Got pulled for Jury Duty...

[ScreamingMeemie]

I don't mind, but I love how jurors for Harris County Courts get "discounted" parking at $6/day. I think I'll try taking the bus down for the heck of it.

[FarPoint]

1. Enjoy the experience.

I did jury duty back in March...4 days...criminal...it was not boring.

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. I will, thanks...

Never was picked from the pool in Michigan. Got called twice.

[FarPoint]

11. The next step is a random draw of the poole...

If selected in the 12...then you will be asked questions about yourself as it may relate to the case.

For example; your view of police officers, are any family members officers, if it's a credit card case then which bank do you use, are you a bank employee...stuff like that....some will be eliminated from that final phase. More are drawn then from the poole.

[Purveyor]

2. I wonder at times if the jury-duty process is becoming purposely burdensome just so eventually

'we will surrender' and do away with the jury system.

That would be a very, very bad thing!

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. That's an interesting thought.

It would be a very bad thing.

[njlib]

3. You have to pay to park??

That's crazy!! I did grand jury duty a few years ago in NJ. We got paid $5/day and parking was free! Actually, it was very interesting. We met a few times over a 2 or 3 month period and you could skip a day if they had enough jurors and you needed to be at work. I only missed one day because I had to do payroll. If given the chance, I'd do it again.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. I was kind of surprised because they "rolled out the red carpet" for jurors

in Michigan. I'm looking forward to it.

[FarPoint]

12. We had a designated parking lot to use.

We were given a log-in code.

[kentauros]

7. The bus is probably best.

But if you do drive, there are cheaper open lots further away from the courts, so it's a walk of a few blocks. I haven't been to jury duty in a while, and I think the last one I did was municipal courts, and I wasn't picked.

It's too bad the northern leg of MetroRail isn't finished, or I'd suggest that. Down here on the south side, the all-day parking is $3, and a 3-hour ticket/pass is $1.25. You'd probably be at the building where they call and pick juries for several hours and just have to buy another ticket at a rail stop. However, I don't think that northside leg is open, so this is just for future reference

http://www.ridemetro.org/News/Releases/2013/10172013.aspx

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. Thanks kentauros!

I appreciate the info.

[kentauros]

9. You're welcome :)

I know next to nothing about riding the buses here, but have always loved riding the train. From the Fannin station to the UH Downtown stop is about 40-minutes with all stops. I'll have to ride the north leg when it's done just to see where it goes and watch the scenery

Metro has a pretty decent site for information, so go to that link and then to the rest of their pages to see what your best bet is. Good luck, both with transportation and jury-selection!

[TlalocW]

10. If you want out of it

Just some time stand up and yell at the judge, "It's 3-o'clock! What the hell are you still doing in your bathrobe?"

Or tell him/her that he/she looks fetching in a black mu-mu.

TlalocW