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artgriego t1_ja92lpy wrote

Reply to comment by dkf295 in ELI5 why is jury duty a requirement? by [deleted]

It's not "taking days or weeks off" from life. You said it yourself, it's a pain in the ass with laughable compensation (that is taxed!) No one has the "means or desire" to miss their regular life for that.

They need to make jury duty worth everyone's time. The way it is, clever but unscrupulous people will finagle out of jury duty because it pays shit and their jobs don't have to pay them for the lost time.

So if they want a demographic of the overall population, they need to entice everyone to actually want to do it. Make the process more efficient, require employers to pay regular wages, etc.

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mdlewis11 t1_ja97r90 wrote

In some states, your employer must pay you full time for you time on jury duty.
I love playing Matlock and getting paid for it!

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thedoodely t1_ja99nh6 wrote

Yup, in most places that's what they do (though it's usuappy minus the laughable amount the govt pays you to be a juror. Were I am it's like 5$/day)

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DoItYourSelf2 t1_ja9g4oq wrote

I was just called up in CA and found out they changed the rules (or could be my county). Used to be it was an automatic pass if employer did not pay but now you have to go in front of a judge and plead your case or plead poverty I suppose. Its complete bullshit, no one should lose money for serving. They should just force all large employers to pay and subsidize the smaller ones.

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jerwong t1_ja9en71 wrote

I'm in California, and we only get $15/day and that's starting on the second day.

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MurkDiesel t1_ja9ddem wrote

lawyers get rich, jurors get shit

change that and we change the justice system

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Dragon_Fisting t1_ja9v14u wrote

Fun fact, the government lawyers don't make that much money. The government doesn't pay that well for anybody.

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