Jury Duty

BC&LM · March 2014

This poll is inspired by the jury duty talk in the weekly spam thread. What have been your experiences with jury duty?

ETA: Please excuse the wonky caps in the poll. Proofreading fail.

BC&LM · March 2014

I had to report for duty, but it was a murder case which they said might take several weeks. When I met with the judge (and I guess the attorneys?), I asked to be excused because I was a teacher and would not be able to focus fully on the case if I were worried about missing work. They excused me no problem. I would have liked to serve on a shorter case, but I was worried about being away from my students that long, especially because they had just started their research papers.

numbersgirl08 · March 2014

I selected "I had to report for duty but haven't been called" but it's a little different in my old county in GA, where I was selected for jury duty. You get selected, but then the night before you call in and they tell you which juror #s need to show up the next day. Then, out of those juror numbers that are there, some are selected for a case. I've only gotten to the point of calling on Sunday night and both times, my number did not have to show up on Monday. So I fulfilled my obligation but I don't know if I'd say I "reported" for jury duty.

lioness13 · March 2014

I have received a jurors summons no less than 6 times in the last 10 years. I have only served on one trial though.

kelly422 · March 2014

I've been called twice but I've been excused both times because I was in school and in a different state at the time.

cafecreme · March 2014

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I was served right after I moved, so I had to explain to them that I had just moved, and I don't live in that state anymore. They didn't believe me so I had to fax them a bill and my temporary license. It was a pain.

My husband served on a grand jury where it was multiple defendants, with charges of murder, attempted murder, weapons charges, drug possession and drug possession with intent to distribute. That sounds like fun. lol

mrskait13 · March 2014

I was selected to service on a Jury. It was CRAZY. The guy was representing himself and he had already been convicted on Kidnappying and Raping his ex-girlfriend (MISTRESS) . The case I was serving on is that he was trying to prove he was/is legally insane when he did that stuff.

It was really odd because he never really did try to prove her was crazy. He called up his ex to the stands and asked her a BUNCH of questions about their time together. About her relationship with his wife (at the time) and his daughters. and then about their sex life. it was almost like he just wanted to see her and talk with her again.

They ended up dismissing it. I guess the judge convinced him to drop the insanity plea because it was obvious he 1. wasnt insane and 2. was hung up on this girl still.

itsStackie · March 2014

My husband has been called 3 times, but never picked to serve.

needanustart · March 2014

I have gotten called 3 times, in 3 different places. In both MT and DC I hadn't lived there 6 months when I was called so I was exempt. Here in MA I got called last year when I was pregnant and I opted to defer for a year so I could delay my annoyance. I checked the website the night before (in January of this year) and I was going to have to report so I ended up calling in a favor by a friend of the family who was a judge. I really truly would have had no problem going but I am the primary caregiver for 3 children on the day I was called and a nursing mom. Daycare didn't have space for my boys so I would have had to bring them all to the courthouse. Honestly moms have done that in protest that being caregivers to children isn't an exemption, but I didn't have the energy to bundle all 3 kids up in January and bring them in just to prove a point so I asked for mercy. But seriously, what was I supposed to do? And who would pay for a babysitter if I was able to find someone to watch the kids for me? The system really needs some reforms to help with things like that because I would actually find it interesting to be on a jury if it wasn't such a logistical mess for a mom.

riansmommie · March 2014

I have been called 7 times in 3 did states (DE, OR and FL) all cases were dismissed though so I never had to report. I do remember one of the ones in DE was for a a man who had killed 4 people, he took a plea bargain the night before I had to report.

jennOK · March 2014

I've never been called. I've lived in the same county my whole life, and I've been registered to vote over 15 years. My mother has been called multiple times.

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