How often do people who are on trial have a fair and impartial jury?
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All of the time:
5%
Most of the time:
75%
Occasionally:
15%
Rarely:
4%
Never:
1%
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Who would you trust more to give a fair verdict?
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If someone is found guilty, who would you trust more to give a fair sentence?
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Have you been summoned to jury duty in the last 3 years?
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All Respondents:
Yes:
46%
Yes, more than once:
21%
No:
33%
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City Residents Only:
Yes:
56%
Yes, more than once:
31%
No:
13%
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County Residents Only:
Yes:
26%
Yes, more than once:
1%
No:
73%
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Have you actually served on a jury in the last 3 years?
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All Respondents:
Yes:
29%
Yes, more than once:
1%
No:
70%
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City Residents Only:
Yes:
41%
Yes, more than once:
1%
No:
58%
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County Residents Only:
Yes:
6%
Yes, more than once:
1%
No:
93%
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How many days was your last jury service?
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All Respondents:
A day or less:
8%
Two days:
42%
Three days:
17%
Four days:
6%
Five days or more:
6%
I have never served on a jury:
21%
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City Residents Only:
A day or less:
7%
Two days:
55%
Three days:
17%
Four days:
5%
Five days or more:
5%
I have never served on a jury:
10%
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County Residents Only:
A day or less:
10%
Two days:
18%
Three days:
15%
Four days:
10%
Five days or more:
6%
I have never served on a jury:
42%
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Which of the following statements comes closest to your own opinion about jury duty:
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I have served on jury duty before and would eagerly do it again:
34%
I have served on jury duty before and would do anything legally possible to avoid serving again:
11%
I have served on jury duty, was disappointed by it, but would do it again only because it is a civic obligation:
34%
I have never been called for jury duty, so I cannot answer this question:
21%
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Do you think the job you do is important enough to be a reason you should not be called for jury duty?
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Did your employer pay you while you were on jury duty?
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Yes:
48%
No:
25%
I have never been called for jury duty:
13%
I don’t have an employer:
14%
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Do you think that being on jury duty for even a day or two is such a financial hardship that you should be excused from serving on a jury?
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Did your employer require you to turn over or forfeit your jury duty pay?
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Yes:
15%
No:
58%
I have never been called for jury duty:
13%
I don’t have an employer:
14%
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Looking at the whole room of people called to serve on a jury, do you think of yourself as better able or less able to understand the evidence and render a fair verdict?
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All Respondents:
I am better able:
49%
I am less able:
1%
I am about the same as the other people:
38%
I have never been called for jury duty:
12%
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City Residents Only:
I am better able:
51%
I am less able:
0%
I am about the same as the other people:
44%
I have never been called for jury duty:
5%
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County Residents Only:
I am better able:
45%
I am less able:
1%
I am about the same as the other people:
27%
I have never been called for jury duty:
28%
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Did you “dress up” or “dress down” the last time you reported for jury duty?
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Up:
48%
Down:
34%
I have never been called for jury duty:
18%
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Do you live in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, or somewhere else?
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City:
66%
County:
26%
Somewhere else:
8%
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BONUS QUESTION
Should citizens be called to serve in a pool from which Election Day workers are selected, the same way jurors are selected now?
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Yes, both are civic responsibilities:
34%
No:
42%
No, and jurors shouldn’t be selected that way either:
25%
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