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AmericanWannabe

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My wife got a jury summon, asking her to appear in the courts Nov 29
and also completed a questionnnaire. She did the questionaire on-line.
One of teh question is "Are you a citizen?" She of course said NO.

But would a NO answer automatically remove her responsibility
to go to the court or she would have to go physically and then
in person answer NO if the same question is asked again?


This is a good reason why we need to become citizens.
It would be fun to sit on jury seat and think someone's
fate is in your hands.
 
JoeF said:
Yes. A No on that question immediately removes the person out of the jury pool. No need to go to the court.
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Is it OK to proceed to other questions and answering Yes/NO independetly of citizen question. The online questionnaire does not stop at Question No 2
(citizenship) and you can submit only after you complete whole
questionnaire.


There is a question "Do you think anything can prevent you from being a fair juror". Can a nonciztizen say "No" even if the noncitizenship actually
prevent one from even being a juror"
 
JoeF said:
Why even bother with any online questionnaire? Just mark the one important checkbox on the paper form, send it back, and be done with it... Why going the complicated route?
I have done that multiple times (here in CA, they get the addresses from the DMV, so whenever you get a new car, move, etc., you get a jury duty summons.)
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Well, even the hardcopy of the questionnnaire does not say Stop if
you check NO on the citizenship question. Maybe the law says you
have to answer all questions.

I am not sure if the original spirit of the jury idea is to include
all residents including noncitizens. No clause of the constitution
say Jurors should be citizens only.

Does the military law also ban noncitizen soldiers from become
a juror in a militray trial?
 
If you are not a citizen you WILL NOT be allowed to sit as a juror.
Just check off non-citizen and mail it back like JoeF says.
 
You will have to provide a copy of your passport as proof that you are a non-citizen. That's what I had to do (about 4 years back). They won't just take your word for it (since everyone hates doing it).
 
tarantula said:
You will have to provide a copy of your passport as proof that you are a non-citizen. That's what I had to do (about 4 years back). They won't just take your word for it (since everyone hates doing it).
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What is the penalty for a US citizen who claim he is not a US citizen?
 
AmericanWannabe said:
What is the penalty for a US citizen who claim he is not a US citizen?
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It depends on circumstances. If someone claims he/she is not citizens to avoid jury summon, he can face fine and jail-time. Amount and time vary state to state. In California the jury summon notice clearly states about penalty.
 
If a military guy serving active duty is exemp, then it means it
only applies to civilian courts. The military court can be formed
on battle grounds and they may not find enough jurors
if too many green card soldiers are around. So maybe
in military courts, they can use noncitizens as jurors.
 
AmericanWannabe said:
If a military guy serving active duty is exemp, then it means it
only applies to civilian courts. The military court can be formed
on battle grounds and they may not find enough jurors
if too many green card soldiers are around. So maybe
in military courts, they can use noncitizens as jurors.
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I don't think Military court has jurors.
 
Apollo_13 said:
I don't think Military court has jurors.
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I don't know for sure but I watch "JAG" on CBS a lot. At least
in TV, they have jurors. It seems Private England was convicted
by jurors.

Noncitizens can not be officers by law but on battlegrounds,
sometimes senior officers can promote a Sergent to
a lieutenent under exigent situation. As it happens
in that nove The Logest Day, a colonel told a sergent
"Like it or not, you are a leutenent now". If the
sergeant is not a citizen, can he say "Sorry, I am
not a citizen" and decline the offer?
 
JoeF said:
Don't assume what you see in movies or TV shows or read in novels is accurate. This is entertainment, not documentary.
There are military juries. In fact, the England case had 5 jury members. It is not quite clear to me how they are selected, but they are officers of the military, and I remember reading somewhere that they are selected by their superiors. I have no idea if that's true, though.
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I think they can be non-commissioned officers. And a noncitizen can be
a non-commissioned officer.
 
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