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Recommended by Ricochet Members Created with Sketch. Jury Duty Report

Arahant
By Arahant
Arahant Member
Corporate governance, process management and change management consultant, poet, alchemist, and writer.
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In late October I received a summons to appear for jury duty on December 6. This is old hat for me. Apparently, I am one of the lucky ones. This was my fifth summons for jury duty. One of the ladies there stated her age and said it was her first time. Her stated age was three years’ higher than my own. One of the judges came in to speak with us while we were waiting. The highest number she had ever heard of was a lady in her eighties who had been summoned six times.

The Process

If you have not been summoned to jury duty, or not been summoned lately, the process works something like this. You may receive a jury qualification questionaire. These days, such is filled out online. This may be a new thing or limited to some courts. I do not remember having filled one out before this current go-round. I received the summons to participate in the questionaire last summer.

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Recommended by Ricochet Members Created with Sketch. Members of the Media Asked Manafort Judge…

RushBabe49
By RushBabe49
RushBabe49 Thatcher
Born & raised in WA, work in aerospace industry. I play violin.  I'm Business Survey Chair of ISM-Western WA.
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…to unseal the names of the jurors in the widely-watched trial of the former Trump campaign official.

Now, just what might those members of the “media” do with that information if they had it? Since the judge himself states that he has been threatened, and must employ his own security, I’m thinking that the “media” might be interested in making the lives of those jurors and their families mighty uncomfortable.

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EJHill Joined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member
By EJHill
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Thirty years in television production. Living in a midwestern city in the productive custody of his wife and four children (Baby Girl, Marine, Future Tony Winner & Xerox). Unrelenting, unrepentant conservative. Needs a better temperament that equals his photoshop skills. Will probably die broke but believes more in freedom than the welfare state.  
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Ah, jury duty. Civic responsibility and all that. And by “all that” I mean an imperial judiciary that believes every citizen must be available at their whim with less than 24-hours notice. More
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