A man trying to get out of jury duty says he's homophobic, a rascist and a liar.

OMG,never hearrd of a man trying to put his reputation at stake by speaking such junk!I do admit that jury duty can be stressing but that is no way to get off.He probably could just have done his part and gone on.

Well its kind of a paradox statement if he says he is a liar than he is telling the truth or is he lying but that would make him a liar and he wasnt telling the truth. This is the part where the robots head blows up.

In my country juries were suppressed more than seventy years ago after a famous trial. A powerful and rich landlord paid a man for killing his wife. When he was taken to court, his lawyer bribed the jury and he was found not guilty. There was such an scandal than the Parliament suppressed juries. Judges decide since then who is innocent and who is not.

That certainly was a rather stupid thing to do, but the judge did the right thing as far as I'm concerned. When I lived in one county in NW Florida years ago, I worked for one of the 4 attorneys in the county and I was excused from jury duty for that reason. When I moved back to South Florida, I was allowed to serve on a jury in an Eminent Domain case even though I worked for attorneys here and my mom and sis worked for the State Attorney's Office at the time. My only problem now is that if I get called again, I have to drive 22 miles to get to the courthouse. In rush hour traffic in Ft Lauderdale, that would take me over 90 minutes because I will NOT drive on I-95 any more. Luckily, I haven't been called to serve since we moved to the north end of the county. Now I sure hope this doesn't jinx me. The thought of leaving home at 6:30 am to be there in time just does not appeal to me.

Well quite frankly I would rather do jury duty than make myself into a total idiot! Good for the judge - he should leave him in jail for a month or two - that would teach him! xxx

I can't believe he was arrested! Before I was selected for jury duty last year, I was sent a questionnaire. On the questionnaire, I said that I felt the justice system was corrupt, police were not to be trusted, people are generally guilty before being convicted. I thought that would get me tossed out. Nope! The following week I was summoned for jury duty. LOL!

Ok....I think that guy let his imagination run overtime when he was trying to think of a way to get out of jury duty. Where was his brain? Oh yeah, I think he was sitting on it in front of the judge! LOL

This guy is an idiot. The judge asks if he's lying to him now and he says he doesn't really know. lol. Personally, I'd enjoy the experience of doing jury duty - I was called once but my boss wouldn't release me from work. That's the way things work in Australia.

I can't believe he said he is a liar. He may have been honest, but then if he is actually an honest man, then he already lied :) I have never been a jury but if someone could say all these tings about himself, maybe it is such an intimidating job

That's actually kinda funny - I've been called for jury duty one time and wasn't even picked to be on the jury. I was a bit disappointed but after that have thought I didn't really want to after all. My oldest son one time got called and didn't want to serve - he said 'hang him' and they didn't call him...

he was probably telling the truth .i guess some folks just dont want to do there duty i always enjoyed serving on a jury myself and found it interesting !

okkkkkk... Guess he got what he deserved. Wonder if he'll ever try that stunt again to get out of jury duty. lol I'm permanently exempt from jury duty because of my health. But long time ago after I moved out of my mom's house to another county, my mom called me saying I had some mail from the county courthouse. I asked her to open it and see what it says. It was a letter from the courthouse to serve jury duty. I escaped it then just for the fact I no longer lived in that county. Now it's health reasons. My hubby also got a letter for jury duty but again, he couldn't do it for health reasons either. They asked what was wrong with him. I told them he's in the hospital at that moment from a major stroke. They said 'sorry bout what happened to him' then hung up. He got a letter couple weeks later saying he was exempt permanently from jury duty as well.

This really irks me.Serving jury duty is a civic obligation and deserves to be taken seriously.Would you prefer to let some court appointed judge decide your fate or a jury of your peers ! Everyone should serve to get a taste of the real deal not what they see on television . I've had to deliberate on a number of cases and have got to tell you it is fascinating to read into the prejudices and thought processes of various jurors . Yes ,more often than not the daily grind of the court room procedure may be a bit boring but it allows a person to get a sense of what the system is all about.But it's the deliberating room that's the payoff . Has anyone ever seen the movie "twelve angry men" ? Check it out!

Excuses are committed from child hood till old age. However, it may not work always. To get attention of a doctor, a patient ca cry in pain falsely , to get bill paid quickly, one can say many lies to make way. If a person boards a bus without ticket, he may simply say , his pocket was picked up by some one. In my opinion, we intentionally or intentionally make lot of excuses .

I think he overdid it. He should of mentioned only one of those and that would have been enough to get him off of jury duty.

Yeah, it is actually. He should know better than going there. That only got him in more trouble that he would've been in if he just stomached it and do the jury duty. Well, that ought to teach him for next time.

I have heard of people doing this. A bit ridiculous isn't it? In all honesty though, I really don't want someone who is willing to make these kind of things up to get out of jury dude, sitting on a jury, and judging me.

I think he is nuts! I can't believe anyone would go to that extreme just to get out of doing something. I think they should make him do a little time. AT PEACE WITHIN

I've heard several people say that if they ever got called to jury duty, they would do something similar. Their reason for avoiding jury duty was that they didn't want to miss work and have a short paycheck. The small fee that paid for someone doing jury duty doesn't compensate adequately.

It's about time judges took poeple in for lieing to them to get out of jury duty. I have served on a jury and it was not fun but I did it. Why can't people just do their civic duty?