How many times have you gotten summoned to Jury duty? Did you actually have to attend or was your number waived?
Actually I just got summoned 2 days ago for the 2nd time. Last year was the first time and it got waived so Ive never been.
I registered to vote. I get summoned every 2 years. My wife did not register. She never gets summoned.
I've been summoned about 5 times. I got my number called while in the jury room twice. Once, I was excused after filling out the questionnaire, and the other time I sat on a case (boring as fuck). It is hard to get out of it, but you can postpone it pretty easily.
I got summoned several times while working in labs at OHSU, but I was able to provide a letter from my employer saying it was imperative to both research and safety that I remain in the lab daily since I work with radioactive materials. I would hand the letter in ahead of time and was excused from attending. After a few times they stopped.
Not being bothered with it is the primary reason I'm not registered to vote, so if I'm going to be auto-registered in the future I won't be happy.
http://news.yahoo.com/us-chief-justice-called-jury-duty-202412237.html Even the head of the highest court in the land has to report for jury duty. John Roberts, the chief justice of the US Supreme Court, showed up for jury duty Wednesday in a Maryland county court in the Washington suburbs, Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg told AFP. But after responding to several questions aimed at vetting potential jurors for a civil case, he was not selected. Roberts, who has presided over the US Supreme Court for the past decade, certainly will have his share of important cases to decide in the coming weeks. In late April, the court will hear potentially game-changing cases on gay marriage and the constitutionality of lethal injection. In 2005, the 60-year-old Roberts was nominated to the Supreme Court by then-president George W. Bush. While Roberts's confirmation was still pending, the sitting chief justice died, Bush changed the nomination, propelling Roberts to the top spot. His vote is often crucial because the court's eight other justices are evenly divided among conservatives and liberals.
I've never understood why people make such a big deal out of the occasional jury duty summons. Giving up a day of your time to facilitate the legal process is really not that huge of a sacrifice. I've been summoned twice, had my number called both times. Once I was excused because the defense attorney didn't like the fact that I can't identify with a criminal defendant choosing not to testify on his own behalf (by speaking up, a couple other guys agreed with my opinion and got themselves excused too); the other time, the civil suit settled while we were at lunch, so they sent us all home. Never had to sit in on a case, but I wouldn't bitch and moan if I did.
I've been registered to vote since forever, never been summoned. Wouldn't mind it, great excuse to take some days off.
I don't get paid for jury duty from work, so fuck that. Its boring as fuck to wait in a room with a bunch of other people who don't want to be there, on beckon call from inefficient government employees.
Back in the 80s, they sent me something a couple of times, a couple of years apart. I ignored them and they went away. In the 90s when I was still married, my wife actually went. She told the county D.A. that she had smoked marijuana when younger. He threw a temper tantrum in front of the court and prospective jurors. What a dick. He never hears any opinion contrary to his Fascist opinion. She was kicked out, thankful to go back to work. Just don't mail it back.
I spent more than a month on a grand jury once, heard dozens of cases, some of them very interesting, some funny, all of them pathetic. barfo
I've been called to jury duty twice in the last decade. They sent me home both times after I asked them is we still hang people for misdemeanors
