 Who's to blame for juror no-shows: 'Sad generation' or broken system?Law & Order | 207863 hits | May 27 2:55 pm | Posted by: Zipperfish  There are conflicting views on how to improve a no-show rate for prospective jurors that averages about 20 per cent across Canada.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 2 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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Most provinces and territories that track absenteeism among prospective jurors (and few of them do) report that about one-fifth of citizens don't show up when summoned.
"I believe that many of them don't know that it's a duty that they have," said Richard Prihada, vice-president of the Quebec association of criminal lawyers and president of Montreal's criminal lawyers association. "A lot of times people ask me, 'Well, how can I get out of it?'"
It's a capitalist world buddy. We live cheque to cheque. Some fat-cat judge can maybe to take a few weeks off work gratis, but teh rest of us are trying to make ends meet.
PICK ME! PICK ME! Seriously, I want to be on a jury.
Me too. I would love to be on a jury, but highly doubt I could afford it. I have savings, but have no intention of using them to coveer lost income due to jury duty.
PICK ME! PICK ME! Seriously, I want to be on a jury.
Maybe they should start taking volunteers!
PICK ME! PICK ME! Seriously, I want to be on a jury.
Maybe they should start taking volunteers!
I was going to say. It might be easier to just have some approved "Jury Duty" list, like a voter registration list. At the same time, compensation for jury duty should be higher to compensate individuals better.
PICK ME! PICK ME! Seriously, I want to be on a jury.
Maybe they should start taking volunteers!
I was going to say. It might be easier to just have some approved "Jury Duty" list, like a voter registration list. At the same time, compensation for jury duty should be higher to compensate individuals better.
I've got a job that reimburses jury duty, so, like you, I would treat it as a life experience. But yes, $20 a day is more an insult than anything.
I don't think this judge is doing the system any favours. Referring to an entire generation as flabby and sad is more likely to engender ill will and lend creedence to the idea that the judiciary is out of touch.
Also, considering that sheriffs can't even be bothered to round up people wanted for crimes a lot worse than skipping jury duty, you wonder about the priority of using a scarce resource (sheriffs) to pick up truants.
I've got a job that reimburses jury duty, so, like you, I would treat it as a life experience. But yes, $20 a day is more an insult than anything.
If you think that's insulting, try getting subpoenaed as a witness. Last time that happened I got a cheque from the Court Clerk's office for a whopping $2.75 for the day.
I've got a job that reimburses jury duty, so, like you, I would treat it as a life experience. But yes, $20 a day is more an insult than anything.
If you think that's insulting, try getting subpoenaed as a witness. Last time that happened I got a cheque from the Court Clerk's office for a whopping $2.75 for the day.
That's not even enough to cover parking.
I've got a job that reimburses jury duty, so, like you, I would treat it as a life experience. But yes, $20 a day is more an insult than anything.
If you think that's insulting, try getting subpoenaed as a witness. Last time that happened I got a cheque from the Court Clerk's office for a whopping $2.75 for the day.
And you were worth every penny, I'm sure.
I've got a job that reimburses jury duty, so, like you, I would treat it as a life experience. But yes, $20 a day is more an insult than anything.
If you think that's insulting, try getting subpoenaed as a witness. Last time that happened I got a cheque from the Court Clerk's office for a whopping $2.75 for the day.
And you were worth every penny, I'm sure.
This is how it actually went down. I showed up at 8:30am as instructed. I sat there until 3PM when the case was called, but as the accused had not shown up for court, apparently cuz he skipped bail, it was put on hold.
Upon leaving the court room I heading for the clerks office as per SOP and got my cheque. I then threw it down on the counter and told them to keep it as they obviously needed the money more than I did.
Ya jerk
PICK ME! PICK ME! Seriously, I want to be on a jury.
You can tell them you have your own rope, all ready to go !
I did jury duty once. It was OK but I was unemployed at the time so it really didn't affect my real life in any significant way.