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How To Get Off A Jury

By USLaw.com

A juror was permitted to leave a jury after having another juror performed the Heimlich manuveur to remove lunch from her throat. Though the women did not require emergency ambulance transport, she was permitted by the judge to skip the remaining deliberations. Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 23(b)(3) "permit[s] a jury of 11 persons to return a verdict, even without a stipulation by the parties, if the court finds good cause to excuse a juror."

HACK: To get out of difficult jury deliberation, choke on your lunch.

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Full post as published by Law Hacks on March 07, 2008 (boomark / email).