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Is the summons for civil court; or, criminal court?
Are you for primary duty; or, standby?
I've been summoned for standby duty; but, enough primaries showed up and I was sent home.
Once as a primary for a civil court case, it was settled just minutes before trial and I was sent home. Another time though, I had to serve as a juror.
In a criminal case, the defense used its peremptory challenge to dismiss me from a murder trial (crime involved firearms), after finding out about my SF background, and I was sent home.
Perhaps the easiest trial to get out of being selected as a juror for would be a criminal case that could incur the death penalty. Just tell the judge that you could never convict anyone knowing they could possibly be sentenced to die, not even if you weren't involved in the sentencing phase. I've seen that story work after being presented convincingly enough.
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