Poll: Jury Duty

[Eclipse]

Originally posted by AKA2D '91
I got this idea from the Voting thread in Chit Chat...

1. Have you been called to serve?
2. If so, was the case "big"?
3. If so, did you use any tactics so that you would not have to serve?

I was called to serve a few years ago. Since I didn't live in the area anymore, I was dismissed.

I remember my mother's students told her to pretend as if she were catching imaginary butterflies so she would not have to serve.

I've only been on jury duty once and I have been registered in every placed I've lived since I was 18 (over 18 years! )

My case was a woman suing the public transportation system here, MARTA, because she was supposedly hurt on the bus. Her lawyer was horrible! She said she had all of the pain and had visited all of the doctors, but could not produce 1 doctor's note! The case was interesting and it was nice to see the system from the inside and hear everyone's opinion. I also appreciated getting out of work for 2 days, although I had to get up earlier for jury duty than for work.

I would do it again, although I would "catch butterflies" if they called me for a murder case, especially a high profile one! LOL