American jurisprudence

[katster]

IOW, guess who has jury duty?

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[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Well, if it's anything like mine, there's a huge chance you won't have to show up at all, and if you do, a large chance you won't get picked.

I've got the jury duty notice about every six months for the past several years. Only once did I ever have to appear. Even then, my pool of jurors was not used.

If you do actually have to show up, bring stuff to read unless you want to go mad from boredom while you wait to find out if you're actually going to get interviewed.

[katster.livejournal.com]

I typed that from the waiting room for the pool. I have to go back today -- we left off in the middle of picking a jury. It should be interesting.

This is the second time I've sat waiting -- the first time was up in Shasta County, so it's kinda interesting to sit and watch the differences between counties. Sacramento is definitely more efficient about the whole process, but that might be simply because they've got more trials that they need to assign juries to.

At this point, I'm almost hoping I get picked, because it would be neat to see the process. I'm a geek like that. :)

-kat