Jury Duty ... anybody had the honor?

[TiddyBaby]

True dat, monster.

If there were a threat to the US sytem, a threat which would irradicate it, a fight would be in order to maintain the Judicial system.
There are a few reasons why people don't want to participate.
A whole bunch of people do want to participate, and some are gungho.

Probly a common trend to "apathy", is it's expected to "not show" your gungho-ness. This makes the litigaters "work" for their money.

Alot of people look at jury summons as being "drafted"... and if enlisted, you become nobody for the duration..... until deliberation.
You "have" to presume the accused is innocent. And it is a scary thought to think if you have to vote guilty, or... "are you absolutely positive its so beyond a reasonable doubt"

Most cases are ramrodded through in half a day. The states attn probably only has three witnesses, one of which is the arresting officer.

Many people don't want the duty in serious cases, because these are more time consuming.
In cases of violent crimes, many people don't want to be the target of all the friends and families of the accused, especially if a guilty verdict needs to be delivered.

Jury duty is like the income tax... ya know you got to pay it to help support the country. But at the same time, ya could feel like ya just don't want to do it.

Tv law shows are entertaining. And as an observer, we get to see all kind of stuff and hear arguments and see evidence that might be dismissed and get an entertaining all round view.. The jury doesn't see shit, but technical crap, and there's the feeling of "what are they not telling us, or showing us".
This makes jury duty a complete yet incomplete entity.