s/o jury duty

TheDuckis · July 2010

I've never been summonsed. I'm 29, I've been registered to vote since I was 18, and nothing. I feel left out.

arbolita · July 2010

You suck. I'm 25 and I've been called twice - the first time about two months after I turned 18.

nicoleg1982 · July 2010

They pull names by driver's licenses here. I've been called twice, served once. It's an all day hurry-up-and-wait affair. I had a bailiff tell me that I should have called in and said that I work for [Boss, Boss and Boss]. No judge or attorney will ever want me.

baconsmom · July 2010

I've only been summoned twice: once in AZ, when I couldn't be on a jury; once in CO, and they excused me by website the night before.

I, too, feel left out. But I figure I have more chances here: we have city, county, and state juries!

Butter Cookie · July 2010

I was summoned when I was 18. The DAY I was supposed to go my mom called and asked if I had seen the paper. I had to take the day off work, spent five minutes at the court house, and walked out with a $12 check. Then spent the next three weeks "paying for" having to change shifts, because my boss was a dbag. I think if I did it again (1) boss would be super duper proud and throw me a rainbows and puppies parade and (2) I would enjoy it more, because this county actually MAILS YOU a summons.

TheDuckis · July 2010

When I was a legal assistant my boss got called. She was sure she wouldn't have to serve because she's an attorney. She got selected for a trial that lasted over a week. Apparently there are so many lawyers in DC that it's not an automatic disqualifier.

6fsn · July 2010

I've sat on one jury. The local nutjob was walking her 6 dogs, some off leash. They walked past a house with a dog in the yard. The dog barked at her, she went into the garage of the house, stole a shovel and threatened to kill the homeowner's dog.

We found her quilty of a couple of random things. She had to go to anger management, write a letter of apology to the family, then there was a restraining order.

LnR70707 · July 2010

I've been summoned once, but never called in for a trial...I just sat in the lobby area all day reading a book.

nicoleg1982 · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_jury-duty?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:396b64fc-e706-4a65-8487-ccff4647a51cPost:20156d8d-c21d-4a5c-958e-ef3a7b6d2de5">Re: s/o jury duty</a>:
[QUOTE]When I was a legal assistant my boss got called. She was sure she wouldn't have to serve because she's an attorney. She got selected for a trial that lasted over a week. Apparently there are so many lawyers in DC that it's not an automatic disqualifier.
Posted by TheDuckis[/QUOTE]

<div>Our office has represented attorneys and judges for 25+ years for disciplinary/ethics violations. Such a practice is an automatic disqualifier, esp. when the attorneys on the case are your clients and you represented the judge 2 years ago for making racial slurs in open court. </div><div>
</div><div>Sometimes, working here has its perks. Other times, not so much.</div>

zitiqueen · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_jury-duty?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:47Discussion:396b64fc-e706-4a65-8487-ccff4647a51cPost:4fe0940a-0049-4c1a-aac6-16e2ba794a42">s/o jury duty</a>:
[QUOTE]I've never been summonsed. I'm 29, I've been registered to vote since I was 18, and nothing. I feel left out.
Posted by TheDuckis[/QUOTE]

All of the above except I'm 41!

DG1 · July 2010

pushing 34 here and never been called. I'm cool with that.

MinM · July 2010

I've been summoned, but always got out of it.

tawillers · July 2010

I was summoned at the beginning of this year but "got out of it" because I was breastfeeding. The lady said they'd just send me another one next year.

skippylouwho · July 2010

Dh and I were both summoned for the same Federal Grand Jury, we called and asked if they really wanted a couple on it, they didn't think that had ever happened before. Case was solved night before we were to report anyway. Came out in the paper, huge drug case.

A friend is a member of the NRA, he gets called for jury duty a lot. The minute they find out he's in the NRA he is almost always excused. He lives in a lightly populated county so people get called more frequently than other places.

I got called and served but it was on a case where a woman was trying to sue for injuries in a car accident. Back problems. We felt really sorry for her, we went over the evidence for a long time, we took it very seriously. In the end we just could not rule for her, we felt it was a previous injury (from evidence provided).

What bothered me was that during the trial we had to enter and exit by a specific way to not come in to contact with any of the lawyers, witnesses etc. After our verdict was announced we were ushered out the same way - go to get on the elevator and there was this woman and her attorney . That was one uncomfortable elevator ride.

We really looked at and looked at nad looked some more - at the evidence. We didn't want to bring the wrong verdict, we really wanted to do the right thing and while I still feel sorry for this woman (car wreck, car damaged, no money to repair it) we just couldn't make someone pay for it that we didnt' think was at fault.

jojobrn · July 2010

I served right out of nursing school, case was a previous offender luring someone into the house on the premise of repairing something, then hitting him over the head and taking off with his tools.

His testimony was that he was in the bathroom getting high and someone else came in the house, called the guy, bonked him on the head and stole his stuff. And then left the stuff in his bedroom.

Other times I either sat in the room reading or got out due to work/school.

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