Having never been asked to be a juror maybe I am missing out on what the big deal is, but if I am called I intend on serving. I do not consider myself “too dumb to get out of jury duty”, I just feel it is like voting…either you participate actively in our democracy or you are a parasite that does not deserve to have an opinion because you contribute nothing to its improvement. 

Just my opinion.

I’ve been asked twice already and I had to explain that I am disqualified. My sister, however, as dual citizen had all the luck and was a juror in a rather sordid murder trial.

Yes, patriotic is doing your jury duty.  I hate the idea of patriotic, but if you don’t serve and let the unemployed, homeless, or otherwise disenfranchised serve - Hey, hope they are on the jury in YOUR trial.

I am a Patriot myself who votes every chance and I have ran for Local offices before.

I never have been called to Jury Duty though and I have pondered too about it considering I do have Learning Disabilities and I would probably do a better job at serving in congress than serving on a Jury.

However if I were to receive a Jury Duty notice I would not pull any illegal strings to get out of Jury Duty, unless there was a really good Medical and/or Metal reason I could not serve on a Jury I would try to answer the call for Jury Duty.

And I would answer questions truthfully in Jury selection even if I was certain a Truthful answer could get me off (such a thing can happen and has happened).

One Teacher I use to have was involved in 2 cases 1 was Arson and because the Defendant was Black a question of are you Prejudice was asked and 1 guy said yes so he got off.

It stinks the guy was prejudice but at least he admitted it and the suspect was found guilty too.

2nd case was a Shooting and the Defendant’s lawyer asked if anyone owns a gun and everyone except the Teacher and 2 others raised their Hands, then there was a question if if you ever touched a Gun again same hands up.

The Teacher thought she was gonna be eliminated from Jury Duty in the case but she was not.

If I ever get called to Jury Duty I will answer questionaires truthfully and I so hope I don’t get told what the case is 1st cause I would like my eligibility to serve on a Jury for the case to be reviewed and if a determination occured that I should not be on the Jury then i’d be like well ok at least I did my part.

Maybe Lett was going through a bad day… we shouldn’t blame him…every problem has a reason

every problem has a reason

Like being a jerk?

Maybe Lett is a further symptom of attitudes in our country shifting away from the classic expectations towards civic duty. We’ve got polititians and wealthy citizens flaunting such civic responsibilities like paying what is legally owed (taxes) to the government—ya’ll know, the the money that is wrenched from our pitiful paychecks every payperiod. Maybe I should follow suit and mail a nasty letter to the IRS saying I’ve paid enough. Maybe if I see a crime I’ll just say,“ Oh well, live and let live” and not call the police. Afterall, what should we expect from a citizendry that recognizes Ronald McDonald more readily than George Washington.

I had jury duty a couple of years ago. I thought it was fun - you got a couple of weeks away from work while still getting paid and got to watch trials. Ok, parts of it were boring, but less so than if I’d been in work. I understand that self-employed people might not think the same way, but those with a legitimate excuse will generally be excused.

My point is that, having experienced jury duty, and met some of the quite frankly thick as pigshit people that I was serving with, I would always try to be available if I was called again, and so should everyone else if possible. They need people with at least some form of intelligence and common sense - one jury I was on was about to convict someone simply because he was from Iraq! (And this was prior to the war, mind.) Having said that, the subject of this entry appeared to have neither, so it was probably a good thing he didn’t serve.

I’ve never received a jury duty summons, but if I ever do I’d be happy to go. In part because I’m serious about doing my civic duty and in part because I think it would be an interesting learning experience.

you want to serve on $5 a day? To hell with the US government. They want people to want to serve. Pay them decent money..say $500 a day