The 7th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives U.S. citizens the right to a trial by a jury of their peers. Jury service is supposed to provide a person being tried with a jury of their peers.
Jurors are selected at random from a list of registered voters. You have to be 18 to register to vote. So, the youngest age to serve on a jury is 18.
Making up excuses to get out of jury service is a dereliction of US citizens' responsibilities. Jury duty is one of the very FEW obligations we are asked to perform as citizens. It shouldn't be shirked with excuses. However, IF you have a legitimate reason that is verifiable, the Court may excuse you. As well, for criminal cases, the attorneys might ask that a juror be eliminated.
Another name for a trial jury is "a panel of one's peers". To be fair, the court tries to have people on the jury that are educated and willing to participate in a fair trial.
Being loyal to one's countryBeing a cooperative citizen with law enforcement agenciesBeing well informed on current affairs or issuesBeing helpful and respectful to one's neighboursObeying the lawGo to court if your supposed toHelp with selective servicesGo to schoolPay taxes
It depends on the state. In the state of California, after a person has completed parole and are OFF parole, they automatically get their voting rights back. They just have to register like everyone else. So needless to say, given the same circumstances, they can then be called to jury duty. There are 3 or 4 other states where the same rules apply. However, the person must have COMPLETED parole successfully. They can as long as you let them know when called upon. In some states yes, in some no. If you are a felon and get called for jury duty, then chances are they will dismiss you when you go but you still get paid.
No. If you are paid by the court for your days and if you get paid by your job the rule is that you are suppose to pay your job the amount you made on the jury. If the jury duty causes you a hardship when you go into the court to report for jury duty tell them so and most courts will allow you to not serve.
"Jury" is singular, so the correct answer would be: "The jury is in their place."
Three of the duties required of U.S. citizens are: obey all federal, local, and state laws; pay income and other taxes honestly; serve on a jury when called to do so.
The idea behind it is so that people are judged by their peers (people who are similar to them) rather than being judged by law professionals, who might have a skewed idea of what an average person would do. Because we as a society want that right, we established a system that asks everyone to serve as part of a jury, to offer that right to everyone.
No, they should not be able to do so. This is information that is specifically asked of every juror when they undergo Voire Dire prior to the jury selection process. Prospective jurors in such a situation are excused and dismissed from jury duty.
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the jury is important because the judge will need people to help themmake the dicission and so it is fair that the person does not ger sentanced for no reason