Is Jury Duty mandatory towards Canadian citizens? (piefed.social)

submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) by Shadow79@piefed.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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I mean, have you received a summons (letter) from the courts telling you that you’re selected to be a juror. You show up to the courts and assigned a number along with being asked about occupation, status or whether you know anything related to the case in question & etc. but is the probability on becoming part of the 12 jurors that high? Is it also a criminal offense for failing to show up?

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[-] Encephalotrocity@feddit.online 10 points 12 hours ago

is the probability on becoming part of the 12 jurors that high?

You'll be in a pool of ~200 that gets whittled down to around 30. If you aren't selected and the reason isn't universally disqualifying you will go back into the pool for the next trial and so on for 2 years iirc.