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Page 8 THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday July 1989 Jury duty you can be called at any time By ROB SAVAGE Toronto Bureau Thomson News Service It can happen to you at any time You learn your name has ran domly been drawn and youre to serve on a jury panel Although jury duty might look like a common occurrence to peo ple who watch television cour troom dramas only a comparative small number of people are actual ly chosen each year to serve The number of prospective jurors called in one year varies For example about per cent o the population of Hamilton- is called while about onehalf of one per cent of the population of Oxford County in southwestern Ontario will be sub poenaed for jury duty For those who are chosen then is no common response Some see it as an honor Others arent quite as thrilled by the news They feel it is dragging them away from their business or work Alastair the senior deputy sheriff in the judicial district of York says people tend to see the call as an honor The majority enjoy coming here and finding out whats going on he said Because its not everybody that would go through a jury trial It may be an inconvenienc at that point in time but they do res pond In general theyre pretty good The potential candidates are part of a jury roll created from the list of citizens names at the Ministry of Revenue Questionnaires are sent to citizens who are legally obligated to answer and return them The sheriffs office uses the returned questionnaires to deter mine who is eligible for jury duty Basic criteria such as age citizenship status and other fac tors is used to measure eligibility If you are eligible you may then be called to sit on a jury panel In general Toronto judicial district of York has four jury panels each week although other communities require fewer In most areas outside of On tarios largest cities it is unlikely there would be more than one jury panel called in a given week For example areas such as Belleville or Haileybury would nor mally use one jury panel to handle all jury trials A jury panel usually has 60 to members Any individual asked to sit on a jury panel is generally asked to set aside two weeks for jury duty In fact a trial may last longer and jurors could spend months on a jury AT RANDOM The 12- or sixman juries are chosen from the jury panels Names are drawn at random Defence lawyers and Crown at torneys can veto prospective jurors without citing reasons Twelve jurors are selected for criminal trials six for civil cases People who arrive to serve on a jury panel receive plenty of in formation in advance Gail Sellers the manager of the jury office for the judicial district of York said most people are well prepared They have a basic idea she said They have an idea of what duties and responsibilities they have to meet Before a jury is picked some members of a jury panel may seek deferrals for a short time period while others may be unable to sit on a jury for a lengthy period because of physical disabilities or other 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