Jury Duty

[Pete03GLS]

i got the papers in the mail a few days ago, and my mom says i shud reply n say i cant do it because im polish, aka not a US Citizen. but, if so, then why did i receive the summoning in the first place? dont they have this in their system??

i kinda wanna do it, atleast once, who knows, maybe itll be some super epic trial and i can be a part of it! lol

wat do u guys think i shud do? go n try to do it, or just get out of it?

[Deviant]

12 Angry Men

[SuperGLS]

12 Angry Men

Awesome movie (and book too I've heard).

Be sure it's not a scam thing, I've heard of those.

I'd go. I think it'd be a cool experience.

[Tommy]

i got the papers in the mail a few days ago, and my mom says i shud reply n say i cant do it because im polish, aka not a US Citizen. but, if so, then why did i receive the summoning in the first place? dont they have this in their system??

i kinda wanna do it, atleast once, who knows, maybe itll be some super epic trial and i can be a part of it! lol

wat do u guys think i shud do? go n try to do it, or just get out of it?


Explains a lot...





OW... BURN



jfwy


Thats actually a pretty good question. Here, you cant get jury duty until you're registered to vote. Obviously not the case with you. Id still go. Ive been twice, its an interesting experience.

[Pete03GLS]

my moms gotten these b4, n gets out by saying she doesnt speak english/ shes not a us citizen.

im gonna try n find out exactly wat the deal is, n if i CAN do it. i will.

[evan938]

if youre not a citizen, why the **** are you here? either youre here legally, either being born here, or getting your papers to be here legally, or get the **** out until you are legal.

i was just thinking about this again...

if youre not a citizen, what the **** makes you think it would be a good idea to go and tell THE COURTS your not a citizen? you think theyre gonna say "oh ok, no jury duty, go back home" or "oh ok, no jury duty, hang on here while we call INS"??

[Tommy]

if youre not a citizen, why the **** are you here? either youre here legally, either being born here, or getting your papers to be here legally, or get the **** out until you are legal.

i was just thinking about this again...

if youre not a citizen, what the **** makes you think it would be a good idea to go and tell THE COURTS your not a citizen? you think theyre gonna say "oh ok, no jury duty, go back home" or "oh ok, no jury duty, hang on here while we call INS"??



you're an idiot.

[Pete03GLS]

tommy, i never thought id say this... but THANK YOU!

[Tommy]

just call it like i see it.

[KeWLKaT]

Yeah how are you living there without papers? I mean, you're a citizen, but not a ''born citizen''?

Here you can be a ''permanent resident'' if you're an immigrant.

[Pete03GLS]

yea, im a legal resident, just not a US citizen. i can take the class n ****, n if i pass the test i can b a us citizen. so ya, im an immigrant.

[rusto85]

The residency thing works as a non permanent solution to being in the U.S. legally. However it expires in like 10 years or something like that. Right now to be able to take the test it is about $600+....my mom just took it and passed. She'll be a citizen pretty soon....the government does this swear in thing....I'm still a resident....I'm not eligible yet to become a citizen...I believe it is until I turn 21 for some odd reason. oh well....ah also the residency thing can be renewed, so actually people don't have to become citizens to stay here as long as they want. Just no voting privileges.

[bdiggy]

Pete, jury duty blows! I had it in New Britain and was selected for a bank robbery trial. Fing boring dude! If you're not selected, you sit in a room and watch crappy videos until they tell you to go home.

[SuperGLS]

you're an idiot.

Well said.

[CornbreadXD]

are you sure the paper was to be on the jury or a subpoena for you to be tried? you could always tell them your going to be out of the country during that time and won't be able to make it i guess. hopefully a black tahoe won't be sitting outside your house