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• Jury Duty (Score:2)

  by Ovid (2709)

  I feel your pain. I just received a jury duty summons for a trial that is expected to last twenty days. This is not fun.
• well, the alternative to jury duty (Score:2)

  by merlyn (47)

  is to no longer be able to serve jury duty [lightlink.com], correct?

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• Been there, done that... (Score:1)

  by runrig (3385)

  ...and I'm sure I'm not the only one. I've been called up four times, and only served on a jury once. Bring a book. Once I sat in a big room, and was let go after lunch (wheee, free half-day off!). Once a group of us were called to a courtroom, only to be told that the case was settled at the last minute (which they say often happens just before jury selection). Once I was in the courtroom, but the jury was selected before they got to me. And once I actually served, even after telling the judge that I might
  • Correction (Score:1)

    by runrig (3385)

    Just realized that you are actually serving. In that case, bringing a book is probably not such an important thing. I don't think the judge would take too kindly to a person reading a book while on a jury :-)
    • Re:Correction (Score:2)

      by dws (341)

      Being on jury duty means both a lot of time waiting around to get to the selection process, and then, if selected, the possibility of a fair amount of time waiting on break while the court deals with scheduling problems (e.g., "the arresting officer is in a separate court down the hall right now, come back in an hour.")