I finally get a jury summons, sent to my address here in New Mexico and guess where the summons is coming from? Marion County, Indiana. Dudes! I haven't lived in IN for over a year and a half!
I've always been interested in serving as a juror but in my years I've only ever received one, back in the early '90s and when I called in that morning I was told I was no longer needed.

@see_the_sus I get jury summons regular as clockwork every two years. I don't believe it when they say everybody is called equally.

@elbutterfield @see_the_sus I'm in Aus, and I've never been summonsed for jury duty. My spouse has, and had to decline. Because we work in court transcription, neither of us is allowed to be on a jury.

@Nimthiriel @elbutterfield

For years when I was a working photojournalist, I often wondered if I was called for jury duty if I'd be disqualified as being potentially "prejudiced."

@see_the_sus @Nimthiriel I don't know but I would think you would make a great juror with all that knowledge and understanding of the way of the world.

@elbutterfield @Nimthiriel

Oh I agree but oftentimes that can be seen as a threat to the defense.

@see_the_sus @elbutterfield In Australia it's more about the whole jury being as average as possible. Our selection is extremely random here. Like, there's no interrogating the jury, the defendant can only object to three potential jurors without giving a good reason, and they're just paraded in front of them so it's in case they recognise each other or something.

@Nimthiriel @see_the_sus Wow! That's very different from the voir dire here. I wonder which one yields a fairer jury?

@elbutterfield @Nimthiriel

I’m curious as well. Fascinating!

@see_the_sus @elbutterfield I'm happy to provide more details on how our juries are chosen if anyone is interested :)

@Nimthiriel @elbutterfield

I’m always intrigued by how other countries do their “stuff.” 😀

@see_the_sus Neat! :D So like I said, ours is all about being as average as possible. So they randomly mail out jury summonses and if you're not precluded (like I am), you go in and sit in a jury pool and are given a number. When a court sends note that they're ready for a jury, the numbers are literally pulled out of a box and if you're selected, you go up to the court. If not, you wait for the next session to be ready and your number to be drawn.

@see_the_sus ^^ Once you're up in the court area the group is known as a jury panel. The judge tells you about the trial and how long it will take and examples of acceptable reasons for excusing yourself. Then numbers are again drawn from a box until they reach the required number. As the number is drawn, you can say either "Present" or "Excuse". If you said "excuse" the judge will ask you to write down the reason which the tipstaff/bailiff will hand to them, and they'll probably excuse you.

@Nimthiriel

How many people make up the jury?