Several ways:
Choose as applicable;
1. I am the only ‘bread winner’ in the family.
2. My job doesn’t pay for jury duty.
3. My invalid spouse needs constant care.
4. I am a single mother of a preschooler.
5. I have no transportation / driver’s license.
6. I am a convicted felon.
7. This guy is guilty as hell!.................
8. I am a big RUSH Limbaugh and Trump fan.
#8
I wear my “you’ll have to pry my gun from my cold dead hands” T shirt to court. 😁
In MA, it’s one day/one trial.
Must of the common excuses will get you laughed at.