Public Opinion Agrees Lying to Get Out of Jury Duty Should Be Grounds for Arrest

deep dive SodaHead ShouldLying a weekly infographic to Get Out of Jury Duty Be Grounds for Arrest? Oh, What a Tangled Web We Plead 55% think it's grounds for arrest 45% don't see the big deal 61%. 39% NO More Angry Men We always wondered why there are no women on the jury in "12 Angry Men." Maybe it's because men are more serious es about jury duty. Maybe it just sounds better. 50% 50%. Yes Never Too Old to Try Attitudes didn't change much as respondents got older, but the oldest demographic cracked down hard. They've done their time. 73% Yes 61% 60% Yes 55% Yes 57% 56% Yes 52% Yes Yes Yes 13-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ State Case There was no difference between conservative and liberal results, 64% but results varied greatly from 61% Yes Yes state to state. Californians aren't too fond of jury duty. 54% 63% Yes 56% Ves What Are the Odds?* The odds of serving on a trial jury really depend on a lot of things, but here's an estimate provided by Book of Odds in 2011. Being summoned in a given year: Being disqualified: Being exempted (financial, medical): 1 in 12.95 Failing to appear: Being exempted (legal): Being selected to serve: 1 in 6.76 1 in 12.03 1 in 13.08 1 in 15.68 1 in 125 SodaHead, 2012 (http://www.sodahead.com/pol/2542567/) * Book of Odds, 2011 (http://www.divinecaroline.com/22365/109422-twelve-odds-becoming-juror) Results taken from SodaHead.com on March 30, 2012. Vote, comment, and share a SodaHead © 2012 SodaHead.com Total votes: 771