Maybe I’ve watched Runaway Jury too many times. This summons got me to wondering how random the jury summons process really is. I’ve been on what I think of as a permanent list for years, so every three years, or whatever the going time cycle is, for whichever court, I get that inevitable summons in the mail, while I’m pretty sure there are people who’ve never been called. It used to be potential jurors were selected using the voter registration rolls. Now I understand (California, at least) also uses the Department of Motor Vehicles database. I’m sure there are a lot of people who don’t vote. But don’t those people who are never called have driver’s licenses?

What lucky star were those of us born under who get called repeatedly? Is it only my imagination that there are still people who never get called? Are the courts so jam-packed with cases that all eligible people are getting called repeatedly? Why is Barbara being such a whiner about this?

Rest assured, I’ll go to court at the appointed time and quietly, soberly do my duty.