jury duty
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One in three even admitted to accidentally breaking the law by neglecting important responsibilities, like missing jury duty.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Each day, citizens throughout the United States receive letters summoning them to appear for jury duty.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2025
Despite the state of the world today, there’s evidence that this is possible through the use of randomly selected mini-publics modeled on jury duty, whether here in America or around the world.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025
On Jan. 8, Christina Hsu drove from where she lives in the San Gabriel Valley to the downtown criminal courthouse for jury duty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
The judge reads him a lecture on the duty of citizenship and the responsibility of jury duty and says he is sorry that he can not excuse him.
From The Man in Court by Wells, Frederic DeWitt
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