Reply #50: I agree [View All]

I moved to LA and now I get Jury duty (in Compton whee) once every two years. This month alone 3 out 12 of us in my department have had it. The last time I was there I was told we had a call from another court house that needed us. This court was 35 miles away which by law we aren't suppose to have serve on because it's outside the 20 mile radius, but by law they can make us serve on anyways (nice there huh). The court was nice enough to tell us at noon that we had to drive 35 miles across LA to get to the new court house at 1:30. So much for lunch. So the court wanted us to serve on a trial 45 miles from my place that required me to travel across downtown LA in rush hour. Many people told to go live in Compton and had no car (that's why they requested the Compton Court house to serve at). A nice 2 hour commute there for me. At least I would get 15 $ a day and millage one way! Millage one way, where is the logic in that? And they wonder why people hate Jury duty. The civic duty isn't a minor inconvenience. It's a constant call for you to travel to the worst areas of the city and then get treated like crap while you are there.