I'm on it.
More specifically: I'm an alternate juror in a criminal court case.
That's as specific as I can get for now, of course.
And, yes, I believe it's my civic duty to serve, but this is my third time (all three in the criminal division) and I don't know any friends or family members who have served even once.
Did I mention that I got sequestered the last time I served?
About half the jury pool raised their hands when asked if they had ever served before.
Random selection my ass.
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I have been called for jury duty, and have always given detailed and complex answers to the questions that the attorneys ask in the preliminary screening. I have never been asked to stay beyond that phase. Maybe they worry that I will be a little too "12 Angry Men"ish in the jury room.
While I lived in Allegheny County I also served three times. I moved to Westmoreland Cty 2001. I got called to jury duty in 2003. I'm expecting another postcard anytime now.
I have been registered to vote for over 5 years now & have never been chosen to even go down.
Been here since 1999, registered to vote the entire time, never received a single postcard from the courts for any kind of jury duty. Of course, I'm not so sure just how useful a dead admiral would be on a jury...
Ugh!
I've been in Pittsburgh for 16 years and I've been called ONCE.
I've lived here over twenty years and have NEVER been called, and I'm on every list in town . . . go figure.
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