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Originally Posted by August
Maybe so CB but none of that matters compared to the evil of a system where people do not have the right to trial by jury.
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yes indeed this is a correct statement with which i think we can all agree.
however there is no argument in that the system has its imperfections and inconveniences.
Am i to lose $900 of work over a 3 day period so that i can sit on a jury for a DUI case for $15.. $14.85 of which is to be spent on lunch?
ridiculous and insulting
if you ask me the compensation should be such that you are not at a total loss professionally.
say $100 per day?
the state wonders why more people dont show up for jury duty summons
its because they can make more $ at work, even
after paying the fine for not showing up they are further ahead that $5 - give me a break!
furthermore - i see little point in calling in over 500 people when you only need 12 - 24 jurors
it was explained to me that they call in so many people because there is a high no show rate.
im not buying it, i have never gone to jury selection with less than 150 other individuals... 80% of which were casually dismissed simply because of the side of the room they were sitting on.
quite a foolish childish bunch of nonsense... i once showed up at 8:00 am and sat there until 9:30 for a judge to even show up... there was whispering between the judge and secretary for a moment - the judge disappeared for about an hour... came back around 10:30 am and just arbitrarily told half the room they were dismissed.
after sitting there twiddling our thumbs for another hour or so, the rest of us left after they selected 24 individuals out of the remaining 100+ people in attendance.
there has to be a reform here
better compensation and better selection processes
for God's sake - it cost me more than $5 to drive to the county court house from where i live