Quote Originally Posted by Breukelen advocaat
Unless you have a good reason, like medical problems, you can't get out of jury duty in New York City. People that start making outrageous statements are often not released for a long time, even if they don't get selected for a jury trial.

Next time I get called, I'm going to try to get a doctor's note saying that I'm not capable of serving due to illness.
Out of curiosity why would you want to get out of it?

I can think of reasons why people may not want too, and it may apply to you also. As I said I'm just curious.