I've had jury duty twice. The first case I had to actually be on a jury in a civil trial where 3 highway patrolmen were being sued for harassment of this man who was disorderly in a restraunt. They basically escorted him out the door for being drunk and disorderly and cussing up a storm. The guy that was suing was trying to take advantage of the Rodney King beatings that had just happened. He claims he got beat when they went outside and it caused him to have permanent eye damage. It turned out that he had terminal eye disease not related to any beatings. He was hoping for a little sympathy and some money to line his pockets.. But he didn't get it. After 5 days of this guy being his own lawyer and putting a lot of quack doctors on the witness stand and the defense refuting every one of them, we didn't award him squat. The judge called the jury into his chambers after the trial. The first thing he said was "wasn't this a big waste of time". I would have to agree. Especially since the judge said this same guy had tried to sue the police force on 3 seperate occasions before. The second time I went on jury duty I got pretty lucky and my name was never called. Even if your name is called, it's no guarantee you'll serve. You'll have to answer a few questions by the lawyers. If they don't want you, you could be free to go if they don't need anymore warm bodies in any of their other jury rooms for that day..