Many years ago I served on two juries. I was the foreman in both cases. In both cases there were eye witnesses back when eye witnesses meant something. There was other evidence as well. Both juries ended up hung by a single party in each case. Since that time I have seen and heard of so many cases of civil rights violations and even doctored evidence that I would be severely biased not to convict anybody. Therefore, I don’t expect to serve on any jury while I remain in this county.
Everyday? Wow. Here it’s one day a week but its for several months.
I’ve been summoned three times, chosen for a jury once. It was, at its core, a DUI case, but there were also several other charges (resisting arrest, assaulting a police officer, damaging police property (kicking out the window of a police car)).
I wound up as jury foreman. We served for three days (one day was jury selection, then the trial itself took two days). The prosecution’s case on the DUI charges was pretty weak, and their timeline of events didn’t pass the sniff test. It definitely came across that the cop didn’t like the defendant’s attitude, and started trying to hang as many charges on him as he could.
We deliberated for about an hour, and found the defendant guilty on resisting arrest and damaging police property (he pretty much admitted to both of those), and threw out the rest. We seriously debated asking the judge if we could tell the defendant, “when a cop tells you to shut up, you really need to SHUT UP!”
I served on a grand jury about a dozen years back. We reported every Monday for a couple of months, IIRC, and we were usually out of there by lunchtime. Can’t remember many details anymore, but my main takeaway was that petty criminals are, by and large, really stupid people.
I was summoned for petit (trial) jury duty a couple of years ago, but didn’t get assigned to a jury.
Yes, twice. Was elected to forman one time.
Got called again for this Thursday.
I’ ve been called a bunch of times but served only twice.
The first time was about 20 years ago for a civil trial where fault had already been decided - all we had to do was determine damages to be awarded. Eight people were on the jury, and when it came time to deliberate, six names were picked out of a hat. Mine wasn’t one of them, so I didn’t get to vote.
Last year I was selected for grand jury duty - one day a week for sixteen weeks. Our job was to listen to prosecutors lay out the facts of the case, with testimony from whatever police were involved, and decide whether or not the case was worthy. If so, then we would vote to indict (technically, return a bill of indictment). I’d say about 75% of the cases were pretty simple and straightforward ones where we voted to “bill.” The rest were more complicated, but even so, more often than not, we would bill them. We probably “no-billed” less than 10% of the cases that came before us, and most of those were pretty memorable. On some of them, the prosecutor would tell us afterward that he/she thought we had done the right thing.
It was both very interesting and kind of depressing, and sometimes very funny - there are so many stupid criminal AND victims out there. All in all, a great experience that I’d like to repeat.
I was summoned once, but there were still 20 people ahead of me in line after the jury and alternates were chosen, so I wasn’t that close to getting in.
Another time, I was sent a letter telling me not to leave the area for a three month stretch so I would be available to be called for jury duty if needed, but I ignored it and went on vacation anyway. Nothing happened on the potential jury front.
I’ve never been called up for jury duty. Never even a hint of it my whole life long, despite being registered to vote all these years and everything. I feel unwanted. 
In school, I was always chosen last for playing sports, too.
I’ve been called 4 times and served once.
It was a civil trial - an accidental shooting of a girl - she survived, and 3 years later was basically fully physically recovered. Her family was suing for medical, pain, suffering, disfigurement (scarring).
It probably wouldn’t have gone to trial, except there were two defendants. The real crux was whether the security firm employing the security guard who fired the shot was also culpable.
He had left his shift, and gone back to his apartment where he was attempting to secure his weapon, and accidentally fired.
We decided the firm was also culpable - Illinois law states that a person who uses a firearm in their work has an hour after the shift ends to secure the weapon. The firm provided no place for guards to store weapons but, obviously, required armed guards to own weapons. They also filed a report with the state of Illinois a couple of days later - one that you file whenever a gun is discharged on job.
The firm’s lawyer tried to prevent that evidence from being entered, then tried to get part of it blacked out before we examined it, then claimed that the security guard had snuck the paperwork through with a ranking officer of the firm signing it without knowing what he was doing.
New York, civil trial. One day for selection and 1.5 days for the actual trial. The plaintiff had a great lawyer, very slick, and no case. The defendant’s lawyer was a buffoon. Nonetheless, it took all of 20 minutes of deliberations to find zero liability. Trial over.
Sadly, I was an alternate, so I got to sit in a room and read during what I’m sure were tense and thrilling debates about the evidence. 
Wow. At my trial one of the defendant attorneys asked for a poll of the jurors after we delivered the verdict. I guess it wasn’t as pro forma as it seemed.
I’ve been summoned three times (I’m 53). First time, I called as directed the night before and was told I was not needed. The next two instances I explained that I own a small business that I would have to close, thereby keeping my employees from being paid for the time and was excused.
I got summoned once in college, it was sent to my home address. Since I was attending school an hour and a half south of my home, they excused me post-haste rather than pay my mileage.
I’d be happy to do jury duty these days. I get full pay from my employer while I’m doing it!
Called twice, served once. Baltimore, late 80s. Civil case injury claim. Found for the plaintiff but awarded less than the sought damages. Couple of days total, it was interesting.
Served and was elected Foreman. It was a 2-day trial, about whether to release a sex offender from jail when his time was up or not. Wisconsin has a law that allows a court to keep someone incarcerated indefinitely even after his time is up if the court feels he is “likely to re-offend.” AFAIK, that kind of law doesn’t exist for burglars or murderers, just for the most serious crimes. :rolleyes:
This guy was an odd bird. He liked to dress up in women’s clothing, then assault women, and had done it several times. The defense claimed he was rehabilitated. He did not come to court in a dress.
We voted to let him go, speculating, on the available evidence, that he was not “likely to re-offend” (I use that wording cause that’s what the law uses). One of the most influential factors was the inability of the defense’s psychologists to say that he was still a threat. They danced all around the question, but even their own attorney couldn’t make them say it.
So we thought, if the experts can’t say with any certainty, how could us amateurs do it?
I heard a rumor not long ago that he re-offended and is back in jail, so I guess we misjudged.
I’ve been summoned once and served once, in 2007.
It was a civil case between an insurance company and the defendant. A man with a drug problem was struck by an uninsured car and sustained a serious brain injury. Due to Michigan’s no-fault law, the cost of his care was randomly assigned to a particular auto insurance company. He required treatment at an expensive out-of-state facility due to his dual diagnosis and the insurance company didn’t want to pay, arguing that they shouldn’t have to treat the drug problem since it was pre-existing.
It was a pretty interesting case, with lots of testimony from experts in brain damage and rehabilitation. We found in favor of the defendant.
Expert witness twice.
Foreman twice.
Kicked off several.
One I kicked myself off as it involved an used car sales man and i told the judge my Dad had been one once & I knew too much to be unbiased, He agreed so I went back to the pool and played bridge.
We got called for a week for regular trials and only had to serve longer if the trails ran over. If it was expected to be a long trial, the judge asked if that would be a hardship and let some off because they had good reasons why longer than a week would be a hardship.
I loved it because there were always great bridge games…
No, received 2 summons, threw them away.
Summoned twice, served both times. First was a criminal trial, and the most recent was grand jury. I found both to be fascinating and would love to be called again. Wait, actually I was also summoned a third time – while I was already on the grand jury. I was excused from that.
Tasteful pants suit?