Okay, so I've been drafted. To be on a jury. Yup. You heard me. I haven't even turned 18 yet (that's on Friday) and they've already sent me my jury information in the mail.
So I guess I should be all excited because this would be a great experience and I can help our legal system and blah blah blah, but all I can think about right now is the fact that I don't have time to take a week or two off of school to sit in court right now. Ha, fat chance.
So I'm sort of hoping this thing falls through and they find something wrong with me so I don't have to. Is that bad? Maybe it's just my initial reaction. But yeah, you can all call me names and say I'm a bad citizen, but it's just how I feel.
[EDIT] Okay, so I have to admit, now that the original shock of it all has worn off I I really do think it would be cool to be a juror. I was more just freaking out with respect to my schooling, etc. Just so you don't think I'm totally apathetic towards the whole thing..... [/EDIT]
P.S. Has anyone actually ever been a juror before? If so, what was it like? I really don't know a whole lot about the procedure.
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Ha! I just received an official survey yesterday that they need so that I can be considered as a potential juror. It's not an official summons to a jury, which yours apparently is. Maybe they just do all jury-related stuff around the same time.
I guess I didn't make that very clear. Mine's a potential juror survey as well...but everyone that I've ever talked to that has received one of those had to actually go and get interviewed or whatever in court in a group setting (so long as none of the middle column question answers were filled in). My mom had to do it last year. She didn't end up being a juror, but I think it took a day or two to determine. *Shrugs* We'll just have to wait and see I guess.
And I guess you're right, they must do it all at the same time.
Ha! I got jury thing too! They haven't contacted me back yet though so I hope they realize for the both of us that we're students and don't have time.
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