• snoons@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Mostly it’s money related. Some people literally cannot afford to attend jury duty because of how little compensation there is for their time; like in my area, if it takes two weeks you get compensated $4.75 an hour compared to a full time job which is $13.50 below minimum wage ($18.25).

    I also think it would be cool and would like to attend, but then I wouldn’t be able to pay rent if it goes on too long.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      2 months ago

      in the west its only 15/day, if you are on the juror pool. and it was 3-4 days, i make more than that in half of a shift.