
Doing My Civic Duty
Having lived during my professional life in four different states, I’ve been called for jury duty in three of the four, and each state’s procedures regarding juries is a little different than all the rest. North Carolina never summoned me. Tennessee called me for jury duty once in about 20-22 years, and I was given an exemption because I was out of state attending college at the time. Pennsylvania called me once. That state had a policy of one day-one trial. If you weren’t se