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Questions - Jury Duty - April 8-9, 2011

72% of Adults Who Served On A Jury Liked Experience
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National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted April 8-9, 2011

By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* Have you ever been summoned for jury duty?

 

2* Did you try to get out of jury duty? (Only Answered By Those Who Served on a Jury - 670 Adults)

 

3* Were you eventually selected to actually serve on a jury? (Only Answered By Those Who Served on a Jury - 670 Adults)

 

4* How would you rate the experience of serving on a jury – excellent, good, fair, or poor? (Only Answered By Those Who Served on a Jury - 258 Adults)

 

5* Looking back, how confident are you that your jury reached the right decision? (Only Answered By Those Who Served on a Jury - 258 Adults)

 

6* Who do you trust more to determine the guilt or innocence of someone accused of criminal behavior—a judge or a jury?

 

7* Is serving on a jury one of the responsibilities required of an American citizen, or is it just a hassle?

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence