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[gategrrl]

I thankfully do NOT have to report in for Jury Duty tomorrow...PHEW. The Guy told me he was taking Mermaid in with him to work tomorrow, which meant I would have Tall Boy with me all day. I think I'm going to have to ask my neighbor if she can take the kids if/when I do get called in later in the week. Crap. I really hope I'm not called in at the end of the week. That would suck majorly. My mother is coming in for a short visit starting next Tuesday, and Mermaid starts her schooling up again on Monday.

I'm not sure what to do if I end up having to report next week.

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[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

In LA County, every other year (I think) your name can be pulled out of the pool of registered voters or DMV license holders.

You have to check in for one week. If you're called in, and you don't get picked for a jury, you can go home and your service is over. If you DO get chosen for a jury, you usually only have to serve for a week. If it's for more than a week, then you can see if you can get out of it; but I have a feeling if you get chosen for a celebrity trial, many of the jurors would like to be in on it. I have no idea about murder cases.

I worked with someone in MA in the late 80/90s who was chosen for a murder case and was out for two weeks or so. Maybe three weeks. Brr. I wouldn't have wanted to serve on that jury.

Weirdly, I don't think my husband's name has ever come up on the jury pool list, and we've both lived here the same amount of time.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I have to call in tonight, and Weds night. The guy I spoke to on the phone said that court activity was light this week (which is a reason I chose this week, in the theory) and even if I do get called in, the likelyhood of having to serve would be small. We'll see!

[mlevins.livejournal.com]

Around here you are in the pool to report for a month (chosen from the registered voter rolls--if it were the DMV I'd never be called since I don't drive).

If you are summoned but aren't chosen or your case is dismissed before you report (you call the night before), you are still in the pool till the month ends. With my summons this year, once I was past Thanksgiving I thought I would slip by without being called, especially since the last day of the month was the Monday after Thanksgiving. But they did issue the summons and had a trial that day--it was a burglary case, thankfully, just two days. But now my name is out of the pool for a full two years.

Good luck when you do have to call. My niece, who is a lawyer, said they hate trying cases at this time of year and often ask for continuances.