From what I saw of the judges I had, they were not pleasant to the jurors that tried to get off jury duty. The only ones they excused was a mom with two kids that needed special care, and a man who was very hard of hearing, and this was out of 100. The ones that said their employer couldn't do without them, the judge said let's bring your employer here and let him/her hear me tell them why you can be excused, give the info how to contact your employer to this nice gentleman right there. Next! The company I worked for gave me time off with pay, they did for all jury duty employees. Said paperwork cost more to deduct the jury pay then it was to just pay for the day. I never was asked if I was opposed to the death penalty, or if I had issues about race, religion, or other things they ask on tv. I was asked my work history and family background. If the lawyers wanted you on the jury you got picked.