You Music hi, this is my caver, thank you for asking me. Is anyone disqualified from serving as a juror in Florida? The answer is yes. In Florida, certain individuals and even some groups of people are automatically disqualified from jury service. Others have legal cause to ask to be excused from jury service, although, if you have permissible, as opposed to mandatory disqualifications, then the judge is going to have discretion as to whether or not to excuse you for cause. Some people will simply be excused either because a lawyer is exercising the right to strike someone or because it's apparent that they're incapable of fulfilling their obligations of being a fair, unbiased, and open-minded juror who's going to listen to the evidence, apply the law to the evidence, and not be swayed by anything other than their legal duty. Florida Statute forty point zero one three spells out the list of persons that are automatically disqualified and must be excused from jury service. In summary, this includes anybody being prosecuted at that time, any convicted felon who has not had their rights restored, the governor, the cabinet, the clerk of court, judges, cops of any variety, anyone with any interest in the case, expectant mothers, and non-full-time employed custodial parents of children under the age of six. You may, but you will not necessarily, be excused from jury service if you are a practicing lawyer or doctor, if you're physically infirm, if you can show either a hardship, extreme instability, extreme that particular service, or to be permanently removed from jury service. You can also be excused if you suffer from a provable mental illness, intellectual disability, senility, or any other physical or mental incapacity, or if you're responsible for such a person and you're their primary caretaker....
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