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I have never been on a jury but I've written enough practise expert witness statements in various disciplines, and had enough education in law to realise that the whole process is incredibly boring. Unless you get something cool, like sentancing Gary Glitter to death you are unlikely to be blown away.
Even a relatively extreme crime like a murder will become dull and boring as you hear the facts of the case for the hundredth time, and listen to expert witnesses talk through their statements for an eternity as the defense try to understand it / try to find a way out / try to stall for new evidence and all of the other stupid things they do.
I would still like to do jury duty though; gives you paid time off work, and doing something boring but different for a few days is more exciting than doing something boring that you do every day. Yes, your employer legally has to pay you for the time you are on jury duty, and they can't take it out of your holiday allowance either.
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