A young girl in my office has already been called twice this year for jury duty. She complains that she and her spouse are frequently called and she wishes it would stop. I'm in my 30's, and can think of no reason why I would not have been asked to serve yet I never have. How do they decide who to call or not? What makes you eligible?
2006-12-05 07:46:02 · 13 answers · asked by WriterChic 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
Hi Vicki,
Every time you register to vote or buy a home or pay taxes you go on a list.
You are only responsible to be called once a year. If you co-worker is being called more than once a year all she/he needs to do is to mark the box on the subpoena that states she/he has been called to serve within the last 12 months. The courts will excuse you if that is the case.
2006-12-05 07:51:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jurors are summoned at random. In some states they're sampled from voter registration records, yet that's no longer continually the case (operating example, in Illinois, i'm quite particular they're chosen from a itemizing of drivers licenses, as i replaced into summoned for jury accountability lengthy in the previous I were given round to registering to vote, and my driver's license replaced into the purely state registration I had on the time). Jurors are chosen from the jury pool, many times, through the attorneys in contact interior the case. They call them up some at a time, and choose or remove them in holding with interview questions.
2016-10-16 11:57:16 · answer #2 · answered by uday 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One thing I know is you absolutely can never have had any sort of a criminal record. Now this is only my opinion, but I feel that if an 18 or 19 year old got busted with a joint or some minor offence 20 years later that should not preclude them from civic participation.
To me it kind of reeks of prosecutors not wanting anybody on a jury knowing how they can sometimes zealously distort the truth.
2006-12-05 08:48:10 · answer #3 · answered by mary57whalen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Illinois it is a random drawing from drivers license.Then they send you a questionnaire to fill out and send back in. It also has a call date on it in which you call them to see if you go to court that day or to work .If you go to court and they start to select a jury you will be questioned by the D.A. & the prosecuting attorney to see if you have any conflict of interest in this particular case or person. Then they let you know if you have been selected or not.Hope this helps.
2006-12-05 08:38:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually a committee is organized and they select random people from list provided by 3 three county offices: Register of Deeds, Dept. of Motor Vehicles, and Voter registration.
2006-12-06 00:14:57 · answer #5 · answered by tnmtngirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's random selection of eligible people. If she's been called twice, it may have something to do with her deferring it the first time she was called. You have a one-time option to defer your jury duty, but after that, you just gotta do it. If you're lucky, you'll be eliminated early on. :)
2006-12-05 07:48:48 · answer #6 · answered by sillycanuckpei 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Selection is random from whatever 'pool' your state uses. At one time, voter registration was used almost exclusively. These days most state supplement or replace this list from another source. Drivers licenses are the most common.
2006-12-05 12:59:30 · answer #7 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In California they get names and addresses from voter registration and driver's licenses.
2006-12-05 07:57:55 · answer #8 · answered by Sean 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Indiana, it is based on the voter registration rolls.
2006-12-05 09:01:58 · answer #9 · answered by srussell084 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Motor vehicle registrations, driver's licenses, and.voter registration.
2006-12-05 12:52:23 · answer #10 · answered by Bawney 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋