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| [Rant] People Who Gripe About Jury Duty
The Rant last week about jury duty is locked, which this would have been perfect for. This tidbit is specfically about the District of Columbia, but many jurisdictions have similar laws.
Warrants out for no-show jurors
July 2, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - The D.C. Superior Court's chief judge has issued bench warrants for almost 100 people who failed to show up for jury duty and did not appear before him to explain why.
Judge Rufus King the Third says jury duty is not voluntary, but a mandatory civic responsibility.
Those bench warrants issued Wednesday mean the people named in them can be arrested. Penalties for failure to appear for jury duty includes fines up to $300 or up to seven days in jail.
Personally, I would never evade jury duty; but then, I have a very German temperament. I don't have a terribly high opinion of those who do.
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ykronic
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my only complaint about jury duty really would be for X days I'm not working, and if I'm not working I'm not getting paid.
I've never looked into whether or not you're compensated for it, I would be very surprised to find that you are. And well I like getting paid. |
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| said by ykronic  :my only complaint about jury duty really would be for X days I'm not working, and if I'm not working I'm not getting paid. I've never looked into whether or not you're compensated for it, I would be very surprised to find that you are. And well I like getting paid. Compensation is $12/day
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Last time I was called they did NOT select me and I could hear them laughing at me as I left the Courtroom!!!
Yes, I was able to hear them loud and clear laughing at me even over the laughter I was holding back laughing at them, about to be stuck there for at least a week!!!
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jadinolf
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My county:
Juror Fees
No fees or mileage are paid for the first day of service. $15 per day and 34¢ per mile, one way from the juror’s home to the courthouse are paid for second and additional days of service. Jurors employed by government agencies or districts receive regular salary during service, therefore no juror fees are paid to those jurors pursuant to provisions of the law.
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In DC, if you only are there for the one day, you get $4 toward your travel expense (most people will take public transit since parking is virtually impossible near the courthouse). If you serve longer, your daily compensation is the $4 travel fee plus $30 juror fee.
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I have no problem serving (I get paid by my job for jury duty) and would like to volunteer so I can serve my civic duty.
What I don't like about the process is how I get a notice which says call two weeks from today, on a Friday, after 5pm, so we can tell you -IF- we -might- need you to come in to see if you -might- get picked for a jury.
Say Phoenix - we need you to come down for Jury Duty, here's our schedule, let us know what works for you and be there. That would be so much simpler wouldn't it?
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Technogeez
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Man, I'd KILL to be on a jury... |
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| said by Technogeez :Man, I'd KILL to be on a jury... I think you'd be sitting across the room from them, dude. 
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Just remember...when you are on trial, your guilt or innocence will be decided by people who are not smart enough to get out of jury duty!
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said by ykronic :my only complaint about jury duty really would be for X days I'm not working, and if I'm not working I'm not getting paid. I've never looked into whether or not you're compensated for it, I would be very surprised to find that you are. And well I like getting paid. A lot of companies compensate you for going on jury duty, usually it's 3 to 5 days depending on the company. All you need to do is bring in the jury duty paper and any checks received by the court. |
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said by PhoenixDown :I have no problem serving (I get paid by my job for jury duty) and would like to volunteer so I can serve my civic duty. If your job didn't pay you, I bet you'd view your "civic duty" differently!
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Re: [Rant] People Who Gripe About Jury Duty
said by dvd536 :said by PhoenixDown :I have no problem serving (I get paid by my job for jury duty) and would like to volunteer so I can serve my civic duty. If your job didn't pay you, I bet you'd view your "civic duty" differently! Can't speak for him, but I know I don't. When I served jury duty, I was not aware that I was going to get paid by my employer. But I did my job, and served as a juror for 5 days. When I returned back to work, I gave them the documentation and they informed me that I would still get paid for the days I was out. It was a nice surprise. |
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said by drslash :Just remember...when you are on trial, your guilt or innocence will be decided by people who are not smart enough to get out of jury duty! I am smart enough to get out of it.. I'm also smart enough to know that it is my civic duty and that I am not a freeloader on the system..
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I don't mind doing my part. One time I was called for jury duty, I didn't have any transportation. No car, no buses, no ride. So I called them and asked if that was an excuse to not have to go. I also didn't get paid from work for the days off. They told me I still had to show up that day. So I took a cab to the courthouse. It was rather expensive, but hey,I'm doing my part.
Well, I took off of work, I got to the courthouse and gave them my name. The lady says "You can go home". umm, that's it? Yep. So I ran to the payphone (yes it was a long time ago) and called the cab company back to pick me up again. Luckily the cab was still in the area and picked me up again to drive me home. So I missed a day of work AND two cab fares for pretty much a 5 second interview. If they had told me on the phone, it would have saved me a lot of grief... and money. |
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Re: [Rant] People Who Gripe About Jury Duty
That is why it is best to ignore the notices. They cannot prove you got it. I've heard a few people say that in certain areas you can still get in trouble as they don't accept "I wasn't notified as an excuse." But considering this is America and not communist China, as long as you were to testify you didn't get the notice there would be no legal way to punish you. |
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