Notmuchlonger
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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This is my 3rd time in 10 years. I must be lucky or something. How many times have you served. Maybe this time I wont have to report
I served on a couple juries and found the whole process very educational. I always wanted to get on a long one when I was working as I would get paid anyhow and it would be a break from the everyday grind. Shortly after I retired I got another notice....well now they were cutting into MY time....hey, I got things to think about doing you know?! Fortunately the guy plead to some lesser charge and it only took a couple days. But Hey! I got to keep my 11 dollars for each day I was there!
I don´t believe in the jury system. It´s being introduced in Spain. Starting with certain crimes. 15% of it´s decisions have been revoked.
the funny thing is that the hung jury was a slam dunk guilty... we had witnesses how saw the guy, saw a gun in his hand etc... no evidence that there was not a gun... when we went into deliberate... one of the ladies said in the first 5 minutes... "I don't believe there was a gun involved"...
I tell you, jury duty is one PITA for a fulltime RVer!
This past February I returned to Kerrville and sat around for the whole month just checking each Friday to see if I had to report at the Federal Court in San Antonio the following monday morning for a jury pick. I couldn't make any plans, couldn't make any appointments (especially not Dr's etc.), because I never knew until a few days in advance whether I was excused for the week.
Jury pick was cancelled two of those weeks and my number didn't get picked the other two.
Being "on call" for a whole month really stinks!
Audrey
Well, I don't think the Federal Courts work that way. I expect I could easily make that arrangement with the county court.Another good reason to volunteer (when you are going to be in town anyway. It gets you off the hook for a year or two of good RV Ramblin'.
R
Many people assume that the Denver County Court is responsible for summoning people to jury duty. This is incorrect.
In fact, the Denver County Court uses a jury pool which is managed by the Jury Commissioner, a State employee from the Denver District Court. All courts -- County, State and Federal -- requiring the use of jurors draw their panels from a shared pool of available jurors. Jurors are not pre-assigned or reserved by a specific courtroom, except in extraordinary situations.
Denver has a one day, one trial system, which means that a person is either selected to sit as a juror or is released from service on the first day they are summoned to jury duty. This appearance, whether or not the person is chosen to sit on a jury, constitutes the individual's jury obligation until the next time a jury summons is received.
Jurors are provided to courtrooms on a first-come, first-served basis with the exception of a criminal or speedy trial matter. These cases have a priority over other cases.
The Jury Commissioner's office services 36 courtrooms and is also responsible for payment of jurors for their services. Jurors are expected to be paid by their employers, if employed, for the first three days of service. After that time, the Jury Commissioner pays $50 per day for each day over three days. Further information can be found on the State jury website.