jury duty

LOTTOWINNER

Not sure if I got the right place but I have a question,

Why I am never called for jury duty? well actually I have been called once about 17 years ago when I was in my early twenties, but haven't been called again, I'm fed up listening to people who are called and are trying to avoid going.
I want to do jury service but "never" get the opportunity, is 17+ years a typical time to wait to be re-called?
I still living at the same address and I'm on the voting register, I have no criminal convictions.

Due to the fact that lots of people don't want to do jury service is there any way I can volunteer?

bath handle

You should write to the County Registrar and apologise for whatever behaviour got you put on the black list. Explain you were young at the time and say you won't do it again.

dermot_sheehan

There's no such thing as a "black list", though the county registrars might maintain lists of people who are disqualified or have exercised their right to be excused as of right.

Random selection from electoral roll means that theres a possibility that you will never be called.

I was on the electoral roll and never got called for jury service until a year after I became disqualified, go figure.

bath handle

Officially there might be no black list but it is well known that note is taken of troublemakers.

LOTTOWINNER

bath handle wrote: »

You should write to the County Registrar and apologise for whatever behaviour got you put on the black list. Explain you were young at the time and say you won't do it again.

bath handle wrote: »

Officially there might be no black list but it is well known that note is taken of troublemakers.

You only have my word for this, but I have never caused trouble in my life, I'm the proverbial church mouse, as I said never been in trouble with the law or anyone else for that matter.

coylemj

LOTTOWINNER wrote: »

You only have my word for this, but I have never caused trouble in my life, I'm the proverbial church mouse, as I said never been in trouble with the law or anyone else for that matter.

I think when bath handle talked about troublemakers he was referring to people who did serve on a jury and behaved like complete assholes to the extent that the foreman or some other member of the jury made a complaint to the court registrar recommending that they never be called up again.

Sadly there are people of low self-esteem who are capable of screwing up these kinds of situations because they don't get enough notice in the real world and they want to drag the whole process out for as long as possible. They suddenly find themselves in a situation where they are virtually locked into a room with strangers who have to listen to their incoherent ramblings and they don't want the process to ever end so they vote against the majority to drag it out for as long as they can.

Open to corrections but that's my interpretation.

LOTTOWINNER

coylemj wrote: »

I think when bath handle talked about troublemakers he was referring to people who did serve on a jury and behaved like complete assholes to the extent that the foreman or some other member of the jury made a complaint to the court registrar recommending that they never be called up again.

Sadly there are people of low self-esteem who are capable of screwing up these kinds of situations because they don't get enough notice in the real world and they want to drag the whole process out for as long as possible. They suddenly find themselves in a situation where they are virtually locked into a room with strangers who have to listen to their incoherent ramblings and they don't want the process to ever end so they vote against the majority to drag it out for as long as they can.

Open to corrections but that's my interpretation.

The one and only time that I was picked for jury service, I was selected and sworn in, we elected a foreman and were all set to go, but then the accused changed his plea from not guilty to guilty so we were dis-charged, I didn't cause any trouble or speak out of turn, I'm actually quite polite.

coylemj

LOTTOWINNER wrote: »

The one and only time that I was picked for jury service, I was selected and sworn in, we elected a foreman and were all set to go, but then the accused changed his plea from not guilty to guilty so we were dis-charged, I didn't cause any trouble or speak out of turn, I'm actually quite polite.

I think bath handle's original post was tongue in cheek, you obviously are not on any blacklist because you never did anything to draw negative attention to yourself.

I have lived in Dublin for the past 34 years and have only been called once.

LOTTOWINNER

coylemj wrote: »

I think bath handle's original post was tongue in cheek, you obviously are not on any blacklist because you never did anything to draw negative attention to yourself.

I have lived in Dublin for the past 34 years and have only been called once.

34 years!!!!!! Although Dublin has a much larger population than the WEE county I live in.

BornToKill

coylemj wrote: »

Sadly there are people of low self-esteem who are capable of screwing up these kinds of situations because they don't get enough notice in the real world and they want to drag the whole process out for as long as possible. They suddenly find themselves in a situation where they are virtually locked into a room with strangers who have to listen to their incoherent ramblings and they don't want the process to ever end so they vote against the majority to drag it out for as long as they can.

What a great idea for a film!!!

coylemj

LOTTOWINNER wrote: »

34 years!!!!!! Although Dublin has a much larger population than the WEE county I live in.

You're probably less likely to be called if you live in the 'wee' county because in Dublin we have all the murder and rape trials from around the country plus lots of circuit court trials because of the large amount of crime in Dublin. If you're hoping to be called then all you have to rely on is the Circuit Court in Dundalk so you're probably less likely to be called than someone in Dublin.

caseyann

Majority of my family live in Dublin^^^^^

I have never been called either,i dont know anyone who has either.Older family members never been called.
Maybe not enough jury cases

LOTTOWINNER

coylemj wrote: »

You're probably less likely to be called if you live in the 'wee' county because in Dublin we have all the murder and rape trials from around the country plus lots of circuit court trials because of the large amount of crime in Dublin. If you're hoping to be called then all you have to rely on is the Circuit Court in Dundalk so you're probably less likely to be called than someone in Dublin.

You're not really filling me with confidence that I will ever be selected again. I thought that murder trial jurys were selected nation wide, not just the capital.
This jury thing is just like a lottery then, some people just never win it.

coylemj

LOTTOWINNER wrote: »

You're not really filling me with confidence that I will ever be selected again. I thought that murder trial jurys were selected nation wide, not just the capital.
This jury thing is just like a lottery then, some people just never win it.

Most people would regard not being called as a 'win' in this particular lottery!

They don't call people from around the country for murder trials, the jury in the Central Criminal Court is drawn from the Dublin electoral register.

Reloc8

Correct, unless the Court is sitting provincially e.g. Limerick.

BaronVon

You can get onto your local Garda station to do Coroner's Court juries. The guards normally have to round up the jury themselves for these inquests, and i'm sure would be glad of the offer.

Not as glamorous as a Circuit/Central Criminal Court trial but it should fulfill your sense of civic duty

MinnyMinor

BornToKill wrote: »

What a great idea for a film!!!

or what about

seamus

My mother is 63 and has only been called once in her life. I've never been called.

It's very random.