Jury Duty-wheee!

[Duncan]

They're cool about jury duty in central Ohio. The last time I had it, I was on the hook for 1 day per month for 4 months. I just had to call in or hit their website the night before to see whether I was needed. Each time, the cases had been resolved by COB the day before, and I never had to go. I like to moan & complain about politics, but I'll give them credit for running an efficient jury system around here, and not wasting peoples' time.

[Adam West]

I do consider it a civic duty to serve on a jury if asked....just my opinion. It is a pain and takes up time but I do think everyone is entitled to a trial of their peers. I do think exceptions should be made for those who would suffer severe economic hardship but otherwise, it should be done. Fortunately, the company I worked for at the time when I served paid my salary while I served and I did come into work after trial or on weekends to try to keep up....it was a pain but glad that I went through the process.

[Adam West]

I was just stuck on the grand jury, just last month. It sucked not just one case but many cases and all seemed to be about child abuse, and child sex abuse. Haunting details. If it were a murder case about adults I could have handled it ... but I'm still haunted by the stuff I heard.

I guess if there is one positive; you were on the grand jury and not the jury itself. I presume your only involvement was deciding whether or not there was enough evidence there to satisfy you that a trial should be held...not that you were passing judgment?

[Tyme2tyme]

on another note, my friend says that he stopped voting years ago and coincidentally has never been called to jury duty since. wonder if there's a correlation.

In Florida, they added the people listed at the DMV. Now you can't get away from being called for jury duty unless you give up your car too.

[Bizarro Amy]

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I know it can be a bummer, but it isn't something that I would try to get out of. It is a means of citizens to check the power of government and an important right.

I do consider it a civic duty to serve on a jury if asked....just my opinion. It is a pain and takes up time but I do think everyone is entitled to a trial of their peers. I do think exceptions should be made for those who would suffer severe economic hardship but otherwise, it should be done. Fortunately, the company I worked for at the time when I served paid my salary while I served and I did come into work after trial or on weekends to try to keep up....it was a pain but glad that I went through the process.

I never had any intention of trying to get out of jury duty, I was just hoping not to be on the one jury, because of the length and the way it would affect the program I work for in the summer.
I was actually dismissed today without being chosen. For at least one on Monday, being married to an employee of an insurance company helped disqualify me. Yesterday, I was put on that large panel I had mentioned, but we didn't have jury selection until this morning. I knew someone associated with the defense, so it was pretty obvious I wasn't going to be picked.