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I loved it. Of course, I got some really good cases, so that colors my view.
And the pay is nonsense. Back before the days of hyper inflation, the pay was very good, it just never kept up. I read that in the 1920's Jury pay was 10 per day when standard wages were $4 per day. Folks used to hang out in front of the court house hoping to get called, they were called "professional veniremen" and that is one of the reasons cases moved with such dispatch back then, the judges, lawyers and jurors all knew each other, and since both sides knew who the better veneiremen were, and had an interest in making the process go quickly, you could finish jury selection in an hour. The last case I was in, the process took two days.
And the pay is nonsense. Back before the days of hyper inflation, the pay was very good, it just never kept up. I read that in the 1920's Jury pay was 10 per day when standard wages were $4 per day. Folks used to hang out in front of the court house hoping to get called, they were called "professional veniremen" and that is one of the reasons cases moved with such dispatch back then, the judges, lawyers and jurors all knew each other, and since both sides knew who the better veneiremen were, and had an interest in making the process go quickly, you could finish jury selection in an hour. The last case I was in, the process took two days.