Me? I will answer questions honestly, but circumspectly, volunteering nothing. I would rather that my views on protecting Liberty get into that jury room during deliberations.
+1
There are some cases where I'd desperately love to be on the jury, but unfortunately we don't get to pick.
I've only had to show up three times in 21 years (multiple jury notices, but all other times my number was too high and I didn't have to report).
First: My small town (pop. 2,600) started calling random residents until they could get six jurors for municipal traffic court. It was my day off, so I accepted. Plus, I was fascinated, because until then I had no idea we even had a municipal court! (Turns out, the municipal judge was the preacher at one of our local churches.) The other jurors and I showed up, the defendant didn't, the judge declared him guilty in absentia, and told us to report to the city clerk if we wanted our $4
per diem checks. I passed.
Second: Civil trial (medical malpractice) in U.S. District Court. Great. Three days of boring medical testimony countered by wailing and tears. I was the foreman, and the initial 11-1 vote (guess who was the "1"?) in favor of giving the plaintiffs the lottery, eventually turned to a reasonable award for actual pain & suffering, and only against those primarily responsible (instead of everyone with deep pockets, typical shotgun approach for a medical case).
Third: The only time I've ever had to report to the county courthouse. The court was holding screening for three criminal cases. I got selected to the pool for a misdemeanor assault case. I was Juror #8; they took the first six, with #7 as an alternate, and I went home.
I strongly support
FIJA, by the way.