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90. I really think that there needs to be a system

where you are simply not allowed to 'get out of' jury duty. I know people who have gotten out of jury duty for the dumbest reasons. What they need to do is pay people their current wages, make it illegal for the employer to take any action against the employee (I think that's the case here in Canada right now anyway, but not the 'wages' part - when I served I got $15/day. It was pitiful. What hourly employee would take THAT?) If you have children, the court should be required to provide licensed on-site daycare and if you are nursing a baby you should get regular breaks to nurse the baby. If you are in school, the court should be required to give you a tutor or reimburse you class costs. And so on...if you were unable to get out of jury duty because of stupid reasons - if it was absolutely mandatory except for extreme extenuating circumstances...you would have smarter, more dedicated juries.

Plus, it should just be people chosen at random. I disagree with the way juries are chosen. In the case I served, the defense tried to get an all-woman jury for 'sympathy' plus the notices to serve were only sent to certain communities in the area that had French-speaking schools (because they needed bilingual jurors). They went through hundreds of people to get 12 that served them best. That's not very equitable. For real fairness, it should be a jury chosen at random. As it stands now, it's whoever has the lawyer that is the best a choosing a favorable jury that wins. That's crap, IMO.