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

(knock on wood ) i havent had a jury summons since i got out of the army in 2012 thats a long time in this little town

I served twenty years in the Army. I sat on several Court Martial Boards while I was in. During my time in service, and for the past 11 years since retirement, I have never been called for jury duty. I believe that I should have, but never have.

I was called for jury duty, wasn't disqualified. Also, no one in that town knew me nor I them lol

Add that to the 5.5 years of being a maximum security correctional officer and its a recipe for 0 calls for jury duty.

I was called a couple of years ago. The defendant was a 50 year old man accused of domestic violence. My veteran status never came up but when they asked me if I would be able to overlook prior convictions for domestic battery and deal with just the facts of this case I said probably not. If a man is 50 and has never been accused or convicted of domestic battery I'd have to hear the facts but if he has been convicted in the past, I don't believe people change after adolescence. Once a wife beater always a wife beater. They said I could go.

I served on a Grand Jury and on a Petit Jury, I dont remember them asking me about being a veteran. I felt that it was my duty to serve as both a civilian and a veteran.

I am a retired Master Sergeant and have been on Jury Duty three times since I retired in 1997. First was a County Court issue that was settled before trial. One was as an alternate for a State Court trial and the last was on a Federal Grand Jury. I would think it had more to do with case itself than your veteran status. Some cases naturally go against what most Military Veterans believe in and may make you prejudiced to the case at hand so we get eliminated. the nature of the beast.

It just seems to me (in my county anyway) that almost all cases are plea bargained anymore. It costs to much money to go to trial so guilty individuals get off with just a very small portion of the sentence they deserve usually. It really bothers me that criminals get off lightly because a city, county, state, or federal court can't even afford what attorneys charge today.

It would seem this is a common thing and here I thought it was just my shining personality. I was called to just duty when I was just fresh out of the military and to top it off I was working in the prison system. I was called and asked a few questions and then we went on break....they didn't boot me right away, I actually guess I looked promising to them. We come back from break and they find out I was military, then added I worked at a prison....out the door I went.

I was called for jury duty a couple of times. One was before I went into the military. I was seated on that one. It was a civil case.

The second one was six years ago. I was a vet from active duty and was currently in the reserves.
The first lawyer asked where I worked: the VA. Was I in the military? What did I do in the military? Social worker. You literally could see both sides brains smoking trying to figure out just how I'd be- bleeding heart or hard nose. I kept my "therapist face." (I've seen or heard everything. Nothing will surprise me).
I didn't on that jury-criminal case.

I was called for another civil case that week. I got seated for that one.