How often have you been selected for jury duty?

[Buzz]

Used to get nabbed about every other year for over 35 years, then finally had to get a permanent medical DQ awhile back. Got polled for a few juries, but only got seated as a real juror for one, which of course settled before any fireworks. Mrs. Buzz OTOH has had the pleasure of actually sitting for a few juries since we've been together, as well as a couple more before we met; she's a pro at it. If you don't get any postponements, you could/would probably get a jury summons about every 15 months in parts of LA County. Around here, everybody seems to ask for postponements, since IIRC they give you two w/o much of a hassle, then you ask for a change of venue because travel is a hardship, then if you're lucky you can wrangle another postponement, then you're finally stuck, and assuming you've picked a courthouse that does phone in service from the get-go, you call in each night until you're told to report the next day, or your duty is up. The days of milling around the courthouse for a couple of weeks, waiting for Godot, were over last century.
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[Bo]

I’ve served on four juries (though one was as an alternate): three DUI cases and one armed robbery by gang members of a drug dealer. Fascinating and very rewarding process.

I’ve been summoned to jury duty at least eight times and maybe as many as 10-12. Pretty much every year or two.

[davester]

I get called once every two years, served as a juror once, and have been seated but excused once. I find people who complain about this obligation highly irritating. Jury duty is such a minor price to pay for having a functional justice system.

[GGD]

I have received notice many times, most of those resulted in my group not being called in. One time I was on call for a holiday week (I think Thanksgiving or Christmas), and figured that the lawyers wouldn't schedule cases, and sure enough, all groups dismissed on the first day of being on-call.

I did get called in twice, once was superior court about 30 years ago, a hospital being sued by a wheelchair bound patient. On the second day of jury selection the case was settled out of court, I think they had only selected 7 jurors by then and I was never called to the stand to be questioned.

The second time I was called in was about 4 years ago, judge asked if there were any special situations, I requested to be removed because it was scheduled to be a lengthy trial and my mother in law was near death (and died two weeks later). Judge dismissed me, to be recalled in 6 months. Never got another notice.

[Ombligo]

I've been called for both local and federal, but never selected.

[Michael]

I've been called 12 times or so in 35 years and sat on a jury 5 times. I teach and so I can get a delay until a break between semesters and the jury assembly area is full of teachers during those breaks ("jury of your peers???").

After the last trial the judge came in to thank us and asked for questions. I asked if my number of callings was typical and he said no--it was much more than usual. I also asked about what happens when somebody who was called doesn't show up. The deputies always get very active with their list and I assumed those people would get a hand-delivered summons. The judge said they didn't do anything to those people. But, they had a right to summon them with a hand-delivered letter and hold them in contempt if they didn't show up from that summons. I guess I'll keep going...

The only complaint I have about it is the inequity of the service. I don't know anybody who says they've been called and served more than a couple of times in their adult lifetimes. Yet somehow my wife and I have made it onto the "yeah, they'll show up list." I don't have any real data on this, although the judge seemed to confirm it, but that's my subjective concern.

[Forrest]

If you are frequently called for service, it's worth asking those in charge if your name appears more than once on the list and to remove the repeat occurrence.

[MindMeld]

I have served on three petit juries and 2 grand juries (1 Federal and 1 County). Grand juries are very interesting but you serve for a year, usually once a month.

[Sarcany]

3 letters. Time between 1st and 2nd was 15yrs.

Between 2nd and 3rd was 10yrs.

Excused once.

Did the call-every-morning thing for one of them.

Did the call-every-night-before thing for one of them.

Was never told to report in-person.

[lost in space]

Twice for me. First time, I was asked if I trusted police officers. Having been taken downtown years ago for suspicion of attempted kidnapping, My hesitation in answering seemed to have given the DA side pause. Second time, mobility issues got me excused. It's a civic duty I feel committed to fulfill if my circumstances improve.