Citizens only I'm afraid! I HATE being in this limbo where I can't sit on a jury anywherrreeee! hahahah I love that some people find the process to be a nightmare. To me, it's a day off work to get to listen to "real crime" (I'm sure it's not even remotely that riveting, but in my mind it'll be good, juicy stuff!)
I've been called for UK jury duty twice... it was kind of a waste of my time, to be honest.
The first one started right after Easter in Bristol:
Week 1Easter Monday
- courts were closed
Tuesday
- sat around for hours waiting to be called. Got called up 3 times, didn't get picked for 2 cases, finally got picked for the 3rd one.
- we all got sworn in as jurors... then we got sent home right after
Wednesday-Friday
- listened to the prosecution and defence cases
Week 2Monday
- closing statements
- started deliberations
Tuesday
- whole day of deliberations
- couldn't reach a 12-0 or a 10-2 verdict
- case went to a retrial due to being very badly organised
Wednesday
- went back to work
Total time spent in court/deliberating = 5 days.
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The second one was in early July in Lincoln:
Week 1 Monday
- called the court to find out if I was needed. Told to call back tomorrow.
- went to work on an admin day even though I had no admin to do
Tuesday
- called the court, told I wasn't needed until next week
- went to work on an admin day even though I had no admin to do
Wednesday-Friday
- took a trip down to my company HQ for a meeting, since I wasn't needed at the court
Week 2Monday
- showed up at the court, got picked for a jury
- got sworn in and then told to go home as it was late in the day
Tuesday
- showed up to find the defence lawyer had flu, and one of the jurors had a family emergency, so they were reselecting the jury
- got picked for a different case and got sworn in
- they were about to call the first witness when the defendant got ill and they dismissed us for the day
Wednesday
- showed up to find the defendant had changed his plea to guilty and the case was dismissed
- I was discharged from jury service
Thursday
- went back to work
Total time spent in court = about 45 minutes