You get paid $10 per day for jury duty by the court. IF your employer pays you when you are on jury duty, the court will not pay you. Not all employers pay you for jury duty.

how much you get paid depends on the state you live in and the type of trial too

Jobs are not required to PAY you for jury duty, but they are required to let you go to jury duty without it effecting your job.

In the state of Colorado they are. They must pay you your normal wage, while you are at jury duty, it is also like that in other states.

Let me correct that, in most states it is mandatory by law that your employer pay you the same as your wage.

Let me correct that, in most states it is mandatory by law that your employer pay you the same as your wage.

I personally believe it is your obligation as a citizen to serve if you are called upon. I would be happy to serve if I was ever chosen.

I agree, but I have noticed more and more people make up lies to get out of it. I cannot believe it. Why wouldnt you just do what you are supposed to do as an American?

That's what I'm saying. Everyone deserves a fair trial & citizens doing their part to serve in the jury is the only way it can be done.

for me, i don't do anything because i'm american. i don't let my country define me. being american has nothing to do with who i am - i don't say the pledge of allegiance. i don't put my hand on my heart during the star spangled banner. the term "american" hardly means anything to me, and most people i know.

i would serve because i think it would be a good experience, but not because it's my job as an american.

Sorry but I find that very disturbing that you are not grateful for the country you live in. You should appreciate the freedoms that citizens of this country have laid down their lives for. But that's what's so grate about this country is we still have people fighting everyday to protect you, me, our families, and everyone else in this country so that we can say what we feel (however ungrateful it may be).

of course i appreciate what i have, whether or not it was provided by the government. i could live somewhere else and it wouldn't define who i am or what i do. i am grateful for being alive and that there are people to protect us, but that doesn't mean i like america or that i support most of the things that happen. in another country i would be appreciative of that army or those people and their government. it doesn't matter WHERE i am - i am not defined by my country. you can't look at me and say that i'm a greedy bastard because i live in america. i refuse to be labeled because i live here and honestly - i don't blame ANYONE for thinking most things. i refuse to be supportive of a highly corrupt government. [even though i think the president is doing an excellent job at the moment.] maybe once things get better [years from now] i might be proud to call myself american, but until then. pffft. when healthcare becomes available to hardworking people like myself, then i might be a tad bit more happy with where i live. one step at a time.

i'm grateful and appreciative of everyone.

But dont you think serving on a jury and giving YOUR opinion on cases would be a way to fight the corruption? So many people get off, or wrongly convicted because people dont take it seriousy. Would you want the people on your jury (God forbid something happen) to take it seriously, or to be pissed off and decide it was a waste of time.

i said i'd be happy to serve :]

Once you've served (and I mean served, as in been chosen to sit on the jury during trial), do everything you can to get out of it. It was a great experience that I'm glad I participated in, but I wouldn't want to do it again.

Its your civic duty to do it anytime you are called to do it. IMO. If you enjoy your civil liberties daily, cant you do your civic duty once a year?

That's why I think they should have a list of people who enjoy it get selected. Who wants a person in a jury who hates every minute of it and just wants to go home? Some people don't enjoy it as others and I am one of them. I had to do it once and I hated every minute of it.

Interesting... but the numbers would dwindle significantly if it was an opt-in system rather than an opt-out system. xD

Not only would there not be enough people but it wouldnt be considered a fair trial, which is why they use the system they have now, because most people get dismissed because of personal expierence. You cant serve on a sex offense jury if you know of anyone close to you who has been sexually abused. You cant serve if you dont believe in the law that was broken. Taxes arent an opt in system, and many people hate it, but you see the difference is people cant lie and get out of paying taxes without being caught.

I personally would do anything and everything within my power to get out of it. I don't like people enough to be stuck with them for even a day. I don't feel like sitting there and judging whether or not a person is guilty, nor do I have the time. In your opinion, it's an American's civil duty, in my opinion, it's a waste of my time. I pay my taxes, I vote, I do my civic duty. I'll show up if called, but it doesn't mean I'll like it....

I haven't been called yet, I've only been registered to vote for just over a year though, so my chances are pretty slim at the moment.

Actually they dont only use voter registration, they use a number of different things including state drivers licenses/id's

How old are you?

English.

I got a jury duty thing in the mail over the summer last year. I was very pleased that i didnt get called in. The last juror number they called was only 100 off from mine, so had it gone on one more day i would have been called.