V.I. (Very Important)Jury Duty Questions???

Question

Wat Do we mainly do when at Jury Duty, I'm imagining were sitting at long wide Desks defending some one or like were asked questions based on something and have to answer but thats what I think of it, if any have ever been to Jury Duty can you exactly tell met what you all do there because my mother is goin to Jury Duty in about 2 hours and I know I'll be goin too in a few years but before it's my chance I want to understand the main points on jury duty, so can anyone answer my question and tell me a little about Jury Duty please...

Answer 1

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Answer 2

First you are in a large pool of people. they ask a lot of questions such as in a civil case 'have you sued anyone?' 'have you ever been sued'.....etc.  They weed the group down to a workable number and then start asking semi-personal questions about prejudice, likes and dislikes, preformed ideas about certain activities, etc.  This then brings you down to the number of jurors they need plus two alternates.  You are instructed to no speak to each other about what you hear or question until the trial is over.   You are seated in a jury box, hear both sides of the argument , break for lunch (informed of course not to speak of the case, or interact with any of the parties involved in the case and to report it immediately if you are contacted by one of them.   If it is a high profile case, you may stay in the courthouse for lunch and have it delivered.  You finish hearing the case and are send back to the jury room for deliberations.   Again if it is a high profile case, you may be sequestered, which is put up in a hotel until a decision is made, in most cases you are sent home with instructions not to speak of the case.   Dependant upon the type of case, a majority vote decides, although some want an all or nothing vote.  

When there are offsides with the judge and attorneys in chambers you will be sent back to the jury room.  Take a good book with you, a romance or fantasy novel, not a true detective or crime novel.....the court staff take dim views of them.  

Enjoy.  It is your civic duty if called for jury duty to fulfill it unless there are mitigating circumstances.  How can a person be tried by a jury of his peers if his peers won't step up and be the jury?

Answer 3

jury duty is a whole lot of sitting around. first, you'll get a number and sit in a big room while they call off random numbers. you might sit there until noon and then get sent home. you might get called in first and then sent home. you really have no way of knowing, so bring a book.

if you get called into the court, you've been randomly selected to be a possible juror. but it doesn't mean you're on a jury. once you're in the courtroom with about 50 other people, you're looking at a whole day. the group will be separated into smaller groups of 10-15 people at a time, who will sit in front of the judge and lawyers and answer the same 10 questions. they'll ask if anyone knows any of the witnesses or lawyers first, obviously. then they'll ask questions about your age and occupation, followed by a few relating to the case to see if you'll have a bias. after they go through everyone in your small group, they'll choose a few people to be on the jury. this will continue until they have enough people.

sometimes they don't want anyone they see, and it can go to two days. your chances of serving on a jury when you show up are slim considering how many people will be called along with you. but if you do get picked, you can serve anywhere from a week to a couple months to a year depending on the case and whether it's a grand jury you're called to.

my advice is to bring a good book and think of some good excuses if you don't want to serve. haha.