A 99 year old woman is being threatened with charges for skipping Jury Duty
By Methodless
@Methodless (882)
Canada
January 22, 2023 10:36pm CST
Full story here:
It seems she is in 24 hour care and was incapable of responding to the original summons.
I think this is nuts. People where I am ignore summons with impunity. I'm sure mistakes happen, but this went far enough to get media attention to it. Anybody else see something like this before?
The summons was delivered first to Marion Lenko's seniors’ residence. Then in December, it was sent to her son-in-law's home in Beaconsfield, Que., an on-island Montreal suburb. She was expected to to appear for selection earlier this month.
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@Deepizzaguy (94734)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Jan 23
I know that in Louisiana if a person is a senior citizen and not able to answer jury duty summons, they are not punished by the courts.
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@Methodless (882)
• Canada
23 Jan 23
I think that's fair
Personally, I would be OK with the threshold being age 75 or 80, but yeah, at 85 or 90, I'd have them purged from the list anyway.
I live one province over and people just ignore jury summons
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@Deepizzaguy (94734)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Jan 23
@Methodless In Louisiana if I miss a jury duty assignment, I would be in deep trouble with the parish officials.
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@Methodless (882)
• Canada
24 Jan 23
@Deepizzaguy That's how it should be. It's just poorly enforced where I am.
It is your Civic Duty
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@Methodless (882)
• Canada
23 Jan 23
I'm expecting that now that the story has media coverage, it will be dropped
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@LadyDuck (458730)
• Switzerland
23 Jan 23
@Methodless - I hope too, what is happening is insane.
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