re: Got my first Jury duty summons...

quote:

---

In all seriousness though some advice I got from a lawyer on this was to appear intelligent, they select the dumbest people they can find. no offense to anyone who got stuck serving jury duty.

---

Not necessarily, it depends on the trial, criminal or civil, how high-profile it is, what kind of evidence (a lot of scientific vs. circumstantial), etc.
The jury I was on was made up mostly of professionals. It was a rather high profile criminal trial for the area with mostly circumstantial evidence, and not much of that. They were looking for a jury who would most likely convict with that limited amount of evidence and not look for a reason to acquit.