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I served in the Bronx Court for 7 days like 2 years ago, fullied payed by my company. It was not such an awful experience aside from the very early mornings. I actually learned a lot about the system.
same here but sometimes my mind has difficulty following the jargon that the lawyers use. they were selecting some of us for a case that had to do with some type of absentee issue (where the defendant was not present). they kept asking me my opinion and they way they asked was loaded with all kinds of double negatives. i didn't want to come out and say that i didn't know what they were saying or asking because i didn't want to seem like a person who was challenging them or trying to get out of the case so i just kind of played dumb with a lot of mindless yesses or nos. some of the more rude jurors kind of picked up on it and sneered which made me uncomfortable. then those same jurors ended up getting kicked off with me and ended up on the criminal case with me. it was productive but a pain to have to deal with other jurors
same here but sometimes my mind has difficulty following the jargon that the lawyers use. they were selecting some of us for a case that had to do with some type of absentee issue (where the defendant was not present). they kept asking me my opinion and they way they asked was loaded with all kinds of double negatives. i didn't want to come out and say that i didn't know what they were saying or asking because i didn't want to seem like a person who was challenging them or trying to get out of the case so i just kind of played dumb with a lot of mindless yesses or nos. some of the more rude jurors kind of picked up on it and sneered which made me uncomfortable. then those same jurors ended up getting kicked off with me and ended up on the criminal case with me. it was productive but a pain to have to deal with other jurors
The defendant was not present because he jumped bail and was being tried in absentia.
BTW Playing dumb will guarantee that you are picked as a juror.
please correct me if I'm wrong: you're talking about beeing called for jury duty in criminal cases (like shown in TV)? And as i got it, you HAVE to do this - whether you want or not. Now comes the interesting thing for me:
Your empoyer does not have to pay you in the meantime?! So you are forced to do jury duty by law but you don't get salary in this time?! What if it takes 2 weeks to agree?!
Oh, i should mention, that i am from germany - sorry for this stupid question but that sounds really unfair to me. We don't not have this kind of systems here - that's why i am asking...
you're talking about being called for jury duty in criminal cases ... you HAVE to do this - whether you want or not.
People receive notices to report for jury duty. Many have excuses (legitimate & otherwise). Some excuses can be submitted without having to appear. Others require an appearance.
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Originally Posted by olaf090114
Your employer does not have to pay you in the meantime?! So you are forced to do jury duty by law but you don't get salary in this time?! What if it takes 2 weeks?
The law does not require payment. Some people have employment or union contracts that require payment.
the courts ask you on the application if you will be paid when you are on jury service. i think you are entitled to receive $40 per day from the court. I didn't expect to receive any check since i checked that i would be paid but i ended up getting a check for about $280 (employer is supposed to give you by law 3 paid jury days so you don't get the $40 from the court for the first 3 days you serve)
our employer used to have a policy that you had to turn over any $$$ you received from the courts. however my employer i don't think still enforces this policy because they never asked me for the checks
it remains confusing to this day. maybe this is because its based on the assumption that you don't have to be paid at all for serving on the jury for more than 3 days but since the employer is paying you accrued benefit days this could be why they ask you for the checks
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