During the jury-selection questioning by both sides for criminal cases, I usually tell them (truthfully) that I was an Army officer who sat on many courts-martial cases, and that I've come to feel that no case goes to trial unless the trying agency is certain that the defendant did indeed commit the offense---this gets the attorney for the defense to pre-emptorily dismiss me.
For civil/law suit cases, I mention how upset I am that I have to sit through a trial just so some plaintiff can try and squeeze some money out of some defendant; then, I rant about lawyers clogging up the court and citizen's time with their frivilous money-making baloney law suits! Plaintiff attorneys then ask for me to be excused from that case!
Dave
