Jury duty

[singlestacksig]

They don't use Voter Registration anymore... I'm sure it's probably listed on Indiana's website somewhere but this is the first instance I found.

Welcome To baclocal4.org!
JURY DUTY IS NO LONGER DETERMINED BY VOTER REGISTRATION FILES
JURY DUTY SELECTION IS NOW MADE FROM BMV AND INCOME TAX RECORDS
(EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2006)
Source: Judge John J. Pera, Chair
Indiana Supreme Court Jury Pool Project
(Northwest Indiana Times, October 24, 2005)
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their Database is messed up..
I have my name on 2 cars, a truck, 2 trailers, 2 tracks of land...
I have only been called once in 30 years..
My wife gets called every summer with out fail, and by her maiden name...
this has been going on for 10 years...

 

[turnandshoot4]

I got to serve on a civil case and enjoyed every minute of it. Some a-hole wanted to sue an old lady for his wages as a carpenter. Eventhough he wasn't a carpenter. Oh and he got fired before the accident. Oh and he was positive for most drugs.

 

[Beau]

Wife got a summons in the mail last week. First time either of us have recieved one.

 

[MontereyC6]

*sigh* Well, I received my summons to jury duty today. I have to report next month to the county court house.

Just get yourself convicted of a felony and you'll never have to worry about it again.

 

[Soundslikejosh]

It's not. They need to screen to make sure they exclude relatives and employees of parties & attorneys involved in the case.

This could be solved with a closed ended question rather than an open ended question. "List the ages names and occupations of all members of your household" is a lot different than "Are any of the members of your household attorneys or judges?" I am with Scutter, their question does not appear to be relevant to their purpose.

 

[darrent]

So, I received notification that I'm being considered for jury duty in Hamilton County. They have a questionnaire that you have to send back that helps them determine your eligibility for jury selection (are you 18, are you a citizen, do you speak English, etc.) but they have an online form that you can fill out rather than mail in the paper version. Nifty, eh?

Now, even though I dislike jury duty, as a responsible citizen I'm more than happy to contribute. However, it would be nice if, when submitting the form, I didn't receive an OLE database error.

Guess I'll be mailing in the paper one anyway. *sigh*

When you talk to them (the court folks), let them know I will gladly fix their problem for a small fee

 

[Scutter01]

When you talk to them (the court folks), let them know I will gladly fix their problem for a small fee

Where were you eight months ago?

 

[danielocean03]

Well, I'm going downtown for my jury duty interview or whatever it is next Monday, but I have to call first sometime on Sunday evening to make sure that the status hasn't changed. So there's still the outside chance that I won't have it. I'm not really against it being a juror or anything, but I am against losing money when I could be working instead....

 

[Al B]

FIJA Fully Informed Jury Association

If you want a good read go to the material on the Fully Informed Jury Association web site:
Fully Informed Jury Association
I haven't read all of it yet, but there seems to be lots of good information.

 

[rambone]

Dont Jurors get compensated for their time?

I wouldn't mind serving at some point. Sounds cool.

 

[CarmelHP]

Dont Jurors get compensated for their time?

I wouldn't mind serving at some point. Sounds cool.

Depends on what you consider "compensated."

From Hamilton Co. Jury site

ATTENDANCE
You will be paid $17.50 for reporting for jury duty and $40.00 per day if you are a sworn member of the jury.
In addition, you will be paid mileage for travel expenses.
If requested, you will be provided proof of attendance.

 

[flagtag]

I don't know what it is now, but in Vermilion Co. IL, it WAS $11.00 a day. Most employers made up the difference. That was something like 23-25 years ago. I don't know about now.

 

[Scutter01]

My employer makes you sign over your jury duty check to them if you expect to still be paid for the time you had to take off.

 

[INGunGuy]

My employer makes you sign over your jury duty check to them if you expect to still be paid for the time you had to take off.

The beautiful thing about my employer is that we get paid while we serve on a jury, AND get to keep the jury payment. It's not much, but hey, it will buy some ammo...

INGunGuy

 

[techres]

My boss also pays me the same even when I am on Jury duty = 100% commission.

And I can take all the vacations I want, since I am 100% commission! And I can get whatever health care I want since he doesn't burden us with any!

Ugh...