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[vik_thor]

Remembered something I was wanting to say...

I want to be on a Jury!!
I've been registered to vote since I was 18, about 16.5 years. And I have NEVER even gotten called, much less served on one.

What brought this up is one of my coworkers has been called, for the 2d time since I've been at this store. She's been on call for the past 2 weeks, and Satyrday she came in saying that she had to go in today. Shes'our cosmetician, and our cosmetic wall reset starts tomorrow...
This one is federal, last one was county.

Another coworker has also been on a jury since I've been there.

I don't care what type of case, I just want to be on a jury!!!
(Though I must admit, I'd like to be on a drug case...)

Comments

Can be a little boring if you don't have something to read.

[hartree.livejournal.com]

I did it once, while I was living in Albuquerque. I never got put on a jury, just waited in the jury pool. Mostly spent the time either reading, or talking with a nuclear safety engineer from Los Alamos who was also in the jury pool. They had free coffee for us which was a plus. Getting to go next door and watch the arraignment hearings in the morning was interesting.
I'd been registered to vote since 18, and I was 35 when I was called for the first time.

Re: Can be a little boring if you don't have something to read.

[vik_thor]

Hmmm... I'll be 35 this year, maybe I'll finally get called!!!
«boucies»
You know me, I ALWAYS have something to read with me! «g»

[robearal.livejournal.com]

I also have wanted to serve on a jury. And I've been called 3 times. I was even taken as part of a panel twice -- that's where they bring in 20-30 prospective jurors and the lawyers get to choose which ones they want. I have always been eliminated. Here are my theories on that:
1. Most obvious is my appearance: long hair, facial hair. Who wants a hippy on their jury?

2. Education. I am WAY too highly educated. I'm not a sheep that the lawyers can herd one way or another.

After being through this process, I really feel for any poor slob subjected to a "Jury of his peers". He's not getting peers, he's getting village idiots.