Comment on Civic duty

• lonefighter@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I knew someone who got picked for jury duty on a trial that lasted over a month in federal court over 2 hours from where he lived.

  He ended up having to take out loans to cover his travel expenses on top of his normal living expenses. He got paid something like $7/day for the entire trial and his job only gave 5 days of PTO for the whole year and didn’t pay for jury duty like a lot of businesses do, so after the first week he had no income.

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  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’d just stop showing up at that point, that’s ridiculous. Financial hardship is a legitimate reason to get out of jury duty where I live.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I forget the minimum length, but my state also gives a per diem if the trial is longer than a certain number of days. But like some one else said, it’s only like $12/day. Like barely enough to cover a lunch.

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