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

They would rather use people that aren't smart enough to get out of jury duty, to make a decision on a persons fate.

Been in the Jury Pool three times:

1st for a Civil case suing an insurance company -- was asked if I had ever hurt anyone were I replied that I was a combat vet and yes. Dismissed

2nd time for a capital murder case where the prosecuting attorney asked me if I could sentence a man to death, my replie was that if I found him guilty I would bring the rope and chair. Dismissed.

3rd time was never called out of the pool.

I think that veterans hold values dearly. Much more dearly than most civilians do. Under the UCMJ we could be punished for things that civilians laugh off as old fashioned. They, the lawyers were afraid that you would follow the letter of the law and not the fabrications of the lawyers.

Whenever I've been called I've been dismissed, but that's because I was a lawyer: the last thing anybody -- I mean anybody, either side -- wants on a jury. I've never seen anyone dismissed because they were a veteran. In fact, I've never seen that status come up unless, of course, it had some pertinence to the case.

(P.S. Whenever my wife gets called, I tell her if she doesn't want to serve, she should just sit there with her knitting and repeat the word, "Guillotine . . . guillotine" over and over, punctuated by a crazed chuckle.)

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say because they are to be tried by a jury of thier peers.

I'm of the opinion that by swearing the oath and serving honorably we are therefore superior.

I have servered on Grand Jury, my military status was never asked.

I served jury duty on a robbery case, after I told them I was an Air Force security police veteran. The defendant was found guilty. I was also the only African American Male on the jury. The defendant was also AA.

No it doesn't keep you from serving on a jury. I just spent nine days on a Special Criminal Grand Jury for the State of California and was also elected as the jury foreman. I was the last alternate to be called into the box and was asked the same questions everyone else was asked and even mentioned I was a 20 year veteran and was thanked for my service by both the Deputy Attorney General and the judge. In the long run 13 of us brought back indictments on 6 individuals that also ended up being issued arrest warrants and bonds set at $4.5M for each of them on 181 counts in the indictment.

Considering it's a lawyer's duty to get his client a vote of not guilty. Veterans are less likely to fall for a "boo hoo poor me story." and are less likely to have a no tolerance policy for drama inside the courtroom.

I've only been called once, it was out in California. The court would not excuse me just because I was on Active duty, though I was eventually not selected. I read the comments others have posted, and wonder if you are asked about military service more often in counties tgat tend to lean more left in politics?