Jury duty anyone?

Question

I was on "jury duty" for a week and was picked to be on a jury. I found it very interesting and simple. Did you ever go on jury duty and if so was there something you realised now that you didnt then?

Answer 1

Never have been chosen.

Answer 2

I've been called three times but have never been chosen to serve.  Heck, I've never even made it to the voir dere.  It's starting to give me an inferiority complex; next time I think I'll ditch the suit and go with a tee shirt that says "Pick me!".

Answer 3

Yes - I realized that any one of us can be rightly or wrongly accused of a crime.  It makes me nervous to think how many people want to get out of jury duty.  If you can be accused of a crime and taken to jail against your will, then I believe you should be compelled to serve on a jury.

How else can we be judged by a jury of our peers if our peers don't want to be there?  I realized what an honor it was to serve.

The good news for us in Missouri is that jurors are no longer selected from the voter registration lists - they come from the DMV - that's right, if you are over 18 and you have a driver's license, you can be asked to serve on a jury.  I believe this is much fairer and for those people who never voted because they were afraid of being called for jury duty - they no longer have an excuse not to vote!

Answer 4

I've never been on a jury, but I've helped a lawyer choose a jury.  I learned that it's very difficult to predict how a juror will decide, and there's really no point in trying.

Answer 5

Yes I did and I went into the Jury box and then I was excused but I was still on call for duty in Kalispell Mt., and Yuma Az. I was called for Jury duty but I was not picked though

Answer 6

I was selected for the grand jury.

We met once a week for 3 months.

The deputy district attorneys would present their cases and we would determine if these should go to trail.

The cases presented involved drugs, domestic violence and child [sexual] abuse.

I found out here are some really sick people out there.

The experience wasn't all that bad.

And most important  we didn't have to sit in a courtroom all day.