taeyeon's jawline 1,005 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 what's it like??? i just got my letter and the part of me that is fascinated by the legal process is excited but the part of me with severe anxiety is dreading it to be honest D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinni 4,412 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 We don't have anything like that in my country. The custom seems weird to me tbh. Good luck with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Need Some Milk 4,270 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 I was called in, like most people i didnt want to do it. I was sitting waiting to be assigned in a group for a couple hours and the lady said the court didnt need us and we were free to go lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omejkle 11,748 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 I got called in, but everyone was let go because all the defendants that day chose to settle. They just sent everyone home. I was glad not to do it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosesquare 2,797 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 We don't have jury duty in my country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demasta 23,252 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 yes, pretty boring if you don't get called up, because you'll just be sitting there listening to them talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aneira3019 1,017 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odd_walls 1,024 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 My country don't use same law system as in US, so we don't have jury system But I'm curious about... does every person in legal age have to do jury duty in US? or there's a requirement for a person to be given jury duty? And is there sny consequences if someone does not fullfill their jury duty? (I think I ask too much) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silicon soul 19,457 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Yeah but it was shit 80% of the time. Most of my time was spent waiting to be called, i think i went 3 days until i sat in my first trial. Then it ended 2hrs in because the case was thrown out due to new evidence - alleged car jacker was innocent because new CCTV footage showed it wasn't him that broke in and stole the car, was his friend. Then i had to wait another 3 days to be called again and this time the defendant was blatantly guilty of carrying a knife and attempting to stab someone while he was saying self defence/protection. Even though it was obvious he was guilty we still had to waste a couple days listening this idiot and his defence. After everything was shown we literally took less than 10mins to come to a unanimous verdict. And then to make it worse because we all finished that trial on a Thursday so we couldn't be picked to sit on a trial on Friday onwards as that was our last day (you get 2 weeks max to be sat on as may trial as possible unless you're on a serious case like murder in which case you can be asked to stay on for much longer) but they didn't tell us that on Thursday, we all came in on Friday morning, told we were finished and told to go home, day wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mccuish 1,935 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 I got my letter last month to do Jury duty on monday. I had to come back in Tuesday since I was picked on monday and once again I was picked. I had to go back in yesterday and I wasn't picked again. I'm glad I wasn't picked on Tuesday since it was a child abuse case and it's a touchy subject for me since I have a godchild who I'm very close with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Jellyfish 23,232 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 I received a notice about potentially serving once during my senior year of high school. Didn't get called back though thankfully because I had to wait almost 2 weeks to see if they needed me or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsdv 624 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 We don't have jury duty in my country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatalite 6,078 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 I just got a mail for jury duty this week and I'll have to go in October. My brother did it last week though and he actually had to serve on actual case. He said it wasn't that bad, kind of fun actually, and at least he got paid $15 a day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully 4,318 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Called but didn't serve, thank god. I have zero interest in wasting all my time for slave labor pay to sit on a trial when I could be at my regular job making regular money. I received a notice about potentially serving once during my senior year of high school. Didn't get called back though thankfully because I had to wait almost 2 weeks to see if they needed me or not. How odd that they didn't tell you to not bother coming the first time. USA? If you're a full time student you're supposed to not have to serve or even have to go down there if you tell them and show proof. My country don't use same law system as in US, so we don't have jury system But I'm curious about... does every person in legal age have to do jury duty in US? or there's a requirement for a person to be given jury duty? And is there sny consequences if someone does not fullfill their jury duty? (I think I ask too much) Yeah everyone over the age of 18 gets their name put into a database that randomly pulls out people's names. They weren't nabbing enough people by using people who are registered to vote, so they added the list of people with driver licenses as well. Though there are some exceptions that someone can use to get out of serving like being a full time student, doesn't understand English well enough, a full time caretaker of someone, medical reasons, etc. Consequences for skipping out on jury duty when you've been called is a fine you have to pay and possible jail time, but that 100% depends on if the judge over the case looking for jurors decides to put out a warrant for the arrest of all those that skipped that day. I think most judges don't unless skipping has become such a serious problem that they're not getting enough people showing up. Like in my area, they've started putting out warrants for anyone that skips because over 50% of the people are missing each time and not many are actually showing up. I personally hate jury duty because they expect you to waste an entire workday or more doing this depending on the length of the trial and if you get picked and they pay you barely anything (from $8 to $15 USD A DAY depending on the city). And jobs are under no legal obligation to pay you the difference of the work time you missed from being forced to have to go to jury duty. So anyone that's living paycheck to paycheck gets screwed over bad on missing money if they work somewhere that doesn't give them anything as compensation for missing for jury duty. They do have a financial hardship exception that you can request to not have to serve, but I hear that a lot of judges like to not accept that excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeminy 2,102 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 nope not yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grape Soda 12,004 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 ive done both in court and being sent to court. sent to court is much better. the sheriff just reads you case evidence they have blah blah and you just decided whether or not it should be sent to court. no waiting really. in court waiting forever, people arguing, possibility of seeing someone get sent to jail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonsungideuri 448 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caridee 5,322 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Nope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Hamster Named Loneliness 3,680 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 where i live, jury duty is just checking the court website or calling in each day of our assigned jury service dates to find out if we need to actually report to the courthouse or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrayCray 2,636 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Been summoned twice. Though I love watching stuff about court stuff I hate being part of it in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miekos 24,408 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 We don't have jury duty in my country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indigo 16,433 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 I finally got a jury duty summons last month actually. I found it really fun I this close to getting picked for the jury, if they had just dismissed one more person I'd have been the alternate. It was really so interesting. You learn quite a bit about your fellow jurors and about what kinda of case the prosecution and defense will be making. I think if you like the legal process you should find it a good experience too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeei 16 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Not yet and frankly I wouldn't want to be part of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22445 1,253 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 my country doesnt have such a system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint. 3,333 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Idk if we have it or not in my country, but I never did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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