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Veering slightly off topic, it's annoying that some people are continually called to serve on a jury and others never are.
I'm 57 and have never been called. I'd love to do it.
Originally posted by pimento
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It's a mildly interesting process to have been a part of, but I'd have a slight concern about someone who was so itching to do it....
From my experience and comments from my parents, all of whom have done it in crown courts, it's a rather tedious and confusing affair. There's a lot of waiting around for something to happen, and when it does and you're in court hearing evidence it can be a disjointed process as prosecution and defence can call "objection" to things, but the full basis of that objection isn't explained to the jurors. You can then either be sent out, or told to disregard something you've just heard, but rarely, if ever, why. That can make for a rather fractured narrative, especially as both sides will go over the same thing from different perspectives, over and over again - so, the motifs of boredom and confusion appear again!
I'm sure your time will come - the only guarantee is that it will probably be at quite an inconvenient time...!