It seems alot of people hate it and try to get out of it. I think it would be interesting to see how a courtroom plays out firsthand and see how the law works.
shareYeah, I don't get why people act like they can't stand jury duty. I never been picked but you don't have to go to work and finally your decision havi g real meaning to society.
shareDo you get paid to be on jury duty? It's probably not much as if you were working your regular job. That's probably one of the reasons people try to get out of it.
shareA call to the witness stand would be much more exciting, if you ask me. I'd love to get up there with that smug "I haven't done anything wrong" attitude. 🤘
shareIt’s something like 17 dollars a day, but your work has to pay you the difference I believe.
I was on a rape trial back in college and it lasted 4 days and we were sequestered overnight during deliberations
I was called for jury duty once again this past February. It seems to have become an annual occurrence for me, for several years in a row now. It's annoying because I'm essentially in limbo for 4-6 weeks, unsure if I actually have to report until the evening before the trial. One case I was called for was a high profile murder. I actually wanted to serve on that jury.
shareI've been called twice.
The first time I was very young (21) so it felt kind of exciting but it was only a Union dispute ..Union versus Corporation.
The 2nd time called I was excused.
In my state you get paid a flat $25 per day whether you're there for 2 to 4 hours just waiting around to be called or 8 hours where you actually might be doing something. Same pay..
It's usually not that interesting anyway and there's always that feeling of a lot of wasted time being commonly accepted by anyone you come in contact with.
And you never really want to be called to the most exciting trials or you might be sequestered for months and your life hi-jacked.
No. Never been called up for it. Probably because I can't be relied on to do as I'm told.
Called up three times, served once, on a Grand Jury. Grand Juries are 23 people and for felony cases only, not misdemeanors. Not all states have a Grand Jury system, for example in California it is a preliminary hearing in front of a judge. It was a month-long duty and pretty interesting. We heard 1-3 cases per day and in all that time we only voted once to let someone go. The rest go to to a petit jury (a regular jury) for trial but we had nothing to do with that part. I got a six year exemption from having to serve on another jury.
The other two times: 1. Waited all day and my name was never called. I think I got a two year exemption for just showing up. 2. Was called into a room with other people and questioned by the attorneys. I wasn't picked. Again got a two-year exemption.
Sat there for a week and didn't get called. Boring.
shareI've been called twice. The first time I was on-call for a month, had to call in each evening to find out if I had to report to the courthouse, but was never required to show up in person.
The second time I did have to report to the courthouse. Waited around for several hours for the case to start, but the defendant was a no-show, so those of us selected for the case were released from the rest of our "term."
What I can't figure out is why some people are summoned multiple times, yet others have never been called. All three of my children have been called. Two were excused because they had moved out of state (away at school). My daughter was on-call for three months. Hers was a county with a smaller population (no major metro area), so maybe that's why - a smaller pool to draw from. She never had to actually show up - just call every evening. I thought that was an awfully long time to be in limbo over whether you'd be able to work the next day or head to the courthouse.