jury duty
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jury duties
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Beginning in 2028, Californians older than 80 will be able to opt out of jury duty permanently without documentation from a healthcare provider.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Authorities warn they won’t call you to threaten arrest or demand money over missed jury duty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
One in three even admitted to accidentally breaking the law by neglecting important responsibilities, like missing jury duty.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Supreme Court determined that excluding women from jury duty “violates the requirement that a jury be drawn from a fair cross-section of the community.”
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2025
But a man who reads the newspapers, or has done his turn at jury duty in Criminal Sessions, cannot be ignorant of the desperate acts to which now and again it drives men and women.
From We Three by Henry Hutt
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