Are OTR drivers permanently exempted from jury duty?

Nope, and you should be honored to be selected.
As a juror, you can decide if a peer gets sentenced to prison or not.
Sure, he might be real guilty of the crime, but if you don't feel that crime deserves jail time. You get to vote not guilty.

 

I got selected once a few years ago. I wrote a nice letter on the form they sent explaining that I worked as an out of state truck driver and being on the jury would cause a financial burden. I was excused.

 

Here's everything you need to know about jury's
http://fija.org/

 

Or do what I did the one time I got one. Simply throw it away as it's not an official summons if it's just mailed to you. In my case I got the notify on the same Monday I started a new job. I also knew it was two weeks training with the notify being for the next Monday, so half way in trainig. All I cared about was delaying it a bit, but when I never heard back I started to look up the laws. At least in TX it has to be delivered officialy via normal summons process. Mail didn't count as no record I got it.

-Steven

 

I'd love to be on a jury, but neither side would want me. I'm extremely suspicious of government and the cops, so they'd better have a rock solid case against the guy. If guilty, though, I'm a big fan of harsh penalties to deter future wrongdoing. However, if I think the law is bogus and infringes upon what SHOULD be an individual's liberty to pursue happiness, and his doing so did not infringe upon the rights of others, then I'd be voting to nullify.

I've received the card in the mail a few times, but the pending cases were resolved prior to trial and my services were not needed.

 

Actually that ia not quite accurate. Juries are instructed that if they find the person is guilty they must return a guilty verdict regardless if they agree with the law or any sentences.

It does the system no good if people that simply dont agree with the law get to pick and chose which laws have to be followed.

 

If you read the picture, it says you can vote any way for any reason

 

Jury Nullification in the US has a roller coaster history. The Juror can be removed, or the whole verdict set aside by the judge if they want to. With appeals being the way to move up, it's hit or miss if a judge will do it though. Well worth looking into just to see parts of the legal system lawyers hate.

-Steven

 

Tel

Tell a judge that is why you voted not guilty and you just cost the tax payers a lot of money for a retrial. Unless you believe anything you find on the internet.