@@WeCareLaw I've helped a friend get a frivolous charge dropped by calling his public defender, realized he wasn't going to do anything and sought private counsel. Because the majority of people there can't afford it most private attorneys do public defense. I ended up calling a lawyer who was married to his attorney and when I explained everything she told me they run cases through to keep funding going. My friends case was dropped the next week. That was in Louisiana, but I think you can understand my concern. People who work in the courthouse being jurors seems conflicting of interests. And since there's no real compensation and jurors can be kept from media and normal life most people's peers would bring up annulment rather then lose the time. So I could see seeking people in the judicial community to fill spots. And bias could easily develop from that.
Is it common for lawyers to have jury duty?
I imagine that it's just as common as for any other citizen to get called, but that lawyers are very likely to get dismissed.
Yes, just like anyone else a lawyer can get called for jury duty, but it is unlikely they would be selected to serve on a jury.
@@WeCareLaw I've helped a friend get a frivolous charge dropped by calling his public defender, realized he wasn't going to do anything and sought private counsel. Because the majority of people there can't afford it most private attorneys do public defense. I ended up calling a lawyer who was married to his attorney and when I explained everything she told me they run cases through to keep funding going. My friends case was dropped the next week. That was in Louisiana, but I think you can understand my concern. People who work in the courthouse being jurors seems conflicting of interests. And since there's no real compensation and jurors can be kept from media and normal life most people's peers would bring up annulment rather then lose the time. So I could see seeking people in the judicial community to fill spots. And bias could easily develop from that.