I got a jury summons.

[nuxvomica]

37. I got the questionaire earlier this year

I filled it out immediately. A short while later, I got the summons. I had to check a website or call a number the Friday before the Monday I was to appear. The trial was cancelled (they often are) and I won't be called again for 6 years. I've been through this three times before and only the first time did I actually have to show at the courthouse, decades ago. I was picked for the jury but was rejected during voir dire because the case involved child abuse and I was asked if I knew anyone who had experienced abuse as a child. Seriously, who hasn't? I was glad I didn't have to hear the evidence because it was a case of horrible sexual abuse of a young child but it was also a landmark decision because the perp was successfully convicted of kidnapping, among other charges, even though he allowed the victim to attend school every day. I felt enormous respect for that jury in returning that verdict.

So I say, go along with it. You are not likely to actually have to serve but if you do, maybe you will be part of something bigger, either keeping a monster off the streets or freeing an innocent person. There are so few opportunities to bring justice in this world and while the whole system is shabby and imperfect, you should give it a chance.