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People who are surreptitiously barred from serving on juries wouldn't have the opportunity to explain themselves. There might have been a good reason to hide or to allow the post, even if that reason didn't occur to the admins. Alternatively, it might have been the juror who was ignorant. I saw this kind of misunderstanding with a response of "Cool story, bro." The DUer who wrote that meant it literally, as praise, but the other person took umbrage because s/he was aware of the Urban Dictionary definition by which it's meant sarcastically. Similarly, a juror might have gotten confused between two politicians or two websites with similar names.

I understand your point that a few people who are barred might even brag about it. To my mind, though, that's a price worth paying. Notice and an opportunity to be heard have been considered essential to good decisionmaking for many centuries now. It's a matter of fairness but it also helps prevent some bad decisions.