Jury Duty
By DeenaD
@DeenaD (2684)
United States
October 15, 2006 9:55am CST
I have jury duty coming up this week. Any tips from people who have been there?
3 responses
@ossie16d (11821)
• Australia
25 Oct 06
I have only been called for Jury Duty once and was not picked, or should I say the defence objected to my being on the jury because of my occupation at the time. LOL
Good luck and I hope it goes well for you, and that you get a case that doesn't drag on endlessly. :)
@DeenaD (2684)
• United States
28 Oct 06
Thanks for the reply. Actually what happened is I made the obligatory phone call the night before and the voice recording told me I was dismissed, I was NOT to report, my duty was complete. So, I never had to actually go there. I was worried for nothing!
@gotOBX (764)
• United States
7 Nov 06
DeenaD, sorry I'm not seeing this post till now. Although you didn't get called perhaps you would like to hear this one. I was called to jury duty about 2 years ago this fall. I made the phone call the night before hoping not to have to go. But my number was up so I reported the next morning. I took a book and passed time with about 50-75 others. We seemed to be waiting a long time when we were all called into the court room. The judge told us a witness for the prosecution did not show up which their case depended upon so the trial did not happen. But i went through the process and once I was there I was excited about being a part of it. Up till the time I got there however I was not looking forward to it.
@gotOBX (764)
• United States
7 Nov 06
DeenaD, sorry I'm not seeing this post till now. Although you didn't get called perhaps you would like to hear this one. I was called to jury duty about 2 years ago this fall. I made the phone call the night before hoping not to have to go. But my number was up so I reported the next morning. I took a book and passed time with about 50-75 others. We seemed to be waiting a long time when we were all called into the court room. The judge told us a witness for the prosecution did not show up which their case depended upon so the trial did not happen. But i went through the process and once I was there I was excited about being a part of it. Up till the time I got there however I was not looking forward to it.
