Well today was my very first day of Jury duty... After setting there most of the day with a bunch of others waiting to see if we were gonna become part of the jury, i really have mixed emotions about the whole thing..So i thought i would poll my fellow pixies and see what there thoughts were.

Pesrsonally I chose all the above, I would hate to make the wrong choice and convict an innocent person and on the other hand would hate to let someone off that should be convicted

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Never actually performed my civic duty. I was called up a few times...and those times coincided with things that happened to be reasons to be excused (too long to list the reasons). I am not opposed to serving. It's just been real bad timing!

So...I can't answer your query imalikalotapuss. But chalk this up to fear of the unknown and a life's lesson learned!

Good luck hun!

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I can't vote on this one either, I got called and then they had me as part of the selection pool. When they asked what I did I told them I was an electrical engineer and they sent me home!

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For some reason the system seems to take exception to the idea that erotic writers who are deaf and members of the ACLU...maybe that is why I have never been chosen............. :jump:

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I've never served on a jury but been called up MANY times .... there are so many trials that happen here in California that registered voters are being called every 12 months .... sometimes you get the notice sooner -- which is lucky, because by law you can only be called up for jury duty 1 time in 12 months so if that happens, your name goes back to the end of the list! I don't mind the concept of it, it's just that .. as you said ... it's usually a day (or sometimes as much as 2 weeks here) that you go and sit and sit and sit and sit .... and then about 3:30 or 4:00 they tell you if you can go home and not worry about coming back .... or go home and come back again tomorrow (when you get to sit and sit and sit and sit all over again). I always take a couple of books and some kind of craft (cross-stitch, etc.) project and a few snacks, cause nothing takes a longer time to pass then just sitting and looking at a bunch of people you don't even know.

I voted [all of the above] but did NOT find it boring!
I had the opportunity to set on the jury for a murder 1 case many years ago. It is an experience that I would recommend to everyone. I don’t believe you can not take it VERY seriously and it was a lesion of how our system is suppose to work. While it has caused loathing of the abuses and manipulations by the practitioners, it left faith in the principles of fairness among a dubious specie.

My son was also tapped to do this a couple years ago and returned for one of those rare, meaningful, father-son talks, that you can only share with someone that has peeked into the same dark hole. He also happened to pull a first degree murder trial.

I personally, thank you imalikalotapuss, for supporting the essential link within the system that anchors it to the people it judges and severs. The dilemma is that the capable, intelligent, with common sense, members of our society ARE busy and committed because they ARE like Lixy, capable, intelligent, with common sense people. Some of the “news worthy” judicial events of the last decade have shown us how important a better portion of our peers can be.

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Whew, it's over, even tho i don't totally agree with the outcome, it was a great learning experience. I am glad i did it. I was hard headed, and upset some of the other jurors..lol. But, justice as our judicial is setup was carried out. I was a little surprised that after everything was over the Judge visited with us and explained a lot of things to us, and that helped a lot. Any way, its over.. :cents: