The California court system requires a “one-day-one-trial” jury duty obligation not more than once per year on its citizens.

Access: California Courts website on “Jury Service > Employer Information” at: http://www.courts.ca.gov/24355.htmLinks to an external site.

The California court system requires a “one-day-one-trial” jury duty obligation not more than once per year on its citizens. Obviously many of the citizens summoned to jury duty have family and/or work responsibilities, yet the website suggests that while a one-time postponement for seasonal workers might be granted, the employers are expected to accommodate the employee’s call to jury duty.

Given an understanding of the various stakeholders in this scenario – litigants, lawsuit and prosecution parties, judges, employers, employees, the general population – does the California jury duty system seem to be fair and just? If not, who would seem to bear the burden the greatest among the various stakeholders?

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