People could be called for jury duty either in the
state/county/local court system, or the federal court system.
Few criminal cases go to a jury trail, since >90% of them
plead out (aka plea bargain: plead guilty to lesser charges).
Being called for jury duty is a mild inconvenience. Serving on a jury
for more than a few days can be a significant inconvenience,
but most people should be glad to serve if they like
having a right to trail by jury.
Some counties in California like to call a lot of people often
for jury duty, and send most of them home without serving.
Many judges will consider "but I already served as a juror for X days
this/last year" when deciding whether to have a prospective
juror to serve or not.
California uses both DMV driver's license and county voter databases
to generate jury pool lists. The merge algorithm is, well, simple.
If you have a DL as J. Random Hacker and vote as John R. Hacker,
you are very likely to get called for jury duty twice as often.
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People could be called for jury duty either in the state/county/local court system, or the federal court system. Few criminal cases go to a jury trail, since >90% of them plead out (aka plea bargain: plead guilty to lesser charges).
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Being called for jury duty is a mild inconvenience. Serving on a jury for more than a few days can be a significant inconvenience, but most people should be glad to serve if they like having a right to trail by jury.
Some counties in California like to call a lot of people often for jury duty, and send most of them home without serving. Many judges will consider "but I already served as a juror for X days this/last year" when deciding whether to have a prospective juror to serve or not.
California uses both DMV driver's license and county voter databases to generate jury pool lists. The merge algorithm is, well, simple. If you have a DL as J. Random Hacker and vote as John R. Hacker, you are very likely to get called for jury duty twice as often.