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I was on a jury when I lived in NYC. It lasted almost a week, and I hated my job at the time and got full pay for the days, so it was awesome! It was like living in a really, really boring episode of Law and Order.
I've been called for it a lot of times-- once in college, sat in the jury room for a few hours and they sent us all home, not trials; once when I moved back to my parents' house after college, but I moved right after I was called so didn't have to do it; the time I was on a jury in NYC; and I got called after I moved up here to Boston, sat in a room and read all day and got sent home. So I've been called 4 times in about 10 years, but only went in 2 times. Like you I think it's because I've moved so much.

I was called and served this summer. Only sat in on one case all week. PITA.

I have. I was on an attempted murder (among other charges) trial. It was awful. I cried when it was over because I felt like I just took any chance at a future away from a kid. He was 17. Many of my fellow jurors were racist a**holes. It was a very disturbing experience for me.

I got called once right after I had graduated college. I went but got dismissed the first day. Never been called in the eight years since. My sister gets called at least once a year though, but she lives in a major city.

I've been called 3 times and been picked for a jury all 3 times. The most recent time I was even the foreman (foreperson?). Every single time I knew I was going to be picked because I was the only person in the jury pool that appeared to be under 40 and I was the only minority. 2 drunk driving cases and the last one was... I don't even remember. Some kind of domestic dispute. All three cases were total BS... it was pretty evident that the defendant was guilty but the lawyers couldn't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt so all three were proven not guilty. All three cases were being tried at least a year or two after the incident happened so the police officers and etc. could barely remember the details of the incident... they could only go on their police reports and lawyers can just tear those apart easily. (i.e. exactly what time was the breathalyzer taken vs. what time the defendant claimed he had one beer, because the amount of alcohol in someone's breath peaks at different times according to their body weight, etc....)

Some people think my frequency of serving on a jury is exciting, but to me it was just a lot of time sitting in a chair listening to people whine. One lawyer seriously thought he was Johnny Cochran-- even dressed like him-- and very passionately pleaded the case of his client (a young man arrested for a DUI). I guess it worked since we had to declare him not guilty!

I have never served...always dismissed on the day of!

@Foodnerd81: yep worked for me. They made me reschedule, but I kept using school as an excuse

I've been called to sit in on the selection, but haven't been chosen.

I did a couple weeks ago and was chosen to sit on a case. It was a domestic battery case and was really awful. The state was the one prosecuting the case and the (alleged) victim had been subpoenaed to be there and testify. When it was her time to testify, she said the defendant had not touched her, never had, she'd never been afraid of him, it was not her handwriting on the form that had been filled out, etc. Basically the whole case fell apart because apparently the state had no other evidence than what the woman had previously said. We found him non-guilty, although we (the jury) all felt that he probably had hurt her. I guess this happening isn't that uncommon with domestic battery cases, but it was just really really sad.

I have been called a few times, but was always able to get out of it because I was a full-time student. Now that I am an attorney, I will almost certainly never get chosen if I do get called again.

I interned for a judge my first year of law school, and watching the jury be chosen was always my favorite part of the trial--it's so interesting!

I've never even been called to serve.

@lawbee11: I get why attorneys wouldn't be chosen but it seems like such a waste since you would be so well qualified!

@lawbee11: @spaniellove: Yup, there was a lawyer on my jury too. He was the foreman. I don't believe he did criminal law, though.

@Foodnerd81: @lawbee11: Yeah, the lawyer on mine did real estate law...I only figured that out after he gave me his card and a long time later we ended up doing the closing for our house at his firm. But it was because of his explanations of the law that I decided to only say the guy was guilty on some of the counts even though I thought he molested all of the boys.