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[quote=Anonymous]There is no space to ask for an exemption for vacation or travel plans. Additionally, I'm expecting and because my employer is small they offer no paid maternity leave, so I'm saving up my leave for maternity leave (which will probably end up having to be much shorter than three months as it is, due to finances). (my vacation was going to be taken between duty days and was a gift, so not expensive).

I've done jury duty 6 times in my 14 years here in DC, so please don't remind me of my civic duty - with each time I do it I get more and more convinced that we need a volunteer jury system and this compulsory bullshit is for the birds. I'm filled with resentment and I'm really upset. This is a real burden. I understand I can REQUEST a deferral but I won't know until 10 days before the service is supposed to start - how am I supposed to plan around that? If I don't cancel now, we'll lose all of our deposits, but this will literally be my only chance to go somewhere this summer.

On the other hand, I'm worried that if I do defer somehow, they'll call me back when I have a small child and force me to use their childcare or something. (The last time I was called, I had an 18 month old, and the fact that I was working part time to spend time with my child was NOT allowed as an excuse - I was told to come or else. :(

What can I do? Is deferring just basically asking for jury duty when I have a tiny baby? Or can you defer within a certain period of time, like say, just put it off for two months?

Any lawyers on these boards know of any realistic proposals for jury duty reform? Why don't these go anywhere - is it because elected officials are exempt? [/quote]

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