The survey shows that one in ten Americans have served on a jury in the last 10 years
So if you extend that, figure 79 year life expectancy, minimum of 18 years (dunno if that’s true in all states, but it is in at least some), that’s 61 years that you probably have to potentially serve on one. Figure maybe ~1% chance each year, then 61% chance over your lifetime.
In some states, it’s not exactly random. I forget where I saw the analysis, but somewhere there was research showing that people with surnames higher in the alphabet were getting called in at a statistically higher rate.
https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/ipsos-survey-jury-service-and-legal-system
So if you extend that, figure 79 year life expectancy, minimum of 18 years (dunno if that’s true in all states, but it is in at least some), that’s 61 years that you probably have to potentially serve on one. Figure maybe ~1% chance each year, then 61% chance over your lifetime.
In some states, it’s not exactly random. I forget where I saw the analysis, but somewhere there was research showing that people with surnames higher in the alphabet were getting called in at a statistically higher rate.