Re: How Can I Avoid Jury Duty in Oakland?

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From: David Kaye
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 03:40

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shelms1@charter.net (Scott Helms) wrote:

> I'm not so sure about that.  Given that 90% of people in this thread
> believe serving on a jury is a civic duty, I think the vast majority
> of people would still volunteer, [....]

I don't believe that.  The last jury for which I was called had a pool
of over 200 people for ONE case.  That's 12 jurors and 6 alternates,
but one of the 12 was excused, making it 15.  15 out or 200 is not
80%; it's more like 7 1/2%.

Frankly, I don't blame them, and next time I get called I'm skipping
out, too.  The judges and the lawyers on both sides get 6-figure
incomes.  The clerks, typists, bailif, and everyone else gets paid. 
Only the jury gets stuck with their "civic duty."

And might I remind people again that in 1900 a typical juror was paid
between $1 and $4 a day, depending on the community, which was a
living blue-collar wage comparable to what a bricklayer or another
skilled laborer would make.

What do bricklayers get today, $200-300 a day?  That's what jurors
should get.

If that kind of money was paid to jurors you can bet that they'd take
time away from work to do their...uh...civic duty.

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From: sfdavidkaye@yahoo.com (David Kaye)
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Subject: Re: How Can I Avoid Jury Duty in Oakland?
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