• uniquely-ironic said on Jan 05, 2009....

  as big a pain as it is, I serve if I'm called.  I haven't been chosen as a juror and probably never will with my familiarity with law enforcement and medical field stuff.  I'm a defense lawyers worst nightmare.

• beyondtheveil said on Jan 05, 2009....

  ET- First of all, I'm pissed at anyone who threatens me with a jail term when I haven't done anything, so its bad news from the beginning. I can usually fill out the paper work to where they don't want me. Civic duty my ass, I'd rather shovel horse dung off the streets.
  
  With all the bad attitudes though, when people (even me) sit on a jury, they take it very seriously and pay close attention for the most part. And they also take very seriously the decision. That's what I've noticed anyway.
  
  (Five dollars? We get many times that.)
  

• evil_twin said on Jan 05, 2009....

  uniquely--I don't think anyone would want me on their jury just because of my attention span. And I have other reasons why they'd probably never choose me too. So I kind of knew I'd never get chosen if I made it that far. Thankfully!
  
  beyond--I don't really think it's fair they force people to do this. There are obviously a lot of people who don't mind doing it, so they should be the ones who get to do it. I don't think it should be required for anyone to have to do it, or get sent to jail. I just checked my jury handbook and I was wrong. It's not $5 a day. It's $15. But let's just say I make quite a bit more than that at my job.
  

• Fallyn said on Jan 06, 2009....

  I've been summoned for sometime in March
  my brother in law was summoned at the same time....but he got disqualified before he even started
  
  a. he's not a citizen.
  b. he moved out of the county.
  c. i can't remember the third reason.....but it was an automatic disqualification.
  
  anyway, regular trials don't bore me too badly....and i don't have a job to be missing.....so....*shrug* i guess it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
  

• Fallyn said on Jan 06, 2009....

  ET, as for forcing people to do this......it's supposed to be a jury of your peers......if only people who WANTED to serve on a jury were to serve on a jury.......trials would be horribly biased.

• evil_twin said on Jan 06, 2009....

  fallyn--I'm glad you don't find trials boring. I just don't have any real interest in that sort of thing and I find it too hard to concentrate. But I don't actually even understand the jury of your 'peers' thing. Does that mean people your same age and stuff? Because this room was full of people that seemed to be aged from 18-70. So I'm not sure I actually even understand any of that. But I'd still be a bad juror since I wouldn't really want to do it. I know someone else could do it better.

• silver_phoenix said on Jan 06, 2009....

  e_t: i got jury duty exactly a year ago and my name got called first day. i went into the courtroom and was told i'd have to come back the next day--selection was to begin. that was a monday. i was still in the jury box friday (jury selection involves sooo many freakin questions!) friday i was told to come back monday. luckily i was dismissed monday afternoon. i got paid $11 a day (not counting day 1 though). it was a good thing i didn't have any classes and i didn't have a job at that time though (but i was actively seeking employment). i hope i don't get called back for a while, or at least i can get it pushed back to summer!

• Twylarants said on Jan 06, 2009....

  I'm afraid to say this out loud but I have never been summoned for jury duty.  I hope the judicial gods didn't hear that.

• Hegemone said on Jan 06, 2009....

  Looks up above at Twy's post ... 'Ummm ... yeah ... what she said.'  *knock on wood*

• pickersplock said on Jan 06, 2009....

  I just got called up a few weeks ago.
  It was small town duty.
  I was there for five minutes, they dismissed all of us and later sent me a check for $40.00.
  I wish that would happen every week!

• evil_twin said on Jan 06, 2009....

  silver--Your experience was exactly what I feared would happen to me! And I really can't afford to take off that much work to just sit around in a room and waste my time. Ugh.
  
  twyla--I hope the judicial gods don't hear that either! Lucky you ;-)
  
  hegemone--I'll knock some wood for you too ;-)
  
  pickers--You got $40 just for showing up?? You're so lucky! We don't get anything at all for showing up. Not even money for parking! And if they do eventually select you as a juror, you get $15 a day. That's it. But while you're waiting around to be chosen, for however long that takes, you get nothing at all. California sucks!
  

• destinydiva said on Jan 06, 2009....

  aww I am sooo jealous!!  I have always wanted to do that!!  :-)
  
  my brother did it a couple of years ago and it was quite an unpleasant case...  a grandad that had been accused of 'touching' his grandaughter.....  I wouldnt want to get something like that, but I'd love the experience of doing jury service
  
  xxx
  

• one_wired_kitty said on Jan 06, 2009....

  I'm one of those sick bastards that enjoys jury duty.

• Twylarants said on Jan 06, 2009....

  My husband loves jury duty, too.  If this country ever switches to a paid jury system he'd be the first to sign up.

• one_wired_kitty said on Jan 06, 2009....

  I get $30 a day to be there ... $10 for being there plus mileage. Might have gone up since I was there last year.

• starchini said on Jan 06, 2009....

  I think being a jurer would be cool.  Ive been in court a handful of times (nevermind why) and their were always jurers there.  If they ever asked me i think id do it : ) 
  
  I thought they paid ur wages for missed work to be on the jury?  Was i lied to?

• silver_phoenix said on Jan 06, 2009....

  e_t: Yeah, i figured! I was told at that time that jury selection usually doesn't take as long as it ended up taking. The judge told us that he was covering someone else's caseload (and the judge admitted to only being a part-time/ semi-retired judge too!) So my situation may have been abnormal.

• evil_twin said on Jan 06, 2009....

  destiny--I hope you get picked someday then if you really want to do it. Maybe you'll get an interesting case?
  
  kitty--I'm starting to see that we don't get paid very well at all around here compared to what other jurors get. Not that $30 a day would make up for my lost wages either, but it's better than $15!
  
  twyla--If they paid people decent money, I think a lot of people would probably want to do it.
  
  star--They might pay your wages where you live, but they don't here. If your employer doesn't pay you for jury duty (which most don't) you'd need to use your vacation days or just not get paid at all. Except for the $15 a day the court gives you....
  
  silver--I'm just so glad my experience wasn't like yours! I would have been so upset they'd probably just dismiss me for making a scene about it :-P
  

• silver_phoenix said on Jan 06, 2009....

  e_t: i would have liked to see that! Actually the others that were called for jury-duty were quite interesting people. There were 2 other 20-something girls there and we sorta formed our own lil group and we'd talk and have lunch together. It was like being in high school again! haha But seriously, if I'm gonna have to stick around for that long again for just jury selection, i'll go nuts! And also, it better mean they're gonna pick me so it was wasted time. I'm glad to hear it's gone up to $15/day here in CA. yay!! haha

• one_wired_kitty said on Jan 06, 2009....

  I totally agree that paying more would probably attract more peole to do jury duty no matter how boring, tedious and time consuming it is. Last time I did it, I was there for 2 days ... the $60 definetly paid for the gas for the 45-minute-each-way drive to the courthouse but it would be nice if it (it being the check) took less than 3 weeks to get to me. By that point I've forgotten I had jury duty .. LOL.

• CreativeWoman said on Jan 06, 2009....

  I was called up on jury duty about 5 years ago, but I got a special dismissal from the judge because I was going to be out of town for my dad's open heart surgery.  I would have gone otherwise. 
  
  CW
  

• one_wired_kitty said on Jan 06, 2009....

  Now that I said something ... I probably have a summons in my mailbox. HA. My dad got his jury duty this month postponed because he's having shoulder surgery tomorrow.

• evil_twin said on Jan 07, 2009....

  silver--I'm glad you had a little fun and met cool people during your ordeal. And yeah, the last time I got a jury duty summons years ago, it was only $5 a day! But I guess that extra ten bucks doesn't really help much.
  
  kitty--Paying people only $15 a day is kind of a joke. At least you made more than that! Even if it did take a long time to actually get the money in your hands. I hope you don't get summoned again just because you're talking about this!
  
  CW--Is being on a jury something that actually interests you, or would you just do it because you felt like it was your duty?
  
  
  

• one_wired_kitty said on Jan 07, 2009....

  LOL ... I probably will, ET.

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