Anyone else enjoy jury duty??

Hey hon, thought you'd enjoy it. I think i would but I've only been called once, when we were in the UK and I didn't have any childcare so was excused. It was the high court too so it would've been interesting.
It would make an interesting change from work!

Ohhhhh it is a very nice change for work that's for sure!!

And there can a bit of waiting around...when you are being balloted, when the jury is being selected, when the crown and the counsel want to rip each other throats out over a technical point and the jury has to leave the room....

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Hello

Depends on the case i suppose. There's the one about the gang-shooting of the little girl in Wanganui going on at the moment in Welly - wouldn't like to be on the Jury of that one . . .

Yeah you're right Susiec, I would find it really really difficult to be on the jury of any awful crimes like that.

I had an icky case too when I did it several years ago - it was a rape case and it was her word against his because she didn't come forward straight away so there was no physical evidence. It took the jury ages to decide the verdict which sucked, I thought it was cut and dry and on the last day (which happened to be St Pat's) we'd be in the pub drinking by midday but a few jury members disagreed and we ended spending all day and half the night in the little box of a room deliberating.

I was called again when I was 6 months preg but I was already huge and put my waddle on so the lawyers rejected me as I was going to the seats. Did enjoy waiting around reading a book and the slow sloooow walk back to work (via several stores).

was called once...in middle of final exams and had to get out of it...and now i am not allowed to sit on one ever so will never experience it....oh well!

Yip I enjoyed doing jury duty. Was a drug case for 2 people and our case made it in the paper on the first day as we were the first jury to delivery a guilty verdict on the 1st person without hearing the evidence (long story).On the 2nd person we ended up being a hung jury....which was a bit of a pain. but yeah...i found a good experience and something a bit different to do.

Been called once, was 5 months preggy and on teaching placement so was a no-go. Turned out it was for a high court hearing so I'm glad I didn't do it. Would've been far too long for my pee-every-5-minutes body to take

I was called once, when Conor was 9mths old. I managed to get out of it because I was a single mum, etc.

I haven't been called since. I'd probably get out of it again because of the children.

Well it is looking like we might be over and done tomorrow but depends on how the last of the witnesses go and the summing up etc....either way I think there is going to be a scrap in deliberations.