By Anonymous - 10/02/2015 23:32 - United States - Herndon

Today, I got a letter in the mail telling me to report for jury duty. The day that I have to show up is the day of my wedding. FML
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KhaleesiDannie 26

There are a million ways to get out of jury duty if push comes to shove just say you're racist...Even better if it's your own race so you got a little crazy going for you too haha

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19990231 29

Ditch it. Wedding is more important

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amourmourant 18

I got out of jury duty because I had class that week. You just need to call them and explain its your wedding. They'll probably delay it for a few months but then you can try to weasel your way out of it or do your civic duty.

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Namenlos_fml 20

Most jurisdictions allow you to defer jury duty for a few months. The summons should detail how to do it. Congratulations on the engagement!

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Incognico 22

Get a bigger wedding cake. It seems there will be at least another extra 20 guests or so

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itswhitneybitch 22

You can reschedule, you may still have to go to the courthouse that morning, though. I'd rather have teeth pulled than have jury duty, sorry you got picked!

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PennyLane27 32

You likely won't have to even go in, but make sure to ask.

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PennyLane27 32

After living in a town for ten years, I got summoned.....for the week I was moving out of state. Fortunately they were reasonable.

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defjamblaster 9

You're getting married on a Tuesday? Because surely there's no jury duty on a weekend.

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gal9128 14

If you're in the UK you can defer it for a maximum of a year. They will just give you a later date on a different trial. The two main reasons you can defer is if you have a holiday booked or surgery. I assume you have a honeymoon so you should be able to defer no problem.

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TheYoshiMan 12

If you paid attention to the FML, it says underneath that she's from Virginia, US.

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sdroze1389 31

everyone gets on free exemption a year, there should be a number on your summons you can call.

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ksks1234 33

Depending on the crime and state, the defendant has the ability to have a trial by a jury of peers. It is supposed to give the defendant more even footing by being judged by common people. It was set up so people would not be prosecuted/ persecuted unjustly.

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Dean__Winchester 16

Let's see.... pissed off bride or pissed off government - which is scarier and more ruthless to where Lucifer himself will go "That's freaking insane! Holy crap they do that??"? hmmmmmmm...... I vote you ditch jury duty and go to your wedding.

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Ilmoran 20

Or they could just read the notice in full, and follow the directions for rescheduling.

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militarybrat 21

Ditching jury duty is illegal. But quite easy to file for exempt especially for a wedding.

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