Jury service - Page 3

~moxie~ · ‎08-13-2013

On 3/11/2014 Luv2Decorate said:
I've been called for jury duty 3 times. 1st time I was selected for a bank robbery gone bad where the teller was killed and manager was shot. That trial and deliberations lasted 2 weeks. The other times was for spouse abuse and the other was drunk driving were an auto accident occurred.

It's my duty as a citizen of the USA.

Can it be an inconvenience? yes, but I always go back to the thought "if not me, then who"? That's why I volunteer so much... "if not me, then who"?

Oh sure it is our civic duty. You have been called 3 times. I have been called over 20 times. I think I have done more than most.

LizAnne_1 · ‎04-29-2013

I understand where you're coming from Moxie. In this day and age you'd think there would be a better way to dispense civic duty more evenly.

Luv2Decorate · ‎03-12-2010

On 3/11/2014 ~moxie~ said:
On 3/11/2014 Luv2Decorate said:
I've been called for jury duty 3 times. 1st time I was selected for a bank robbery gone bad where the teller was killed and manager was shot. That trial and deliberations lasted 2 weeks. The other times was for spouse abuse and the other was drunk driving were an auto accident occurred.

It's my duty as a citizen of the USA.

Can it be an inconvenience? yes, but I always go back to the thought "if not me, then who"? That's why I volunteer so much... "if not me, then who"?

Oh sure it is our civic duty. You have been called 3 times. I have been called over 20 times. I think I have done more than most.

Have you served on any jury or are you in the holding room waiting to see if the case is actually going to trial? In Michigan we are on call for a length of time, I think it's for 3 or 4 days.

lulu2 · ‎03-09-2010

When I taught I was never called for jury duty. Since I retired I've been "called" 3 times. I've served twice, once for a week and once for 1 day.

jlkz · ‎12-02-2013

Been called to jury duty both for federal and county courts: have yet to make it to a panel. Disqualified several times because DH is a lawyer and once because a family member is/was a police officer. On the latter I was happy because the case would have forced me to watch some very pornagraphic evidence. Excitement: a fire drill during one of the interviews in judge's chamber. Most depressing: seeing who got called to serve on a panel where the individuals obviously would be out of their depths---financial partnership issues---and one instance where the person had tremendous difficulty hearing both judge and attorneys. It gives one pause when you hear ""a jury of one's peers"". Really.....??????

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
Sir Winston Churchill

gazelle77 · ‎03-01-2013

I told them I had no way of getting there and I would NOT take the bus period. If they sent a taxi I would go. Never heard from them again.....

maryebrown_1 · ‎09-14-2012

On 3/11/2014 jlkz said: Been called to jury duty both for federal and county courts: have yet to make it to a panel. Disqualified several times because DH is a lawyer and once because a family member is/was a police officer. On the latter I was happy because the case would have forced me to watch some very pornagraphic evidence. Excitement: a fire drill during one of the interviews in judge's chamber. Most depressing: seeing who got called to serve on a panel where the individuals obviously would be out of their depths---financial partnership issues---and one instance where the person had tremendous difficulty hearing both judge and attorneys. It gives one pause when you hear "a jury of one's peers". Really.....??????

I received the questionnaire for Federal and County courts twice, four months apart. I was living in FL (not my resident state) when I received the Federal one - I filled it out, and mailed it back to them. Two months after I returned home, I received the County questionnaire. I filled that one out, with my info (medical field and paralegal). I was not called; they don't want people w/ legal backgrounds on the jury...DH is in the engineering field. He has co-workers who have received the questionnaire. They weren't chosen for jury duty, probably because of their problem-solving mindset/training. There are many professions that almost "disqualify" a person from serving on a jury.

barrel racer · ‎03-13-2010

I liked jury duty in California & was on several juries. Plus I got a break from work for several days & still got paid. I have avoided it here the last seven years.

azterry! · ‎10-21-2011

I get called like clockwork every 18 months by Muni court, Superior Court and federal court.

I was selected for Federal Grand Jury service a couple of years ago. I served 3 days per month for 18 months. Fortunately once you actually serve on a jury, you are excused from further service here for 24 months. I've been called for Muni Court and Superior Court since my Grand Jury Service and got excused. I'm excused until 12/2014.

I have some legal background which usually means I don't get picked for Muni or Superior Court. Not the case with Federal. We had several people with legal backgrounds on our panel.

I'm just one of those people who come up on rotation very frequently. Several of my friends seldom if never get picked.

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

Where I live in NJ you need to walk to the bus to get to the train, transfer to the first train and transfer again to a second train and walk again to the court house and still not be there at the time they tell you to be there.

Round trip fare is more than double the $5 daily allotment (for the first three days).

They don't care.....