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  2. New NJ scam scheme demands money for missing jury duty - AOL

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    The county prosecutor's office is asking those who receive any suspicious calls to contact the Morris County Sheriff’s Office at 973-285-6600 during the day and 973-285-2900 after hours.

  3. Jury duty - Wikipedia

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    Jury duty or jury service is a service as a juror in a legal proceeding. Different countries have different approaches to juries: [ 1 ] variations include the kinds of cases tried before a jury, how many jurors hear a trial, and whether the lay person is involved in a single trial or holds a paid job similar to a judge , but without legal ...

  4. What happens if you skip jury duty? We asked the experts - AOL

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    At left, Anthony Talarico, chief assistant prosecutor, talks to the judge during the hearing. Luis Suarez, of Montclair, with his attorney, Ilene McFarland, are before Bergen County Superior Court ...

  5. Jury selection in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A Michigan Law Review article, published in 1978, asserted that young people, during that period, were under-represented on the nation's jury rolls. [11] A 2012 study from Duke University published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics investigated the effect of jury selection and racial composition on trial outcomes. The study found that black ...

  6. Will a tenfold increase in jury pay mean better justice ...

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    The current rate hasn’t changed since 1959.

  7. Juries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A citizen's right to a trial by jury is a central feature of the United States Constitution. [1] It is considered a fundamental principle of the American legal system. Laws and regulations governing jury selection and conviction/acquittal requirements vary from state to state (and are not available in courts of American Samoa), but the fundamental right itself is mentioned five times in the ...

  8. Summoned for jury duty? I know how you feel - AOL

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    The courthouse clerk's office was kind enough to remind me by text message that I had failed to report for duty and needed to offer an excuse. It felt kind of like being called to the principal's ...

  9. United States District Court for the District of Oregon

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    On March 27, 1885, Judge Deady admitted Mary Leonard to the federal bar, the first woman admitted in Oregon. [9] In 1909, Congress added another seat to the court, followed by another judgeship in 1949. [5] On October 20, 1978, Congress passed a law authorizing two more positions on the bench of the Oregon district court. [5]