Does being a veteran keep you from serving on a jury?

IMO because we are instilled with moral courage. We aren't swayed by emotions or fear when we know something's ate up. I've been corrected by an E4 when I was a Mortar PLT leader because something wasn't safe. He was right, and I'm glad he had the balls to tell me so.

It may be a local thing or it may have been for a trial where being a vet would give you a certain bias in that particular case. I was selected and then appointed Foreman. I know a couple of other vets that have served on jury duty as well.

I am still in a function of law enforcement that keeps me out of being selected not my veteran status.

As a defense attorney, I believe I can answer this in a lawyerly fashion: it depends. If the charge and facts are anything where the person should have just been following the rules and he would have been fine, then I don't want a veteran on the jury. If it is a situation where the guy exhibits a supreme lack of common sense such that he deserves what is coming to him, then I don't want a veteran on the jury. But, if the guy was doing what appeared to be normal behavior and circumstances conspired to put him in that position, then I would prefer to have a veteran due to their sense of fairness and understanding that there are times when the book doesn't cover every situation and exceptions need to be made.

John,

I have always registered to vote wherever I have lived. Not once has my name ever came close to being called for jury duty; however, like you I suspect I won't be selected even if called for jury duty. Not only do I suspect I would be disqualified because my 30 years of active duty but also because of my 10-1/2 years as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer! Too bad; if any one group of people who would make excellent jurors (as a group) it would be Veterans...

Thanks for your service.

I'm 46, retired, and have NEVER been called for jury duty...ever! Hum?

Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen, it is really beyond me; why you weren't selected to be on the jury. I really do not understand the correlation between a military back round, and serving on a jury. For one thing, you are a professional, and secondly you are a very high caliber leader.
I, for instance, probably could not serve on a jury, because of my service-connected disabilities.
-My Best, Margaret

Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen I was never called for jury duty. Of course,i lived "off the grid" for about 30years. Maybe that had something to do with it.

There was a point in Massachusetts when police Officers were exempt form jury duty but that changed and We did get called. It became a waste of time, it seems we were the fist challenged by the defense, (The prosecution didn't mind us being there). Its pretty hard to have a preconceived notion on guilt on innocence before hearing the case at all but it seems defense Attorney did exactly that on the challenge to Police Officers sitting as jurors. I did at one point actually get seated on a jury but it was a civil case not law enforcement related. In My case both My Military and civilian occupations were police and even my college Education was in Criminal Justice.

Not necessarily, but I plan to try talking to myself.