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eJuror Will Lead To New List of Jury Duty Excuses

Posted by Soulskill on from the bringing-the-wisdom-of-youtube-commenters-to-federal-justice dept.

coondoggie writes "Now you can say your jury duty request got lost in the cloud, or that the network was down, or the Internet ate it. That's because the US District Court system is close to completing a rollout of its national eJuror system that lets prospective jurors have the option of responding to their jury questionnaire or summons online. About 80 of the 94 US district courts have had the eJuror software installed and more than half of those courts are already live on the system."

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  1. Fully Informed Jury members by ciaran_o_riordan · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you think you're a fair person, being on a jury is not a bad thing.

    Even better, being a fully informed member of a jury

    http://fija.org/ --(Fully Informed Jury Association)

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    1. Re:Fully Informed Jury members by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Informative

      No they aren't, at least in my state. They have the option to pay you but it is not a requirement. One of the ways you can escape jury duty in NYS is if you can demonstrate that it would be a 'financial hardship' to serve.

      My employer pays my full wage, minus the amount I receive from the court for serving. Seems fair enough to me. I'd do the same if I was an employer and had the financial resources. People should be encouraged to serve on juries -- it's your civic duty and provides an invaluable check against Governmental power.

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  2. Re:Jury selection by eggnoglatte · · Score: 4, Informative

    You don't pay those taxes "in exchange for citizenship", you pay them for living in the country and using the infrastructure. This should be obvious, since non-citizen greencard holders pay the same taxes.

    Voting and jury duty are pretty much the only civic duties directly associated with citizenship.