Whatever it is, I hope you will have the courage to serve the country by just show up, and go though jury selection questionnaires, if they find you unfit to be jury, they won't have problem excuse you. That is how it works, but asking for excuse before actually go in court room and find out about the case is somewhat not acceptable. What if the case is something you can give fair trial and that opportunity would be forever lost. It is entirely up to you.
For example what if the defendant is actually Deaf, you don't know that person, but no Deaf juror willing to hear the case, how can Deaf defendant get fair trial? All hearing jurors which could easily oppressed that defendant, just because he/she is Deaf and may end up giving that defendant unfair trial. It is pretty much like… will the black female with ugly teeth, overweight, and so on accused of x number of charges get fair trial if all jurors are young white male, and is living on high salary, while the rest of prospective jurors finds way to get excused from serve the duty?
Diversity is key to fair trial.
