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Jury Service In Cumberland County
"Serving
jury duty is absolutely a sacrifice; however, it is a sacrifice that determines
the quality of justice for our citizens. By appearing for jury duty, you
are helping your fellow citizens resolve court cases that seriously
impact lives in this community."
The right to a trial
by jury is one of our most important rights and is guaranteed by the United States
and North Carolina Constitutions. By serving as a juror you are helping
to preserve this freedom.
Jurors may be asked to
make decisions that affect others' civil or property rights or to
determine someone's right to freedom and sometimes life itself. Jurors'
contributions are invaluable to the court and our democratic tradition.
As your Clerk of Court, I recognize your
donation of valuable time to serve jury duty, and my office staff will be
in the jury room to assist you through this process.
We periodically survey jurors to assist
us with making improvements to the jury system. Such improvements have
been our full time jury room clerk, additional parking, the juror call-in
system releasing jurors before
reporting when service is not required, and the one-day; one-trial jury service
system releasing jurors after reporting when they are not being used.
If you are summoned for jury duty, it is
important that you comply fully with the requirements on the
summons. When reporting, please
bring your summons with you.
Court
Personnel will NEVER call you and ask for Social Security or credit card
numbers or other sensitive information. Do not provide such information
to anyone claiming to be court personnel or law enforcement.
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