Jury duty, schmury duty

By michelle | Posted on May 13, 2009 | Filed Under Unbelievable Legal Stories 


I have been asked before how to get out of jury duty and I really hate that question.  If you can’t get out of it before you get summoned, you’ll be sworn under oath and you really should just tell the truth.  

I was going to title this post, “How not to avoid jury duty,” because I could have sworn this man got cited with contempt, but he did get out of jury duty!

You have to read this (Source: thesmokinggun.com).

According to The Smoking Gun, the affidavit is written by Erik Slye, who is 36 years old and wrote it with the assistance of his wife.  The affidavit did not help Slye avoid court – he still had to show up – and the judge was sure to threaten him with jail for his beyond rude affidavit when he did appear in front of the judge.  Slye apologized and got out of jury duty!

Slye’s affidavit states: “Apparently you morons didn’t understand me the first time.  I CANNOT take time off from work.  I’m not putting my familys [sic] well being at stake to participate in this crap.  I don’t believe in our ‘justice’ system and I don’t want to have a goddam [sic] thing to do with it.  Jury duty is a complete waste of time.  I would rather count the wrinkles on my dogs balls than sit on a jury.  Get it through your thick skulls.  Leave me the f**k alone.”

Slye’s wife claims she wrote it.  Maybe she did.  Or maybe after all the press her husband got, she wanted a little of her own, or this was her way of protecting him from being cited with contempt.  I’m no handwriting expert but the handwriting in the signature line is different than the rest of the affidavit.

I do know that if either of them appear in front of the judge for anything else, they better watch it.

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