Just curious, because this is something I've been asking around about for a number of years now. People always say that you get arrested if you don't go to jury duty when you're called. But how many people do you know that this has actually happened to?
I have found, from talking to a number of people who have indeed ditched jury duty, that this isn't the case. I know multiple people who never respond to their jury duty summons and have never experienced any consequences.
For myself, I will never serve on a jury because I don't believe in sitting in judgment of others, and I don't agree with half of the laws in this country anyway. If I was ever forced somehow to sit on a jury, I would vote "not guilty" regardless of whether or not I thought the person did it. No way do I want any hand in sending someone to jail!
I also think it's wrong that they expect people to stop their lives to go sit on a jury when they don't want to. I don't buy that it's our "civic duty." I think it should be a volunteer-only thing. There are plenty of people I've met who say that they'd find the experience interesting and would like to do it. I believe that people who are interested should get to submit their names to be called and the rest of us should be left alone.
If you're an American, have you ever done jury duty? Have you made up an excuse to get out of it? Have you ever just flat out not shown up? If so, what happened and how was your experience?
If you're not an American, do they have jury duty or something similar in your country? How does it work?
I have found, from talking to a number of people who have indeed ditched jury duty, that this isn't the case. I know multiple people who never respond to their jury duty summons and have never experienced any consequences.
For myself, I will never serve on a jury because I don't believe in sitting in judgment of others, and I don't agree with half of the laws in this country anyway. If I was ever forced somehow to sit on a jury, I would vote "not guilty" regardless of whether or not I thought the person did it. No way do I want any hand in sending someone to jail!
I also think it's wrong that they expect people to stop their lives to go sit on a jury when they don't want to. I don't buy that it's our "civic duty." I think it should be a volunteer-only thing. There are plenty of people I've met who say that they'd find the experience interesting and would like to do it. I believe that people who are interested should get to submit their names to be called and the rest of us should be left alone.
If you're an American, have you ever done jury duty? Have you made up an excuse to get out of it? Have you ever just flat out not shown up? If so, what happened and how was your experience?
If you're not an American, do they have jury duty or something similar in your country? How does it work?
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