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There should be a limit on the number of times a person is selected for jury duty.

From "Jury Reform Public Consultation"

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After a person has been selected repeatedly it becomes distressing. The inconvenience and upheaval of your life for two full months is unbearable. When you’ve gone through this many times, it becomes too much. Not to mention what happens when you wind up on a case as a juror. The discomfort (seats, sitting too long, tight quarters, being lined up in a hallway for a long time while legal arguments occur, amongst other things), cases that go on three times as long as the judge originally stated, the anxiety, the stress, the fear of being targeted at some point - the list could go on and on. All this to say, there should be a limit to the number of times you are called to serve. Especially when so many people out there have never been called to serve. Or maybe, they should just go through every eligible person before recycling names.

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There seems to be an issue with the randomness of the selection process if some people are getting summonsed over and over while many are never called.
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Profile of Glen Alban
Posted by:Glen Alban
5 months ago
There would other problems i would foresee such as being on a jury with some of the same people you served with before and you had differences of options in last trail!
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Profile of bda Fulbda Ful on November 4, 2025

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