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Sure. Sareitha Sedai Send a noteboard - 21/02/2012 07:52:44 PM
Consider this: Jury duty costs more in both time and money than getting multiple speeding tickets. Serving justice in one's community has a more significant negative impact to an individual than endangering the lives of many people on a public road. How can that possibly be right? Fixing the system completely is probably not realistic, but a few minor changes would go a long way. Heck, just allowing people to postpone their service a few times without having to get the court's permission would solve the biggest problems. I nearly had to miss a ten day cruise with my family and new in-laws this past Christmas because of jury duty. Thankfully the court accepted my excuse, but they didn't have to.

Build a little flexibility into the system, eliminate what minor annoyances you can, and people would be a lot less upset about receiving a summons.


Yes, when you put it that way, that's kind of ridiculous :D I think it's reasonable to let people off if they've already made travel arrangements that serving could interfere with. I'm glad you didn't have to miss your cruise!

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