MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: One way to avoid jury duty

> Grand Jury duty is more fun. I served two days a week for six
> months.

Ouch, 2 days a week for 6 months? I just did the same thing, but it was 2 days a month for 4 months. Guess we have significantly less crime here in rural Sussex County, New Jersey, as they canceled 2 of those days and most were only a few hours.

> I dreaded it at first but after a while you get into it, get to
> learn stuff about the law and you learn which towns in your county
> has the most crime.

We had a kidnapping (mistaken identity), a domestic assault, a B&E, two weapons violations (large knives), a bad check (that one was funny due to the incompetence of the business receiving the check), an identity theft, a couple other thefts, and bunch of drug distribution charges.

The absolute worst area of the county? 100 yards from the courthouse. The APs we had noted a couple times surprise that they had no drug trafficking from the highway that runs through a couple towns over, it was mostly small amounts of heroin, etc. right there, except for one "big" pot grower.

We ended up with an indictment on every case (as I say, there weren't many, and we only have 1 judge for the lot of them!), though one was close (the B&E) because the AP on that one messed up and gave us some exculpatory evidence we shouldn't have heard.

Fun enough. Would I do it again? Not if I can help it; New Jersey pays $5 for each day for Grand Jurors, and there is no other compensation. Including the day of jury selection, $35 total.