Can I be kicked off a jury?
There are many reasons why you still might get kicked off the jury, and that's why they usually have a couple of alternate jurors that they pick as well. If it's a jury of twelve, they may have fourteen people to serve on the jury, and those other two people will be sitting there listening as well. And here's some reasons you could get kicked off the jury: you consistently fall asleep when you should be listening to the testimony, you fail to show up on time to listen to the facts of the case, you show up inebriated, you appear to not be competent to follow what's going on in the courtroom, either you're constantly looking around and fiddling with your hair and chewing gum or you have a palm pilot you're playing with all the time or you're always texting your friends. There are many reasons you can be kicked off. Or and we're assuming you told the truth here, and they're not kicking you off because you said anything dishonest during voir dire, they may decide, after further investigating your background which they may still be doing after you've been seated on the jury, that there are circumstances in your background which you may not even be aware of, would probably disqualify you, but they decide that you may be uncomfortable trying to render a verdict in this case for some reason. And they may even discuss it with you. The judge may discuss it with you, but they still may ... I hate to say they're kicking you off the jury, but they're excusing you from that jury and replacing you with an alternate because they don't think that you can serve.
