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

I have been out for 5 years and have never been even requested to serve on jury duty. I thought no vets did lol. So this is all news to me.

Perhaps I will start a "little" experiment when I take psychology. The setup would be simple; label group A, "veterans" and group B will be control. Then, I observe the differences in how each group is treated.

Not even being a lawyer kept me from serving as a juror.

I have served multiple times now on juries here in Mobile Alabama. Once for a shooting of a man that did not kill him. And another of a accident at a plant where a man got injured.

It really might, depending on the issue at bar. Don't take it personally, and it isn't discrimination--it's intelligent jury selection.

The prosecution in a criminal trial would love to have you there, but also knows your presence couldve grounds for an appeal. The defense would prefer a jury full of single mothers and felons--you're neither.

In a civil trial, neither side wants you there. Plaintiffs attorneys will possibly believe your response to their client will be "suck it up", while defense lawyers are worried your sense of right and wrong doesn't extend to insurance companies.

Either way you've got too many cons as a juror and both sides can strike a number of jurors without cause, and an unlimited number for cause.

I think you might be mistaking the normal course of legal proceedings for discrimination.

One other group eliminated before you even get to be selected are those who fall into the ENTP (like myself) INTP,INTJ,ENTP groupings on the Myers Briggs. The questionnaire they have you fill out that is rather MB'ish in its line of questioning If filled out truthfully gets you a quick ticket home... do like I did and answering give yourself the appearance of being a mindless drone who will listen to only testimony inject no matter how illogical it is and make decisions from the heart not head and you can fake your way onto or nearly onto a jury. This means the jury you get to select from was preselected before you got to make a decision from the group of people who would be the most unbiased and logical people to put on a jury.

Talk about loading the die.

Many veterans such as myself are a bit emotionless. We are not easily persuaded but are great at persuading others. Long story short a veterans verdict will win or it will be a hung jury.

Honestly, I am not sure if it does or does not keep you from being chosen during the selection process. However, this does pose an interesting question. I was medically discharged after an incident in Iraq. Since 2006, I have been called to serve on jury duty three times and it seems like shortly after they hear I am a veteran, I am dismissed. This is very interesting indeed.

served on a county jury and on a Grand jury - the question never was asked. Of course this was in No.VA. so there are a whole lot of us here.

Personally I feel like more military personnel retired or active should participate in jury duty, just because we have a somewhat better understanding when it comes to specific aspects of certain issues that may come up in a court room, I feel as though just like with the police force we are not chosen for jury duty because we have bias opinions on certain subjects.