dollars a day to be a Juror I would be jumping at the chance to be a Juror, not trying to find a way out so that I could actually support my family. It isn't the civic responsibility that most people have trouble with, just the financial hardship that being a Juror places most people in. Many people can lose their job if they are required to sit in on a two week case as a Juror, not to mention the lost income if they are not fired from their job. If Jurors are so important than treat them like they are, instead of spouting rhetoric about social duty. If that is the justification than all civic positions shouldn't pay any money because they are civil duties. By the way, I'm not being belligerent, or at least not trying to be. Please make an answer to anything I've written if you think I'm talking out of my ass. Oh, shutup, whiners. What if you have a legitimate excuse to have your jury duty deferred, but they refuse? My friend was the sole caregiver for her 6-year-old son who was out of school for the summer. She had no one else who she could leave him with, could not afford a babysitter, and didn't feel comfortable with anything of the sort. (I work and could not help her.) They refused to excuse her. Just being opinionated will get you out of Jury Duty. Not that I tried, mind you, but I