How many hours/days does jury duty take up?
There are so many pieces to this puzzle and variations of the pieces that I’m going to narrow it down and answer two questions that I am most often asked-Assume that you have been pulled out of the main jury pool and are now a potential juror for a specific trial.How many total days should I expect?What do the typical hours per day look like?How many total days should I expect? Most jurors, if they are planning on actually showing up when summoned, think about their life and what adjustments they would need to make to accommodate the commitment. Many lawyers will tell you that the great majority of trials last less than a week. Many Human Resource (HR) professionals make the same assumption. Sooooooooo a good rule of thumb is to anticipate one week.Note- So you are a potential juror for a specific trial. You’re sitting in a courtroom with your fellow potential jurors. One of the first things that will happen is the judge will give you a brief description of the case. This will include his estimate of the number of trial days needed.Every once in a while the potential jurors receive a shocker and the judge says three weeks or six weeks or very rarely even worse. The next words out of his mouth will be some variation of “Will that be a problem for anyone?” Of course dozens of hands go up and away we go! Everyone involved is expecting this when a trial is very long. Now you might begin to understand while it is sometimes very difficult to find jurors!What do the typical hours per day look like? 9 to 5 is very common but a little more detail is needed. You can anticipate at least one break in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch will be at least an hour and quite often more. If the judge senses a natural break in the testimony, you could be sent home early.Don’t expect to be watching testimony the entire time. Depending upon what’s happening, you can be sent back to the jury room to twiddle your thumbs!Note- When the testimony is over and your deliberations begin your hours might be longer. It’s not uncommon for a judge to have dinner sent to the jury room and ask you to continue deliberating well into the evening. Soooooooooo for planning purposes, I would say 9 to 5 until deliberations begin and then anything goes!Note- On both of my trials we were given a “working dinner” and asked to deliberate into the evening. In each case we were sent home at 8:00 pm.
How does jury duty get your address?
So everyone whos my age has been getting called to jury duty, except for me. I've lived at my current adress for about 2 yrs now but I never officially changed my adress (untill about 5 mins ago online lol) Anyways Im worried that all this time has gone by and they've tried to take me to jury duty. I know that if you've registered to vote they can get your address through that and in june I registered to vote with my current adress I also renewed my state id with my new adress. I also have a bill in collections where its been for about a year, and I'm afraid they've tried taking me to court. So I guess my question is, if you haven't changed your adress and someone (whether it be jury duty or someone else) is trying to take you to court and you havent changed your adress do they have a way of finding your most recent adress? Such as asking the post office where you have recently been recieving your mail? Sorry for the long question
What is it like to have jury duty and be interviewed by an attorney?
I've served in Minnesota and Colorado, both times the questioning by the lawyers was pretty low key. Unless it is a case that is in newspapers there will only be a few people there; judge, other prospective jurors, two lawyers, defendant, and maybe a family member. In most cases the judge will start out with a questionnaire, maybe paper, maybe verbal. These will be things both lawyers want to know. The questions will be pertinent to the case. Then both lawyers will get to ask questions. Sometimes they will want to follow up answers without other jurors hearing; the CO case was statutory rape, and I mentioned that I had had friends who were victims, both lawyers wanted more information, so I was questioned in the judge's chambers.Everybody normally wants to keep this part of the trial low key, judges will get upset with lawyers who do not keep it low key. The idea is to find people who can judge the case fairly.
What does your county pay you for jury duty?
Here in Colorado Springs, an employer has a duty under state law ( to pay regular wages up to $50 per day if you are regularly employed. If one is self-employed, you must compensate yourself for the first three days. Unemployed persons may apply for reimbursement of certain expenses during the first three days. After the third day, all jurors receive $50 per day from the state and will be required to fill out a W-9 to begin receiving payment of $50 per day. .
Why would a jury award Erin Andrews 55 million and is that the right amount?
I'm not a lawyer, and I didn't follow the case closer, so this is off the cuff. Some of what I'm saying is speculation.The first thing is that in cases where there is injury, you "take the victim as you find them." i.e. a person earning large amounts of money, whose job is affected, will be awarded more than someone earning minimum wage. The chain failed in several ways. The stalker was allowed to know where Ms. Andrews was staying, he was allowed to be in the room next to her, he damaged the room to spy on her, the hotel did not inform Ms. Andrews of this, there may have been more. Most people traveling for large companies are doing so in situations where the company has contracted with Hotels for their personnel. Especially when public figures are involved this would include privacy measures. Ms. Andrews has not and had not been someone who put her off camera life into public domain. I would have made the award larger, this was an epic fail by the hotel, and if the hotel had recognized that earlier they could have settled for less money.
Why do people in the US agree to serve jury duty?
A few reasons:It is widely known that you are legally required to appear if called. It is also fairly common for people for people to ignore the summons, but most probably comply even though begrudgingly.Some people don't mind, and find it interesting or at least respect it as an important civic responsibility.Some (most? all?) jurisdictions give you a small per diem compensation, and if you are unemployed or poor, that can be an incentive.
Why have I never been called for Jury Duty? I’m 27 and a registered/active voter.?
It depends on the method employed in your location. For example, in addition to registered voters, in New York potential jurors are selected from the official records of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (people issued licenses or non-license identification cards); the database of the New York State Department of Taxation (people who filed their taxes); the State’s records of those who filed for unemployment insurance or family assistance; and the list of those who previously served as jurors. The more records that you are on, the greater the probability of your being called. Of course, you can always volunteer.
What might happen if individuals do not (they fail to) fulfill their duties as citizens?
i dunno it kind of seems like no one really does their job as a 'citizen' these days anyway, i mean more people vote for american idol then they do at elections... i think we can just look around us and see what happens when people don't do what they should as citizens (i'm not saying everyone, but its definatley visible in some areas)
Does any country other than the US still maintain a grand jury?
Yes, Liberia also maintains the Grand Jury which was introduced with the constitution of 1847 drawn up by the American Colonization Society. It operates in the same way as the United States; the identities of the jurors is a secret, it has 23 members, and it meets in closed session.Only the United States and Liberia still have functioning grand juries and, even in the United States, they have been abolished in half of states. California maintains civil, as opposed to judicial, grand juries. Each of the 58 counties of California has a Grand Jury in continuous session which is in a state of permanent investigation of the county authorities. [edit - as someone corrected me in the comments, California also has criminal grand juries]In the United Kingdom, where the Grand Jury originated in 1215 in the Magna Carta, the last Grand Jury was convened in 1933 and it was formally abolished in 1948 (except in Northern Ireland where they continued to be used until 1969).The last Grand Jury in Canada was convened in 1984.In Australia, most states and the federal government had abolished grand juries by the late 19th century, though they officially persisted in Victoria until 2009, though were rarely if ever summoned (see “The Grand Jury of South Australia” in American Legal History).Interestingly, while the United Kingdom has abolished grand juries, coroner’s juries continue to be used, though somewhat more rarely than in the United States (where they are also rare).