What happens the first day a person reports for jury duty? Do they put you on a case immedietly?

Question

i heard they interview you first an then pick those best suited for the jury pool. is this true?

Answer 1

you heard right, mister.

Answer 2

I have been summoned for jury duty once, so I can help you. You first sign in and are asked to present a valid ID. You will also give them your jury duty slip that you filled out before you came. Then you are given a piece of paper with a number. You then are escorted by the officer, and they have you sit and wait for hours. Chances are you will not even get called. I got called within 30 min of sitting down, which is very rare. If they don't call your number at all, then you can go home at a certain time, it will tell you on the form you received. You will also watch a short film on how this jury system works. If your number is called, then your group will be escorted by the officer. You will then enter the court room. The judge will give you a brief description of the case. The judge will then ask if this would create any hardship for anyone. The first twelve people will sit in the Jury Box. The judge will then ask each person basic questions, to see if they qualified. Then the lawyers will question each person. They are looking for only the smartest people, so if your not that smart, you won't qualify. As people get eliminated from the Jury Box, then new jury's take their place, until they got twelve both parties are satisfied with.

Answer 3

I had jury duty starting in early May and I was "on call" until the end of June. The first day, all 200 people for the pool went in and they selected about 50 for each of the two cases they had coming up that week. They were brought into the court room and asked questions as a group to see how partial they would be in the case. From those people, the group was narrowed down to about 24 and then eventually 12 and an alternate. Unless you had to sit on a case that day, you were free to leave. We had to call in every evening to find out if we had to report the following day. I only had to go in about 4 times during the entire time and the closest I got to being on a jury was down to the 24. I live in Maine and they cannot have you in more than 15 days unless it is required by a case.

If you are told you need to go for jury duty, make sure you bring a book, 90% of the time I was there, I just sat in a room reading waiting to find out if I had to go to the courtroom or if I could go home. Very boring.

Answer 4

If you're lucky, you may not get picked at all. If you are, you'll be one of about 24, then the lawyers will get up and introduce themselves and their clients and tell you their respective side of the case. Then they ask the all-important million-dollar question: "is there anyone in here who thinks they can't be objective in this case?" That's when you raise your hand so they can send you back to the main pool room where you'll probably sit the rest of the day. Most of the cases are bs civil cases where someone is suing someone else for an imagined wrong or they're just trying to get money out of a large company. If you don't have anything better to do and want to waste a couple of days, don't raise your hand. If you want out, raise your hand and then you tell the judge when you get called up in front of him the all-important phrase that you'll utter: "they're only in it for the money - no way could I be objective - this case is nonsense." It works every time!

Answer 5

Yes, you will be asked a series of questions by the attorneys in the case. The purpose of this is to see if you are someone who can keep an open mind and come to a decision based solely on the information you learn during the trial. If you answer a question that makes you appear as though you may not be able to be objective in your decisions (like maybe from being a victim in a similiar crime that you will be judging the defendant for, u r outta there!

Answer 6

I have been called for jury duty twice. The first time I had to wait in a holding room with many other potential jurors. I went in on Monday and wasn't called to a trail until Friday. As the attorneys were talking with us, they came to an agreement out of court and we were dismissed. The second time, on the first day I was called to serve on a jury I was impaneled for a trial. It began the next day and lasted for five days. I have heard that with most jurisdictions that if you are not called on the first day that you are sent home. Good luck.

Answer 7

Yes, it is true, and if you are interviewed make sure that you don't mention things like CSI or Court TV because that can be considered as a bias on your part and you problably won't be selected to be on the jury. But if you DON'T want to be selected, feel free to talk about whatever craziness comes to mind, especially racism.

Answer 8

t's not so much of a case. It's more like you're at a hearing. A hearing is where you sit with other jurors listen to both defendant and prosecutor try to reason their part technically so you and other jurors can help the judge making decisions whether to incarcerate the poor bastard that that's on trail. the decision can be either good or bad for the guy on trial. good enough, yes?

Answer 9

They will draw a number of names around 24, and then they will decide out of those who needs to serve in a trial. Some people will not have to serve because they only need 12..

Answer 10

yes there will be alot of people they interview and they only pick the ones they want

Answer 11

yes that is true, both sides are going to give you the 3rd degree. neither side will want you if they think that you are not going to see things their way