On Call for Jury Duty

[quincy]

I logged on, and before I could even click to see my Friday reporting instructions, it said "You have completed your jury service. Thank you for serving." WHEW!!!! I feel like I dodged a bullet! Time to go out and celebrate tomorrow!
I will never know if my logging in late at night each time played a role in not getting selected.
I suspect that COVID is extra motivation for lawyers to settle cases before trial. There must be a lot of hung juries because of too many jurors getting sick. Having jury duty during a time when COVID cases are still very high may have worked to my advantage.

Thank you for the update, Los-Angeles. I am happy to hear that apparently there was no need for your service this week.

I appreciate that you were ready and willing and able to go to court this week to sit on a jury. Too many people try to wrangle their way out of being on a jury by inventing some cockamamie excuse. It looks like, this week at least, all the jurors that were needed were seated.

Have a good weekend.

 

[Zigner]

I've been on-call a number of times, and actually had to report to the court once. That consisted of waiting in a room for two days, then it was over. I'm sad, because I'd like to be on a jury

 

[quincy]

I've been on-call a number of times, and actually had to report to the court once. That consisted of waiting in a room for two days, then it was over. I'm sad, because I'd like to be on a jury

I wouldn’t mind being on a jury although I would not necessarily delight in sitting for a long trial. But I have only been called on once and the case was dismissed.

 

[zddoodah]

I will never know if my logging in late at night each time played a role in not getting selected.

You can choose to believe what you want, but it was completely irrelevant.

I suspect that COVID is extra motivation for lawyers to settle cases before trial. There must be a lot of hung juries because of too many jurors getting sick. Having jury duty during a time when COVID cases are still very high may have worked to my advantage.

I don't disagree with all that.

 

[ShyCat]

I've been called for jury duty three times in my life, twice after I had moved out of that county/state, much to my disappointment. After living here over 20 years, I was finally called to jury duty last year. I have no idea why it took so long. I was excited to finally serve, even though I was a bit concerned about COVID exposure and wearing a mask for so many hours. I was even more concerned when my jury service period was postponed until later in the year due to court closures and there was a big trial approaching for a grisly double murder. I did NOT want to serve on that jury as I knew it would give me nightmares. Having read the news articles at the time was bad enough; the crime scene photos would have haunted me. Still, I was determined to do my civic duty and not try to weasel my way out of it, tempting as that may be, but I confess that I was relieved when my jury pool was released sans nightmare trial.

 

[AlmostThere]

I've been called for jury duty three times in my life, twice after I had moved out of that county/state, much to my disappointment. After living here over 20 years, I was finally called to jury duty last year. I have no idea why it took so long. I was excited to finally serve, even though I was a bit concerned about COVID exposure and wearing a mask for so many hours. I was even more concerned when my jury service period was postponed until later in the year due to court closures and there was a big trial approaching for a grisly double murder. I did NOT want to serve on that jury as I knew it would give me nightmares. Having read the news articles at the time was bad enough; the crime scene photos would have haunted me. Still, I was determined to do my civic duty and not try to weasel my way out of it, tempting as that may be, but I confess that I was relieved when my jury pool was released sans nightmare trial.

IME, it is one of those things that you see on TV that is true. They (the attorneys and judge) ask you if you have read anything about the case, seen anything about the case on TV, know anyone involved, or anyone serving in the courtroom. And if you say yes, you are dismissed.

I served once a few years ago- on an NYS Supreme Court jury for the retrial of a homicide that was committed about 15 years earlier. It was bad enough that I had trouble sleeping for months and still have the occasional upsetting dream about it. There are some studies out there that indicate that some jurors suffer from PTSD after serving on difficult cases.

 

[Hulu]

I've been on-call a number of times, and actually had to report to the court once. That consisted of waiting in a room for two days, then it was over. I'm sad, because I'd like to be on a jury

You want to be on a Jury? You do the exact opposite as any normal American.