... whole country. There are categories of people, who cannot serve on a jury and are therefore ineligible, E.g. judges, magistrates, lawyers, police, prison warders and others connected with the administration of justice; the clergy, the mentally ill. EXCUSED Other categories are eligible but in practice are automatically excused: members of the Armed Forces, MP's, peers of the realm, doctors, nurses and others in the medical field, and anyone can be excused because of particular personal circumstances, e.g. the blind or deaf, mothers with very small children, people running one man businesses, holiday, student taking examinations etc. DISCHARGE Where there is some doubt about a potential juror's capacity to serve because of e.g. deafness, language problems, the judge can discharge the person under Section 41 Criminal Justice & Public Order Act 1994. Media attention was drawn to this issue in 1999 when a deaf person, Mr. McWhinney was discharged. Mr. McWhinney wished to fulfill his role as ...

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