Why have they set up jury duty to make it so dreaded?
Yes, jury duty can be a chore. You are not alone, most people dread it. When I worked in our state’s court system, in Circuit court, we rotated processing jurors. During the times I had it, I spent a great deal of time postponing jurors times to serve. Some folks would have it postponed two or three times. When their names went back into the system, sometimes it would be a year or two before their name were ever selected again. About 40% of those who showed up for duty managed to be dismissed by the judge before they were ever in the pool to strike a jury. Some states are better or worse than others. Our state was pretty good. The accomodations were decent, and since our courthouse was on the square, downtown, they were fed very well at one of the several restaurants on the square. Edit: In our state the fees paid to jurors did not come completely from taxes. Fees came from money paid for a trial by jury for civil cases. Criminal cases automatically get a jury trial, but in civil cases
