who serves on jury duty?
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If you are a regerstered voter and your right to vote has not been taken for some crime then the county goes by alphabetical order or in some place a machine randomly picks.
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I've never tried. Been summoned for jury duty 3 times, and happily did my DUTY each time. My wife got called once, but she was 9 months pregnant at the time and they let her out of it (her first day of duty would have been her due date).
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no, usally the verdict is read then they go juror by juror, juror no. 1  your verdict, juror no. 2 your verdict  and so on. when it gets to that point usally all jurors have reached the same decision
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No.\n\nMany employers (including both the federal govt and State of CA) will pay an employee their regular salary while they report for jury duty, but there is absolutely no law that requires employers in CA to pay an employee while they serve.\n\nJury duty is a civic duty and  is not funded privately by your employer.   Many employers, especially the larger ones, will pay you but they are not required by law to do so.\n\nIn CA,  state law provides that you will receive "$15.00 per day for the second day of service and every day thereafter and .20 cents per mile one way, for every day of service, including the first day. There is no pay for the first day of service. "Service" is defined as physically reporting to the court."\n\nThe law also says that your employer must allow you time off to serve, and that you cannot be penalized or harassed in any way by your employer because you have been called.  You are required to immediately tell your employer that you have been summoned, presumably so they can make proper arrangements to cover your work while you are gone.  In other words, you can't just not show up for work for a week without saying anything and then expect not to be fired because you were on jury duty.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_jury\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury
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Grand jury is a big task, therefore work hard and read the following carefully:\n\nA jury is a sworn body of persons convened to render a rational, impartial verdict and a finding of fact on a legal question officially submitted to them, or to set a penalty or judgment in a jury trial of a court of law.\n\nIn most criminal justice systems which require a jury, panels are initially selected at random from the adult population of the district served by the court concerned. A person who is serving on (is a member of) a jury is known as a juror.\n\nThe requirements for a jury are fairly universal. The number of jurors must be a specified size (usually twelve or fifteen), and since there is always the possibility of jurors not completing the trial for health or other reasons, often some alternate jurors are nominated, who will also follow the trial (but do not take part in deciding the verdict), as a precaution in case a new juror is needed part way through the trial.\n\nServing on a jury is normally compulsory if a citizen is chosen (exceptions and exclusions vary between jurisdictions and are discussed below). Since a jury is intended to be an impartial panel capable of reaching a verdict, there are often procedures and requirements, for instance, fluent understanding of the language, or the ability to test jurors or otherwise exclude jurors who might be perceived as less than neutral or more partial to hear one side or the other.\n\nThe jurors hear the cases presented by both the defense and prosecution, and in some jurisdictions a summing-up from the judge. They then retire as a group to consider a verdict. The majority required for a verdict varies. In some countries their decision making process is private and may not be disclosed, in others it may be discussed but only after the trial has ended.\n\nIn common law countries such as the England and the United States, the role of the jury is the "finder of fact", while the Judge has the sole responsibility of interpreting the appropriate law and instructing the jury accordingly. Occasionally, a jury may find the defendant "not guilty" even though he violated the law if the jury thinks that the law is invalid or unjust. This is commonly referred to as jury nullification. When there is no jury ("bench trial"), the Judge makes factual rulings in addition to legal ones. In most continental European jurisdictions, the Judges have more power in a trial and the role and powers of a jury are often restricted.\n\nActual jury law and trial procedures differ between countries.\n\nThe concept of a modern jury trial stems back to Magna Carta, which gave English nobles and freemen the right to be tried by a panel of their peers, rather than by summary judgment of the king or other official who often had the utter power to impose his own arbitrary judgment. The concept can also be traced to Normandy before 1066, when a jury of nobles was established to decide land disputes. In this manner, the Duke, being the largest land owner, could not act as a judge in his own case. Many ancient cultures had similar concepts, notably ancient Judea whose panel of judges called the Sanhedrin served a similar purpose. The Athenians by 500 BCE had also invented the jury court, with votes by secret ballot. These courts were eventually granted the power to annul unconstitutional laws, thus introducing judicial review.\n\nSelection\nA common method for drafting jurors is to draw them at random from electoral rolls (known as allotment or sortition). The most common exclusions are for people whose job in some way precludes them (for instance, teachers, doctors, firefighters, people who themselves work in the criminal justice system), are caring for young children, have an interest in the case, are under the age of 18 years, or who have health problems or serious criminal records. In some jurisdictions in the United States, prior legal education or being a lawyer may also be a reason to
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Grand Juries are convened for approximately a term (which is about a month).  Unless it is a special Grand Jury which could sit for longer (until the reason it was set up is over.)\n\nA Grand Jury, depending on you location, will hear many cases.  In some areas the have AM, PM and ALL DAY grand juries.  AM meets from 10-1, PM 2-5 and ALL DAY from 10-5.\n\nI hope this helps.
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A court system is mandated by the Jewish bible and therefore worked its way into much of civilization.\n\nAs I understand it the jury system is taken from one of the nordic countries and is a very recent development. Originally the judge played the part of the ejudicator, and still may if a jury trial is not selected.
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Depends on the job whether or not you get paid for jury duty period.  If others in your company do I would think you would
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1.  usually about $25.00 for the day\n2.  Usually one day, unless you get selected for a trial\n3.  if you are incapacitated or mentally ill or some handicaps \n4.  I think the mentally ill are automatically disqualified, mentally handicapped\n\nTry this website:  http://www.jud.state.ct.us/faq/jury.html
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I've never been called to be on a jury.\n\nMost people I've talked to who have been called to a jury have stated that it was just a waste of their time.\n\nThe concept of a jury is a good one, though, and the purpose it serves is valuable. Having a jury could mean the difference in civil suits where a plaintiff does or does not get the relief they seek. Juries in criminal cases are required since so much of the criminal law has to do with "what was reasonable" and other intangibles that should be left for the "every day man or woman to decide."\n\nTorts cases (and, boy, are there a lot) benefit from juries because the elements of "reasonableness" are present. \n\nJuries, in theory, protect the innocent from being prosecuted unfairly and help to insure that plaintiffs who had been wronged get the damages they are seeking. Juries, however, aren't perfect because they are so often comprised of un-educated people who often let their biases get in the way of justice (only 1/4 of America's adult population is undergraduate college-educated; less than 10% of the adult population has some sort of graduate or professional schooling).
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i've served as a juror for trials. one was eight hour days for three days and about ten hours the last day. the other was about six hours two days and about 4 hours the third day.
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No\n\nThey Cannot Serve On A Jury Either
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This is a very large subject because there are many different types of Trial circumstances some with juries and some without.  In general the defendant has the right to request (and receive) a jury trial.  There are many different types of juries such as:\n\nAdvisory Jury\nCommon Jury \nForeign Jury\nGrand Jury\nPetit Jury\nSpecial Jury\nTraverse Jury\nCoroner’s Jury\nSheriff’s Jury\n\nPer Black’s Law Dictionary: “A Jury is a certain number of men and women selected according to law, and sworn to inquire of certain matters of fact, and declare the truth upon evidence to be laid before them.” \n\n“A jury is a body of persons temporarily selected from the citizens of a particular district, and invested with power to present or indict a person for a public offense, or to try a question of fact.”\n\nFurther. . . . .\n\n“A jury trial is a matter or cause before jury as opposed to trial before a judge.  Such right is guaranteed with respect to criminal cases (re: Article 3, Section 2, Clause 3. of the U.S. Constitution) and with respect to ‘suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed 20 dollars’ by the Seventh Amendment.  Such right is also preserved by rule of court (Federal Civil Code paragraph 38) and by the Fifth Amendment which provide inter alia for indictment by grand jury, and the Sixth Amendment which contains further specifications respecting jury trial in criminal cases.  In addition, state constitutions provide for right to jury trial and the Supreme Court has held that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees a right of jury trial in all state criminal cases which – were they to be tried in federal court – would come within the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee (re: Duncan v. Louisiana)”\n\n“The right to ‘jury trial’ of controverted issues implies a trial by an impartial and qualified jury.  (re: Alexander v. R. D. Crier & Sons Co.)”\n\nUnless the defendant doesn’t want a jury trial or, it is something like a magistrate without a jury, such as a speeding ticket or small claims court, (although one can be requested) there will be a jury. \n\nLet me further offer, those who issue bumper sticker comments about how bad things are (such as asserting that the courts are so corrupt and unfair) usually have no idea as to what they are saying.
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It depends upon the state.\n\nHowever, ordinarily a courtroom staff will include the judge, his or her law clerk (sometimes called a law secretary) - who does legal research and helps with the drafting of opinions, a court clerk, who handles scheduling and manages the paper flow, and court officer(s) who handle security. In busy courts they may double or even triple up on the law clerk position.
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Contact the Jury Commissioner with any concerns on your assignment for jury duty.
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There is a group called the Parish Police Jury that are his/her immediate authority.  In addition to that, the would listen to the State Attorney General.  \n\nThe Police Jury are similar to a County Board of Commissioners in another State.