of high-profile cases after the verdict is read. Perhaps guilty people would no longer walk free and maybe some innocent people wouldn't get locked up by mistake. Paying taxes should be enough. As citizens we lose a lot of money just by paying taxes alone. Jury duty is just another way to lose more money and precious time, not to mention it's extremely inconvenient. Sure they pay you...their wages would be fantastic for someone in high school with no rent or bills to pay. While some of the excuses listed are a little extreme and unrealistic, you can't criticize a person for trying to excuse themselves from wasting their time. All of you self-righteous idiots must have a lot of spare time or spare money. Guess what, not everyone else in the world has those two luxuries. If you wanna serve on jury duty, good for you. The fate of a man on trial would be better in your hands than in the hands of people who are too stressed wondering how they're gonna pay the bills now that they're stuck in court listening to a trial they don't give a sh*t about. Some of the responses I'm reading in support of jury duty are amazingly ignorant and insensitive to other people's situations. I happen to be a student focused on my studies and being selected as a juror is the last thing I need. It is because this country emphasizes ridiculously stupid rules such as 'students should be able