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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. Jury selection by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Insightful

    First: For those of you who think avoiding jury duty is an option rather than a duty -- thanks for avoiding one of the simplest and most basic requests that our country makes of you in exchange for citizenship. You must be proud.

    Second: If the request gets lost, it gets lost. It doesn't matter whether it's eaten by a computer, an angry mail processing machine, or the dog. Lost is lost. You'll get another summons.

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  3. Re:I'm all for it, by HogGeek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I hope you, and others that "dodge" jury duty, get into legal trouble soon!

    So you too can be judged by the "unfortunate ones" of the world that weren't "smart enough" to get out of jury duty. You know, the illiterate morons that end up finding the innocent guilty, and the guilty innocent...

    Why do you feel it's ok to take an essential part of the civic infrastructure for granted?

  4. Re:I'm all for it, by timeOday · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wow, what a nice summary of contemporary America. "I want everything set up perfectly to maximize my rights and my productivity, and I shouldn't have to pay or sacrifice anything for it because it's all thanks to me and nobody else!"