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You may be held in contempt of court and you can be fined for failing to respond to a jury service summons. What if the website or recording tells me I don't have to report?
All requests for excuse from jury service must be in writing. Excuse requests cannot be made over the phone or by e-mail. Requests for any reason should be made as soon as possible, and in any event, at least five days before the reporting date.
The judge and the attorneys ask jurors questions to determine if the jurors are free of bias (prejudice) or whether there is any other reason why any of them cannot be fair and impartial; this process is called voir dire.
Voir dire. (vwahr [with a near-silent "r"] deer) n. from French "to see to speak," the questioning of prospective jurors by a judge and attorneys in court.
Examination. n. 1) the questioning of a witness by an attorney. Direct examination is interrogation by the attorney who called the witness, and cross-examination is questioning by the opposing attorney.
Voir dire: Translated from the French, means 'to speak the truth. ' With regard to juries, it is the questioning that occurs in jury selection to decide whether the potential jurors may serve on the jury.
The judge and attorneys ask the potential jurors questions, general or related to the specific case before them, to determine their suitability to serve on the jury. This process is called voir dire, which typically results in some prospective jurors being excused, based on their answers, from serving in that trial.