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You can only be summoned for jury duty once every 3 years. If you receive another summons within the next 3 years, you'll need to provide this certificate to be disqualified. You can prove this in one of 3 ways.

The judge instructs the jury that their vote must be unanimous and that, if found guilty, the boy will face the death penalty. Cut to the jury room where the story takes place. An anonymous vote is taken where all the jurors vote guilty, save one...

The jury must follow directions of law stated by the judge and take into account any warning given as to particular aspects of the evidence. Each juror is to act in ance with the oath or affirmation made at the start of the trial to give ?a true verdict in ance with the evidence?.

The judge will advise the jury that it is the sole judge of the facts and of the credibility (believability) of witnesses. He or she will note that the jurors are to base their conclusions on the evidence as presented in the trial, and that the opening and closing arguments of the lawyers are not evidence.

What you should wear. There is no specific dress code for jury duty, but you should avoid clothing that's excessively casual, revealing, or in bad condition. If you're impaneled on a case, the judge may give you additional instructions on what to wear to court.

Prospective jurors are selected at random from the resident lists supplied to the OJC every year by each of the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts. All of a judicial district's resident names are combined into a large database, where they're randomly shuffled by a computer program.