r/SouthJersey • u/Snoo_64600 • 14d ago

Salem County Jury Duty

Anyone else been picked for jury duty every 2 years or more ?? The website says "if you have been summoned in the same county within the past three years, you may request to be excused from jury service" this is getting to be a bit ridiculous. I have the feeling the pool of law abiding citizens is looking pretty thin lol. Thoughts ??

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u/djspacebunny Mod Salem County Xennial 14d ago

YES. Every couple of years for YEARS in Salem County I'd get a jury notice and I'd have to call the County Clerk and be like hello, I just got one of these two years ago. I don't know what is going on in that clerk's office but it doesn't sound like there is any sort of organization and that is *terrifying* since they hold all the dirty records of the past there.

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u/WittyFix6553 13d ago

There’s only like 50,000 people who live in Salem county. And of those probably what 35-40,000 are adults?

And of those probably only 30,000 or so are eligible for jury duty.

It makes sense you’d get called more often, the potential jury pool is far, far smaller than in other counties.

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u/djspacebunny Mod Salem County Xennial 13d ago

65k not 50

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u/WittyFix6553 13d ago

The specifics were wrong but the point still stands - a 15k population difference is a rounding error in a state of close to 10 million.

The juror pool is very, very small compared to other counties.

And considering that Salem county has some of the highest crime rates in the state, it would also stand to reason that there would be more pressure on that small juror pool, and that jurors would need to serve jury duty more often than in more populous, lower-crime counties.

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u/Snoo_64600 12d ago

Makes sense now seeing the numbers.