[murron]

In our jurisdiction, if you have a child under 5, you are automatically excused.

[Billthedrill]

Exactly. One of the juries I ended up serving on was a "there but for the grace of God go I" case and we acquitted, but I was thinking the entire time, "What if that were me and I was looking over at a jury full of deadbeats and freaks?" Well, OK, technically they would be my peers... ;-)