>>>The world has gone crazy. I was pulled into the jury pool, and actually had to go swim in the jury pool for three days. I even went to a court to sit for a few minutes of the voir dire. How many people think a defense atty would let me get selected for a jury?
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>>I can't see you getting chosen for a criminal trial, but for a civil trial, maybe.
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>Are law enforcement exes even eligible, civil or criminal? I thought some professions were specifically excluded.

When we were near the end of our freshperson year, someone brought up a story, probably an urban legend, that in the UK you can't be a juror if you're a mathematician for more than ten years.

Then one guy asks "but why", and we all agree he'd be ineligible immediately, just because he had to ask.