Re: How are criminals arrested

In article <1034j9l$8jua$6@dont-email.me>, AMuzi  <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

On 6/20/2025 4:10 PM, Beej Jorgensen wrote:
I've always showed up. And was dismissed each time.

Weirdly, I've only served once and never been dismissed. Every other
time they said they didn't need jurors to show up that day. :shrug: I
always kinda hope that I get a chance to do it--my employer doesn't pay
for jury duty days, but that's all right as long as it's not too long.

But I'm aware that for some people even a single day without pay would
be too much, and I'd hope that the court would excuse them. I'd support
jurors getting minimum wage, at least. It's a poor choice to have to
make between civic duty and food.

A friend of mine was in the pool for the Unabomber trial but didn't get
selected. That would have been something else.

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Brian "Beej Jorgensen" Hall | beej@beej.us