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Old 11-23-2012, 10:53 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by fatlazyless View Post
Similarly, did you know that here in New Hampshire, local citizens who get called to jury duty for a jury trial only get paid five dollars per day for each day of the trial. That is correct, as far as I know, just five dollars per day....how would you like get go sit on some big long criminal case like the Stacey Burns-Wolfeboro-2009 murder or something, and get just five dollars per day for jury duty?
Nope that is not true. I just completed jury duty last week. I got paid $10 for each half day I was at the court, plus 25 cents per mile to/from the court.
My jury duty was 8 weeks long. In that time I was at the court 13 days. 4 days of jury selection, plus 3 trials.
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