For all that it's supposed to be a "Jury of your peers" they sure did structure it in such a way that poor people flat out can't afford to do it and rich people will simply get out of it. I wonder what the demographics of juries really are? I assume it has to be mostly retired people because who else can or would do it?
Pretty much, yeah. I happened to be just waiting for a few weeks before I could start my new job, so I actually was free and wanted to be picked so I could, ahem, do my civic duty, but unfortunately I didn't get a shot at being bland enough to not get rejected by either side.
For all that it's supposed to be a "Jury of your peers" they sure did structure it in such a way that poor people flat out can't afford to do it and rich people will simply get out of it. I wonder what the demographics of juries really are? I assume it has to be mostly retired people because who else can or would do it?
In my experience it's mostly workers in that middle-ish tier where you get some PTO, but not enough pull to simply not go.
Pretty much, yeah. I happened to be just waiting for a few weeks before I could start my new job, so I actually was free and wanted to be picked so I could, ahem, do my civic duty, but unfortunately I didn't get a shot at being bland enough to not get rejected by either side.