Have jury duty today... - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

spdrun · #14 02-11-2013, 03:11 PM

Here it's once every 6 years for city/state court and once every 4 years for Federal. Serving in one excuses you for the other for the duration of the period, so I'll have to serve again in 2017 (at soonest).

Think of it as a tax on time -- small business owners still have to pay taxes, right? Secondly, jury trials (with the unpublicized but very real right of nullification) are one of the few things that are RIGHT about our justice system.

Lastly, as far as calling more people than they can actually use, there are several reasons. First of all, some cases have the parties come to settlement just before trial, but they have to have enough jurors for each case if they DO all go to trial. Secondly, some jurors will have moved or just plain ignore their summons. Lastly, jurors can be challenged by one attorney or another, so they need more than the minimum for each case.

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Originally Posted by Diesel911

Out hear for the last 10 or more years they have been calling People every Year for Jury Duty? That is too much.

What they do here is except for the first day you will be sent Home and have to check if they need you on the Phone.

From what I have seen if you call and have to go to Court it is almost a sure thing you are at least going to be part of the Herd actually going to the Court Room where you may or may not get selected.

They problem with this system is that while it saves the Court Money you will not be able to tell where you work when or how long you might be Gone. Worse if you are a Small Business Owner that needs to be at your Business every day.

They do allow some posponements so you can make arrangements for not being where you need to be. So with posponements you can stretch out your time to longer than 1 year when you have to actually show up.

I have being getting called to Jury Duty since 1980 and have had enough.
Arguing with the Jury when I was on a Jury tore My Stomach up during the Trian and for 2 weeks after the Trial was finished. I don't want to go through that again and have managed to get Myself booted of the Jury when I was actually selected.