jury duty

[dis sjw]

I got a summons in the mail today the term of service is 1 day or 1 trial just wondering if anyone would like to share their experiences.thanks dis sjw

 

[GeorgeG]

I had jury duty about seven or eight years ago. The initial summons was for two weeks, but I got selected for a trial that was estimated to run six weeks. It ended up lasting thirteen weeks!

I was lucky that my job still paid me full salary on top of the jury pay, so I didn't have any loss there. I found it very interesting and saw how different a real trial is from those we see on television. Huge difference! We were all treated very well and I would do it again.

I did see how some other members of the jury had to deal with hardships such as loss of salary and one even lost her job. I believe the judge got involved in that but I never heard the outcome.

The prosecution had over 30,000 pieces of evidence and the judge explained exactly what we needed for a conviction. We double checked and triple checked ourselves to make sure we were clear that we had all the answers and convicted the defendant on both charges.

Folks, never cheat on your taxes... trust me!

 

[Bearvet]

I served on a jury for 3 1/2 weeks when DS17 was 18 months old. It was hard to manage with the baby but it was so very interesting. During a drug raid (in a big city) a policeman was shot and killed through an apartment door. The case generated so much publicity that they moved the trial to our part of the state.

I learned more about drug-trafficking, guns, witness protection programs, possible police errors, etc. than I ever though I'd know! We were only sequestered during deliberation and they brought in all of our meals during the trial because they didn't want anyone leaving the courthouse. Come to think of it, the DAs stayed at a very expensive inn during the trial, so this case must have cost a pretty penny!

It was a good experience all in all and I haven't served again since then although I get notices every three years on the button.

 

[BeNJeNWaFFLe]

I actually got a summons last month. It was for grand jury. Usually grand jury wants you to come in once a week for 6 months. But this one was for a year! Once a week from Jan-Dec. It ended up being 46 days of service. My job only pays for 10 and they only pay you $40/day. I have school loans to pay off and $40/day wasn't going to do that. Then when they asked who would volunteer to do this about 15 people out of 200 stood up. One girl I was talking to was a 2nd grade teacher. How can she take every Thursday off for a year? I know her job has to let her but her students would suffer greatly. The lady running the whole thing got mad that no one could take that much time off of work. I just think it was crazy. So then they threatened us with possible federal jury duty in May for 13 days. So my whole experience was horrible. Do you have trial jury duty or grand jury duty?

And this is the information I got from everyone at work and at home...bring a book! Good luck with that, I hope your experience isn't as bad as mine was.