WHo out there has attended JURY DUTY?
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I would actually like to selected to jury duty.I guess I'm a dork.
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THANK YOU! I HOPE I GET TO BE ON THAT JURY.\n\n\nGOD BLESS
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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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GETTING OUT OF JURY DUTY - EXCUSES IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO SERVE\n  After receiving your summons, you may determine that you are not in a position to serve and need to get out of jury duty.  If you have a compelling reason, you can ask to get out of jury duty by writing the court.  This may allow you to avoid the call-in process altogether.  Exemptions for getting out of jury duty are generally given for the following reasons:\n        You are over 70 years old.\n        You are a volunteer firefighter, rescue squad member or ambulance crew member.\n        You must care for young children or elderly adults, if your absence will put them at risk.\n        You are so important to the operation of a business that your absence will cause that business to fail.\n        You are an attorney, physician, dentist or registered nurse.\n        You do not have a car and are unable to use public transportation.\n  Excuses are not given through the mail for general work or family care responsibilities.  These problems will be considered during the jury selection process (after you actually report to the courthouse.)\n  There are also positions you can take that will help you in avoiding jury duty.  Those jury duty excuses will be discussed below under "Jury Selection."\n  Some jurors have questioned whether a summons sent by standard first class mail actually carries legal weight.  Unless a summons is sent via registered mail and signed for by the recipient, it's difficult for the government to prove that the summons was actually received.  Remember that a summons is a command from the court that you appear.  Disregarding a summons (no matter how it comes to you) is a crime.
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I did.  I went with a guy friend of mine.  I believe there were 10 people we each spoke to.  5 Minutes each.  It was like going on 10 job interviews.  Being interrogated 10 times in a row is tough!  One guy I spoke to kept being interrupted by his...girlfriend....calling him on his cellphone.(Jerk).\n\nMy friend felt just as frazzled as I did after wards and we had to immediately go have a couple of drinks.  \n\nI did have lunch with one of the guys later, but no sparks.   I don't think I'd ever do it again.\n\nHope this helps!!
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I don't know the answer to your question but this article might help you:\n\nhttp://www.law.stanford.edu/library/wlhbp/articles/juror.htm
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I used to be all for it until I started playing yahoo answers.  I don't think it is possible for Americans to be jurors without preconceived notions. Most of the posters in this sight could not have been a juror in the OJ case. They claimed they watched every minute, but didn't care that every piece of evidence was not credible according to the leading forensic scientist in the world.
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I have on several occasions.\nUsually depending on your locality, it may be different.\nIn Los Angeles, basically on your first day, the only day,  you need to show up, it is all about being signed in.\nThey give you a brief run down of what is expected of you, and show you a short documentary of what happens in court.\nOnce that is over, you sit and wait. There are usually about 100 people there, and  you sit and wait, until your name is called.\nThen you go to a court room, where you are asked questions by the Judge, who will tell you what his trial is all about, and how long it will probably take.\nYou can tell the judge, that because of the length of the case, and pressing problems you may have, that you can't sit on that jury. You will be excused and returned to the waiting room, for another possible trial.\nIf the trial is a short one, usually three to four days, and you can sit on that trial, you will be held there for questions by the Attorneys. They will decide on whether they wish you to be on their jury panel.\nThen if you are accepted, you will be given a date and time to show up for that trial.\nIf not, it's back to the waiting room again.\nUsually, the day lasts from eight in the morning to five in the evening, with breaks in the morning, lunch and an afternoon break.\nIf you aren't called for a trial duty, by five o'clock, the jurors are released to go home.\nYou are only required to spend the one day in Jury pool.\nIn Los Angeles, when you reveive your summons, it gives you a pool number, and a telephone number, to call each day, for a period of one week. When they call, they will give you the numbers of those who have to come to Court the following day. If your number is called, you show up the next morning and the above happenings, will occur.\nAt the end of the day, if not chosen, you will receive a statement, stating you have completed your Jury duty, and will not be needed for one more year.\nSo far, I haven't sat on a trial, so someone else may have to fill you in on that.\nCheck your Courts website, they have all that information there, as what to wear etc. \nGood luck.
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No such rule.  If you live in the jurisdiction, you can be called.  Most juries are at the county level and only a few counties are that large anyway.  For Federal courts, you may have to travel hundreds of miles though they often provide transportation.\n\nWhen you are called for jury duty, the paperwork will explain the reasons that you can be excused.  You still have to show up on the first day and plead your case with the judge.  Bring proof; without it you will NOT be excused.
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When you truly feel the way you voted was fair, and within the Law. Most people don't realize that as a juror you really do have to go by the Laws and Penal Codes that are already set as to what the judgment might turn out to be. When a person is sentenced, it has to be "beyond a reasonable doubt", hands down, and I don't think that happens all the time.....
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I would like to see a law passed that eliminates the tie between voting and jury duty. I believe many low income Americans don't vote because jury duty would break them financially. This is unfortunate.
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Come on.  That's all you're going to write?\n\nFine.\n\nUnless the Court can prove you were served with a notice to appear for jury duty, you're all good.  Without proof that you received an order to appear, you can't be held liable for not appearing.  Could be someone is stealing your jury duty notice from your mailbox.\n\nIs it possible the Court might choose to reach out and touch you with a personally-served notice for jury duty?  I suppose...but it seems unlikely.  \n\nBut really - instead of asking or worrying about this, just go do it.  It's part of the price you pay for living in the society you do...warts and all, it's still about the best thing we've got going.
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The Orleans Parish website doesn't make much of an effort to answer the question, but the process is similar to the selection procedure used in neighboring counties, like Jefferson County, across the river.\n\nThe following passage is from the Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court's website (linked below):\n\nThe names of all licensed drivers and registered voters in Jefferson Parish are placed into the jury-management computer system operated by the clerk of court. The combined list is updated each year to account for address changes, name changes, additions, and deletions. The computer runs comparisons to eliminate duplicate names and then randomly selects the names of those who will be mailed questionnaires, upon request by the Jury Commission. \n\nThe questionnaire is designed to identify those citizens who are qualified to serve as jurors. The questionnaire also allows those who are entitled to a legal exemption to claim it, if they so wish. \n\nThe names of all qualified individuals are then entered into the computer's juror database, from which potential jurors are randomly selected and summoned for jury duty.
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General proceedure goes as follows:\n\n1.) Arrive at courthouse on time, present juror notice to officers at front door or jury managment office (depends on state your in)\n\n2.) You will be one of a large group that was sent notices to create a jury pool ( 40-60 people usually)\n\n3.) from the pool of prospective jurors 12 people will be chose at random as jury selection begins in several cases that day.\n (Note: Most U.S. Court systems have several trials set to begin jury selection on the same day and by creating a pool of people they can eliminate jury selection for several cases at once.)\n\n4.) If your in a selected group you will be taken to the courtroom and seated in jury box, after some proceduaral stuff the court will be turned over to the prosecution/defense councils to begin a brief introduction of what a case may be about and then on to specific questions directed at the prospective jury members)\n\n5.) JURY SELECTION - Generally each council (prosecution and defense) may 'strike a juror' (dismiss them) without cause or reason up up to 3 jurors (occasionally more), after using there 'strikes' the councils may request the dismissal of a juror memeber based on 'cause' (i.e. - the juror members answers to one or more questions asked of them indicates they are biased or have knowledge of the case that may cause them to pre-judge guilt or innocence) - in this case if the judge agrees the prospective juror is dismissed for cause. All jury memebers dismissed for cause or by 'strike' will return to the jury pool and become subject to selection for another jury and case until dismissed for the day by the court.\n\n6.) PLACEMENT ON A JURY - If the councils come to an agreement on 12 jurors and two alternates then the remaining potential jurors will be dismissed while the 14 chosen are retained. They will be given court instructions on silence, confidentiality and a host of other things and will either be sent home with instructions to return the following day for trial. They may possible have the trial the same day in which case the juror will hear the case and render decisions like any other jury. or in rare cases (capital crimes, murders etc. etc.) the jury may become sequestored, in this case they will be the guests of the courthouse/state at a  local motel or building provided with beds, food, bathrooms for 1 or more days until the trial is resolved. This later case is unpleasant because it will keep a jury memeber away from home, family and work until the job is completed.\n\nI hope this provided a VERY BASIC idea of the process and what to expect.
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I'll leave the benefits to everyone else.  \n\nMy problem with the drawbacks is the fact that depending on where you live, you are more likely to get a jury of your ignorant, white trash neighbors than a jury of your peers.  In my state, every jury I have seen sleeps through most of the trial, and I am sure has NO IDEA what the lawyer is talking about.  And regardless of the questionaires, etc., I refuse to believe that juries (again, atleast in my state) put their own prejudices and feeling aside when deciding on the case.\n\nDid I mention I live in the deep south?  I love where I live, but intelligence is few and far between, esp when it comes to jurors.
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I think they typically use voters registration rolls as their pool for jury duty. Some states use voters registration cards as well as drivers license. The optimum system to generate a jury pool would be a totally non-bias system, which neither of these provide, but it is the best we have.\nHope this helps.\n\nI did a little research on Louisiana and I found that in at least two parishes (sp?) The names of all licensed drivers and registered voters of St. Martin Parish are placed into the Clerk of Court computer once a year.  The computer first eliminates duplicate names, and then uses random selection to select the names of people who will receive a subpoena for jury duty.
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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