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The problem is that if you are the type who knows how to get out of jury duty it's likely you'll never be selected for a jury. I was told by several lawyer fri
by patcheudor 12y ago
The problem is that if you are the type who knows how to get out of jury duty it's likely you'll never be selected for a jury.
I was told by several lawyer friends that my chances of being selected for a jury were in the neighborhood of 0% recently when my name came up in the pool to serve. Basically one side or the other will be spooked by my profession. They like teachers and people in retail or food service, that's about it. As a result, I saved everyone the time while still contributing to the community by identifying a terrifyingly high number of vulnerabilities with the online jury duty registration and management site. Note: don't do this without written permission. Playing with a system of the court without their authorization is likely the dumbest thing anyone could ever do. I got permission by making some initial observations which didn't require anything remotely resembling an intrusion attempt like pointing out the "F" they got in the Qualys SSL Labs tool. It was so bad that the local court had to scrap what they had and find another vendor to provide the service.
To avoid serving I ended up using a process vulnerability in the law to get my call-up number near the end of the candidate pool. The law states that anyone called up for jury duty must complete the juror questionnaire. I refused to fill it out because the website hosting the form was SQLi vulnerable and it was possible to get all the completed questionnaires. As it turns out the law states that while everyone must complete the juror questionnaire, if they don't, there are no criminal penalties. They'll simply be required to fill it out on paper at the court if their number is called up. If they refuse at that time then they can be held in contempt, but only after going in front of a judge to work out the issue. Out of practicality, the local court doesn't want to deal with individuals who failed to complete the questionnaire so they assign those individuals call-up numbers at the end of the queue. My name was fifth from the end and I was never called to serve. Your state and local laws may vary.