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Jury duty

savypat @savypat (20216) • United States 4 Apr 12

In the USA we can have trial by jury if we request it. In order to fulfill this committment all citizens between 21 and 70 can be called for jury duty. There are many ways to avoid this duty, but unless you fit into one of those...

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Why is Jury Duty Mandatory if it is a Civil Liberty?

maximumgravity1 @maximumgravity1 (245) • United States 17 Nov 10

After receiving my jury duty summons, I read through the 4 page propaganda booklet looking for questions about the actual procedure of how to be in compliance with the summons. Instead, I found a huge Q&A about why I should be...

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I have to serve Jury Duty...

reinydawn @reinydawn (11642) • United States 31 May 09

This is just so strange because last week I was just thinking about the last (and only previous) time I did my jury duty stint. It was about 10 years ago I guess and I almost got on a jury. I was excused because an incident that...

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