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In response to "B2: I was once on a deadlocked jury... ugh. One of the most aggravating 2 days of my entire life." by Strongbad

i've given up ever being called for jury duty, it's clearly never going to happen.

Posted by Hockey Chick (aka Andie) Mar 31 '10, 09:24

dammit.

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We just don't have as many jury trials here. - Reagen Mar 31, 10:01
I really enjoyed it even though we were hung on the last charge - amoxy Mar 31, 09:32
I really think we should start looking into volunteer jury pools, at least on a partial basis - znufrii Mar 31, 09:29 7
- if it's not "random" then you bring bias into the scenario -- nm - zork Mar 31, 09:31 5
  - there's alerady an element of self-selection bias from the simple fact that some people will say anything to get out of service -- nm - znufrii Mar 31, 09:33 4
    - and some citizens never vote - Strongbad Mar 31, 09:35 3
      - not here. - znufrii Mar 31, 09:36 2
        
        They also pull from the driver's license database. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 31, 09:37 1
        
        Where do you get the names of potential jurors? - znufrii Mar 31, 09:39
- I agree. Have a career jury. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 31, 09:31
I've been called to court several times, asked to call-in several times, even got selected for the interview process once, but have never been picked. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 31, 09:27
It's a good break from work, unless you get put on a case. - Strongbad Mar 31, 09:26
Me, too. -- nm - mara Mar 31, 09:24 1
- ditto -- nm - zork Mar 31, 09:28
why not, you get picked for everything else -- nm - mr. average Mar 31, 09:24

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