I did jury duty once when I lived in Calif. Mist if the time I was either in school getting my degree or in a job that was too demanding to allow for jury duty time.

When I moved here, first thing i gotwasva notice fir jury duty but being new to the state & living alone way out in the country & talked to them about my lack of feeling safe if someone in this small town would want to get even with jury members & there is a huge drug problem in the county. They saw my point & permanently waived me from jury duty. I do my civic volunteer work in many other useful ways that leave me in no possible threatenibg position.

The one trial I was jury on in Calif was a store theft with no injuries.

My mom (years ago when i was still in college) was on a murder case jury that happened locally. I actually sat in the back of the coutrtroom several days to know what she was going through. We didnt discuss or say anything about the case until it was over but my being there & seeing & hearing helped her process her experience after it was over which really was a help for her.

I have sat in on a lot of animal/horse abuse cases here in my county but none got tovthe point of being a jury trial. Our DA is a good lawyer. Small towns are so different from huge Los Angeles area i lived all my life....i know everyone here after 10 years. Still wouldnt feel safe being on a jury though.