Jury Duty

I believe they get the jury duty candidates from driver licence numbers now. I don't know if they would use it as community service, these people usually break laws, don't they? I've been called twice in my years and one time I got it dismissed due to a bad chest cold. I had to call to check to see if I had to report and I guess my voice convinced them that I was ill. I would think that having small children would be a good reason for not being able to attend.

I think it should definetly be a choice. Personally I would not wanna go, I don't like the idea of having to choose whether a person is innocent or not.. what if you chose wrongly and an innocent person goes to jail?? I don't want that burden.

Jury duty is all of our civic duty. I do not think they should get someone who has broken the law to decide what punishment another person has who also has broken the law. The counties and cities are broke now let alone try to pay someone to be on a jury duty would not work also. I think you should be just like the rest of us and do you civic duty. Now here in my county if you have served on a jury when have severed on a civil and criminaljury the judge will let you stay or go. I was on a civil case so I have to be on a criminal case and I will not have to serve again if I do not want to. I will still have to go to the jury room, I will still have to sit through the proceedings. I just do not have to stay for the trial if I am picked to be a juror.