Re: How Can I Avoid Jury Duty in Oakland?

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From: Sharx.
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 08:39

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"David Kaye" <sfdavidkaye@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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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.

It's disgusting that some people put such a low value on citizenship. I
guess you don't vote either--since no one pays you for your time and
mileage.

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