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Offences that won't get you out of jury duty in Ontario (www.ontario.ca)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Started reading up on this after receiving a jury summons and this list of minor offences that will not get you off the hook is fascinating! For example:

Possessing reproductive materials of cetaceans, except for licensed scientific research – Section 445.2(2)(c)

So… that whale penis they found in your fridge is not gonna cut it then? You must still serve on the jury?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Could it be that they're committing the crime after receiving the summons? Imagine the thought process.

Oh man, a summons! How do I get out of this?!? Maybe if I commit a crime? But it can't be anything too major. Don't wanna wind up on the receiving end of a jury trial! So no hard drug trafficking, for example. But maybe something a little more random and obscure? Like… like… whale sperm? Is there a black market for that?

And then it spreads by word of mouth.

"Dude, you got summoned? My cousin, he got out of it by trafficking whale sperm…"