Jury Service??

slinky · 17-01-2008, 20:53

have you ever been called for Jury service??

I would love to be called for it, I would be there in a flash lol ( only cos I am nosy )

How do they decide who to call for this service??

I would do it as a job lol.

SamF · 17-01-2008, 20:56

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Originally Posted by slinky

How do they decide who to call for this service??

Random selection from all who are registered to vote. Around 150 people are contacted and told to be at court, every case 12 are randomly selected from the 150, the rest just stay in a waiting room. You can spend your whole 2 weeks service and not be picked once.

slinky · 17-01-2008, 20:59

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Originally Posted by SamF

Random selection from all who are registered to vote. Around 150 people are contacted and told to be at court, every case 12 are randomly selected from the 150, the rest just stay in a waiting room. You can spend your whole 2 weeks service and not be picked once.

Ahhhh thanks for that, always wondered how it worked.

So I will never come across an advertisement in the Observer for a full time " Jury servicer " then lmao

Oh well x

entwisi · 17-01-2008, 21:22

I'd love to do it too, seems those that wantt o never seem to get picked

WillowTheWhisp · 17-01-2008, 21:30

I wouldn't mind doing it but in all my years I too have never been asked.

slinky · 17-01-2008, 21:32

I remember my mum telling me that my dad's mum once got picked to go on jury service. She was really frightened about it all and got a doctors sick note to excuse her from it.

I would be well chuffed if I got picked. But I want a really juicy case

Lilly · 17-01-2008, 22:46

I would like to do jury service too.

I would like to sit on a case like the Harold Shipman case.

Not an old dear walks out of Spar with a loaf of bread without paying for it case.

magpie · 17-01-2008, 22:51

I would love to do it but never been called:

blazey · 17-01-2008, 22:54

You can go and watch trials anyway so why dont you just go and sit in the gallery?

Or is it just that satisfaction of the power to choose whether someone is guilty or not?

WillowTheWhisp · 17-01-2008, 22:59

I wonder if any AccyWebbers ever have served on a jury - none on this thread so far.

hedman2003 · 17-01-2008, 23:02

Has anybody ever been to sit in the public gallery and watch a case

cashman · 17-01-2008, 23:06

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Originally Posted by hedman2003

Has anybody ever been to sit in the public gallery and watch a case

yep only at accy magistrates, used to go regular in 60s, cos i always knew some buggar that was getting done.

never been called for jury service,which suits me fine.

blazey · 17-01-2008, 23:07

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Originally Posted by hedman2003

Has anybody ever been to sit in the public gallery and watch a case

Yeh I have with college and recently at uni, which is why I wonder people dont just do that if they're so desperate to see a case!

katex · 17-01-2008, 23:13

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Originally Posted by blazey

Or is it just that satisfaction of the power to choose whether someone is guilty or not?

Yeh .. course ...

Was called for Jury service in 1982, was pregnant with my son and the Expected Day of Arrival was that week. I was excused, as suppose they didn't fancy me going into labour during a case ....

Lilly · 17-01-2008, 23:16

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Originally Posted by blazey

Yeh I have with college and recently at uni, which is why I wonder people dont just do that if they're so desperate to see a case!

I would like to sit in on a high profile murder trial. I'm not interested in sitting in on a shoplifting or pub brawl case.

Unfortunately I was not born when Hindley and Brady were dealt with.

I was at school when the James Bulger trial took place.

I couldn't get the time off work to go to Preston to Harold Shipman's trial

It was too far and too expensive to get to the old Bailey for the Soham trial.

Should there be any more serious murder trials held at Preston I will go if I can.