08-15-2013, 04:42 AM
As I was a working student when i served the almost 5 month jury pool, nope, that is not it...
The whole sworn in jury pool is ...arcane would be a nice way to explain it... I have served in other states & federal, and they all have a general jury pool that any trial of the day can draw from, you are not in a jury pool for one specific trial & have to follow all of the shenanagins that this county has you do...
And when you are sent the jury notice, they have which court (Hilo or Kona) you are requested to go to, if it is more than 70mi, you do not have to appear, but in our jury pool, there were more than a couple of Kona-ites that drove all the way to Hilo, only to request a distance exemption!
The whole sworn in jury pool is ...arcane would be a nice way to explain it... I have served in other states & federal, and they all have a general jury pool that any trial of the day can draw from, you are not in a jury pool for one specific trial & have to follow all of the shenanagins that this county has you do...
And when you are sent the jury notice, they have which court (Hilo or Kona) you are requested to go to, if it is more than 70mi, you do not have to appear, but in our jury pool, there were more than a couple of Kona-ites that drove all the way to Hilo, only to request a distance exemption!