How about that!

[Vorpal]

I too got a jury duty mail a couple of years ago. The county office pulls up the drivers license data base. I promptly informed them in writing I am not a US citizen and received an exemptionl letter.

That said many of my immigrant collegues (most of whom have PhDs) never got selected for jury duty. The defense lawyers do not want a rational highly educated person sitting in the jury stand!! The would rather have an average God fearing church going old lady or something like that. But if you are anything but that, well you are not selected!

So, if you don't want to serve make sure that the defense lawyers understand that you are a rational person and not taken in by theatrics and emotions.

One of the partners at my prior place of employment told me that he never gets selected for jury duty because he is a registered Republican.

 

[atlraj]

My story

Being a PR also I was called in for Jury duty twice in last four years.
First one was little bit difficult because I was sitting in for two weeks and second one was for two hours.
I mentioned in my app that I was not a citizen and they did not care to look into my application and when I got to court they asked if I were leagal to stay and work I said "yes" and asked about my higher education in US and thats it, I was a official Juror this is in cook county Illinois.

 

[TheRealCanadian]

the fact that I indicated permanent residence status and was still summoned to the juror interview suggests that the potential juror pool in New York is rather shallow.

If I was an attorney in a case where a non-citizen was on the jury, I'd be smiling to myself all through the trial knowing that I had instant grounds for appeal if I lost.

 

[Vorpal]

If I was an attorney in a case where a non-citizen was on the jury, I'd be smiling to myself all through the trial knowing that I had instant grounds for appeal if I lost.

Not only that, but such a case would have a distinct possibility of going all the way to Supreme Court AND making national headlines.