon

In reply to erinaceus.

Or people who pretend is the first time they heard about the guy
@jwz

]]> By: Karellen https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/#comment-266937 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:28:12 +0000 https://jwz.org/b/yk3p#comment-266937 United Kingdom

In reply to Simon Zerafa (Status: 😊).

Like Epstein did?

]]> By: Simon Zerafa (Status: 😊) https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/#comment-266936 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:05:18 +0000 https://jwz.org/b/yk3p#comment-266936 Via Mastodon

Six months in prison would do Elon the world of good. He might reframe his moral and ethical views to the better 😉

]]> By: Owen https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/#comment-266935 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:51:10 +0000 https://jwz.org/b/yk3p#comment-266935 Via Mastodon

So it’s one’s moral duty to pretend you’ve never heard of Elon Musk so you can get on that jury

]]> By: mtc_uk https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/#comment-266934 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:30:29 +0000 https://jwz.org/b/yk3p#comment-266934 Via Mastodon

What if they gave a jury and nobody came?

]]> By: Dominic 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/#comment-266931 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:38:09 +0000 https://jwz.org/b/yk3p#comment-266931 Via Mastodon

Is this the converse to Trump’s claim that he could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue and get away with it? “Musk murdered, thousands of witnesses didn’t see nuthin’, man”.

]]> By: erinaceus https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/#comment-266930 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 07:20:55 +0000 https://jwz.org/b/yk3p#comment-266930 Via Mastodon

By that rate, only hardcore Musk-fanboys will be in the jury.

]]> By: MrEricSir https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/#comment-266928 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 06:11:22 +0000 https://jwz.org/b/yk3p#comment-266928 United States

Did the judge cut off the potential jurors before they got to the part where he's an illegal immigrant who was BFFs with Jeffery Epstein?

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