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)©

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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    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…”