I’ve been summoned twice; and neither time was the summons point-blank like this appears to be. The first time I sent a notice that the date of the duty interfered with finals in college; apparently, that was good enough for the court, as they never sent the deputies around looking for me. The second time I got one of those summonses where they tell you to call a number the night before the date to see if you’re needed. I wasn’t. So I’ve never had to sit on a jury.OTOH, a former coworker, a recently naturalized citizen, was excited to sit on a jury. He figured it was part of the American experience; and he wanted to experience it all. So he did his bit in a local court on a petit jury. Not long after that, he was summoned to sit on a federal grand jury. Not realizing that the two jurisdictions don’t talk to one another about things, he complained, “I just got off a jury! Why do they want me to sit on another one!?” “Yep,” I told him, “you’re an American!”
I’ve been summoned twice; and neither time was the summons point-blank like this appears to be. The first time I sent a notice that the date of the duty interfered with finals in college; apparently, that was good enough for the court, as they never sent the deputies around looking for me. The second time I got one of those summonses where they tell you to call a number the night before the date to see if you’re needed. I wasn’t. So I’ve never had to sit on a jury.OTOH, a former coworker, a recently naturalized citizen, was excited to sit on a jury. He figured it was part of the American experience; and he wanted to experience it all. So he did his bit in a local court on a petit jury. Not long after that, he was summoned to sit on a federal grand jury. Not realizing that the two jurisdictions don’t talk to one another about things, he complained, “I just got off a jury! Why do they want me to sit on another one!?” “Yep,” I told him, “you’re an American!”