Originally posted by Kristl
OH, crappy! BTW: how do you get selected for jury duty? Do they just draw your name out of a hat? I've never been called, and I'm 23, so I was just wondering what the chances I'll be drawn are!
I've been called twice and served on a jury once. They told us that they get your name from driver's license, voter registration, and owning property in my county.

Hope it's nothing too long for you Kim. Is it criminal or civil court? I've been called once for each and served on a civil case where someone was suing a major company for asbestos poisoning. He didn't win, he wasn't even sick but was afraid he would be after working in it. His lawyers seemed like big ambulance chasers. It took a whole week to complete. On the crimal case it was mass murder at a fast food restaurant in Nashville and they had to come here to Knoxville to find jurors. I was excused because I had letters from my mom's doctors saying I could not be sequestered 150 miles a way for up to a month since I took care of her. Thank goodness. Oh yeah, I got paid $11 a day back in 1995.