jury duty (1 Viewer)

[Micah Cohen]

Oh. Well... Sorry I brung it all up. My number was exempt. So, I promise not to bring this up again till they call me up again. Which, considering Baltimore City, could be just a couple of weeks.

Thanks for your participation in this exciting and informative thread. Hooray for the HTF!

Gotta go have some coffee and then brush my teeth with baking soda.

MC

 

[dany]

Did you explain how it is her civic duty if she is in college during finals and they dont care?
That you might be a unoffical care giver to a mom or dad and they dont care?

 

[BridgetJZ]

That's crazy. I once got called to jury duty during the busiest time ever for my PR firm. When they interviewed them i told them that i could tell guilt just by looking at someone. I never had to serve.

 

[Ken Chan]

If you can automatically judge guilt, maybe you're better suited for a civil trial.

Maybe the court would be more sympathetic if so many people weren't making lame excuses and acting crazy to avoid jury duty.

 

[Michael Harris]

While I lived in Connecticut I was called up. The funny thing was that I used to get notices while I was on active duty and living in Spain. You would think the FPO address was a give away that I did not reside in the state. But after getting out I finally was available. I had time on my hands and thought it would be fun and interesting. I showed up at the court house and was sent to the jury staging area via the special elevator and checked in with the clerk. She gave me a cool juror sticker and told me to have a seat in this huge room.

After waiting for about an hour, we were shown a video on what to expect that day and what the difference was between a criminal and civil trial and the juror's roles in those trials. A real life judge then came to address us and do some Q & A. Then the waiting started.

Around noon a clerk read off some names and told the rest of us we were done for the day and thanked us for our service. A few weeks later I got a check for about $25 for my time.

 

[Christ Reynolds]

that's pretty sweet, not a lot of money, but i didn't think anyone got any compensation for jury duty.

CJ

 

[Paul McElligott]

I wonder if my county is still using that cheesy video with Fess Parker...

 

[dany]

They told us the money was so little to just sign a waver and they will get the money and use it for nicer furniture.

 

[JeremyErwin]

Why not just come right out and offer jurors the chance to rent comfy chairs?