most of the time, jury duty involves sitting in a room for somewhere between 4 and 6 hours, bored off your ass (unless you bring sufficiently entertaining material).
in some cases, there will be a case which requires a jury. they will let you know when this happens. this will prevent you from being dismissed at 11:00am. (both times i was summoned, i was let go before noon.)
in a small percent of those cases, they will actually pick jurors to go through voir dire (i.e. the attorney interview to determine if you're fit to serve). it is possible that you will not even be picked.
if you make it this far, then you have to talk to the attorneys and the judge. i don't have any advice here, except that cynical friends of mine claim that sounding intelligent is enough to get you throw off a jury. professing any sort of bias about the subject matter of the case is pretty much guaranteed to work, too.
good luck. i wouldn't worry too much about it though.
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in some cases, there will be a case which requires a jury. they will let you know when this happens. this will prevent you from being dismissed at 11:00am. (both times i was summoned, i was let go before noon.)
in a small percent of those cases, they will actually pick jurors to go through voir dire (i.e. the attorney interview to determine if you're fit to serve). it is possible that you will not even be picked.
if you make it this far, then you have to talk to the attorneys and the judge. i don't have any advice here, except that cynical friends of mine claim that sounding intelligent is enough to get you throw off a jury. professing any sort of bias about the subject matter of the case is pretty much guaranteed to work, too.
good luck. i wouldn't worry too much about it though.