Jury duty

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I am not sure how things work in most countries regarding the legal system but here we have a jury which is made up of community members who get to decide based on the facts presented during a trial whether a person is guilty or innocent. I have received a card to fill out for jury duty twice and have been summoned once. I didn't get picked but I had to go before the judge with several other members who were chosen to be narrowed down. I don't know if I would have been picked or not had I not told the judge my son had an important doctor's appointment the day of the trial which is true he did otherwise I may have actually liked the experience. It was interesting. Mostly I remember this one guy who clearly didn't want to be there and kept making excuses to the judge that would make it so he would be able to get out of it. He actually told the judge word for word "honestly, I'm not a trustworthy person". I was so amused by his blatant attempt to get out of it. Most of us were fine with answering questions but he always found a way to make himself look bad. It amused me. There was another person who had been chosen for two juries one in Texas for murder and one in Ohio and I believe they chose them again. Before this, I had only been in juries two mock trials when I was still in school one was for a class I was in and one was for another class they chose me after I was forced to fill out a sheet in study hall. I was chosen because of my knowledge of how a jury works. Considering before that I had done two other mock trials but in one I was a witness and not on the jury I had an idea of how trials worked. This was a bit more difficult for obvious reasons because it was real but thankfully it wasn't a murder case or anything. This case was for theft I think. I don't remember the specifics anymore it was a couple of years ago. If they ever called me again I think it'd be neat to actually take part in it as long as it isn't for something like murder because I wouldn't want to take a chance I may actually be wrong and have someone either set free that shouldn't be or someone sent to prison or death when they didn't deserve to be. I mean no matter what you risk at least somewhat ruining someone's life but the idea of putting someone away for life or setting free a murderer definitely isn't something I want on my conscience. Anyone else ever been summoned for Jury duty or served on a jury?