Man dismissed from jury duty for wearing prisoner costume

[SheilaT]

1. I am frequently horrified at the number of people who don't want to do jury duty.

And these are people who have never served on a jury. I've even known some people who did not register to vote for fear of jury duty. Idiots.

I'm 66 years old, and I have only once been called for jury duty. Alas, I was dismissed because two days later a family trip where the plane tickets had already been purchased was coming up. I always register to vote. I just don't understand why my name never comes up.

Jury duty, is in my opinion, a nearly sacred duty of a citizen.

My one concern is that I'd be close to being selected as a juror, and as I am adamantly opposed to the death penalty, that stance would keep me off a jury. Of course, very few trials are death penalty ones, but still.