How many times have you been selected for jury duty?

**davidpizzica** · 06-09-2008, 07:37 PM

I've been summoned twice. The first time I reported shuffled to different groups and was interviewed by the attorneys and at the end I wasn't selected. The second time I went through the same thing and was selected for a civil trial. It lasted four days and had to do a lot of riding on the bus!

**Twisterdog** · 06-09-2008, 10:52 PM

I have NEVER been selected.

I am almost forty years old, have been a registered voter since I was eighteen, have owned a home since I was twenty-four ... I don't know exactly how they pick people, but it seems like I'd fall into the category somewhere.

**RedHedd** · 06-10-2008, 04:52 PM

Well I've been called for this week and each day it's check the website only to be told to check again the enxt day. This Friday is my niece's high school graduation which I do NOT WANT to miss! I will be so

if they make me show up on Friday.

**Taz_Zoee** · 06-10-2008, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by Twisterdog

I have NEVER been selected.

I am almost forty years old, have been a registered voter since I was eighteen, have owned a home since I was twenty-four ... I don't know exactly how they pick people, but it seems like I'd fall into the category somewhere.

I have never been registered to vote, have never owned a house (wow, I sound like a loser, LOL, kidding) and was called twice before I turned 30 years old.

I've heard they pick by driver license, but I don't know if that's true.

**neko1** · 06-11-2008, 05:26 AM

Just picked up my mail and I've been summoned for next month. Too bad they couldn't get my name right!! They used my old married name which hasn't been my name for over 2 years!

**smokey the elder** · 06-11-2008, 02:02 PM

I had jury duty a few times. Once in 1992, then got called for a trial in 1996 (I think) but when I reported they said they'd picked a jury. I lived in Westchester for 9 years before I got called in 2005. In the White Plains Federal jury pool you are on call for one month, and you call each Monday AM for instructions. I went in on a Tuesday (I think) and sat around all day in a large room which was overcrowded. It thinned out; I never got even as far as the voie dire (sp?) where they interview a propsective juror.

I am excused until April 2009, but they keep sending me summonses, to which I reply with a copy of my "go away, I did my civic duty" letter they give you when you're done.

(I don't mind jury duty; but if I don't have to do it for 4 years, by your own rules, than lemme be!

)

**Randi** · 06-11-2008, 03:44 PM

I've never been on jury duty, but over here, you have to be a member of a political party to be selected, and I'm not. You also have to have a clean record - which I have.

**lizbud** · 06-11-2008, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by Randi

I've never been on jury duty, but over here, you have to be a member of a political party to be selected, and I'm not. You also have to have a clean record - which I have.

I believe it's by voter registration here too. You have to be registered
to vote to be called.

**Catlady711** · 06-11-2008, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by lizbud

I believe it's by voter registration here too. You have to be registered
to vote to be called.

Nope not by voter registration, they call based on drivers license.

I've never been registered to vote ever but got a letter about 10 years ago. I couldn't go at the time and got a letter from the judge for excusal.

My mom has never been registered to vote ever and she's gotten about 5 letters and served once.

**shais_mom** · 06-12-2008, 01:23 PM

once for the county and once for the district
and the county one got cancelled and the district one I had a drs excuse.

**Edwina's Secretary** · 03-23-2009, 05:57 PM

Proof they use more than one list....

I have received TWO jury summons for the month of April. Same court -- different courthouses, different dates.

The difference is my name. Some of my "official" records -- my driver's license for example - I am Sara Jane X. On others I am Sara J. X.

One summons is for Sara Jane the other Sara J. I am glad I had already sent in the response for the first one I received - it is an easier courthouse!

(No, I do not have to go to both!)

**kokopup** · 03-23-2009, 06:58 PM

I turned 69 last week and so far I have not been called. I am a registered voter, own a home,
have a drivers license and have no criminal record. It makes you wander what criteria they use to decide on calling you or not. My wife got her first notice last week and she is 59.

**cassiesmom** · 03-23-2009, 08:33 PM

Let's see... 3 times. Once at the Daley Center - good people watching there; once for the Criminal Courts at 26th and California and once at the far south suburban court center. Where I actually got picked. The case was a drunk driver and when I acknowledged that I have a problem with DWI, because drunk drivers tend to get head injuries, and I'm a rehab nurse -- I got un-selected very fast! But then I got to sit behind one of the attorneys. Watching them circle and cross off juror numbers as they worked the panel was very interesting. In Cook County, jury duty is tied to voter registration and I've heard that if you don't vote, you don't get picked even though you're a registered voter. In my last job I was starting to wonder where a jury summons was when I needed it? But not so in this job!

**catnapper** · 03-23-2009, 08:44 PM

I've been selected several times but only spent a day at the courthouse once. I always got out of it for one reason or another (NOT that I was trying to shove off my duty, it just happened to fall on bad times)

**pomtzu** · 03-24-2009, 07:27 AM

I have a driver's license, am a registered voter, have been at the same address for 38 years, and never received a summons until I was in my 50's. I was excused for medical reasons, and have never been summoned since, altho medical excuses are only valid for 3 years. However, I know of folks who get summoned religiously every 3 years no matter what they were excused for.