Results: Court of Law
1.
1.
Have you ever attended court? Yes
58%
•
985 votes
No
42%
•
719 votes
2.
2.
If so, why did you go to court? For work
9%
•
156 votes
For a personal matter
38%
•
649 votes
As a witness
15%
•
250 votes
N/A - I've never been to court
40%
•
684 votes
Other (please specify)
8%
•
143 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| Jury duty | 2.98% | 56 |
| 0.69% | 13 | |
| jury | 0.48% | 9 |
| Juror | 0.43% | 8 |
| Divorce | 0.11% | 2 |
| School trip | 0.11% | 2 |
| ticket | 0.11% | 2 |
| As a juror. | 0.11% | 2 |
| Be supportive of a friend | 0.05% | 1 |
| high school class project | 0.05% | 1 |
| As a student in school | 0.05% | 1 |
| we were sewed and won | 0.05% | 1 |
| was sued | 0.05% | 1 |
| JURY DUTY, OTHER FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER HAS COURT | 0.05% | 1 |
| jury duty and went with a friend and a divorce | 0.05% | 1 |
| support for a friend | 0.05% | 1 |
| Sat in the seats while my mother got custody of my two half siblings. | 0.05% | 1 |
| ..... | 0.05% | 1 |
| jury duty. | 0.05% | 1 |
| School | 0.05% | 1 |
| Jury Duty, and once a divorce | 0.05% | 1 |
| for school | 0.05% | 1 |
| tickets | 0.05% | 1 |
| As a prospective juror | 0.05% | 1 |
| Support a family member | 0.05% | 1 |
| friend/co worker was murdered by husbabd | 0.05% | 1 |
| I'm a lawyer--I attend at least two days per week | 0.05% | 1 |
| went wwitjfriend | 0.05% | 1 |
| jury duty selection | 0.05% | 1 |
| As a defendant | 0.05% | 1 |
| Father was a judge | 0.05% | 1 |
| was U S Marshal | 0.05% | 1 |
| as a surety | 0.05% | 1 |
| on jury | 0.05% | 1 |
| None of your business | 0.05% | 1 |
| traffic | 0.05% | 1 |
| to support someone who was in prison | 0.05% | 1 |
| ..jury duty... | 0.05% | 1 |
| to observe | 0.05% | 1 |
| on jury duty | 0.05% | 1 |
| Newspaper crime reporter | 0.05% | 1 |
| pyo | 0.05% | 1 |
| 10-1/2 years Legal Secretary, and on Jury Duty | 0.05% | 1 |
| probate | 0.05% | 1 |
| personal | 0.05% | 1 |
| As a victim | 0.05% | 1 |
| For support | 0.05% | 1 |
| jury duty, child support | 0.05% | 1 |
| JURY SUMMONS | 0.05% | 1 |
| jury duty and to fight a ticket | 0.05% | 1 |
| called for jury duty but was not picked to be on the jury | 0.05% | 1 |
| as charged | 0.05% | 1 |
| face charges | 0.05% | 1 |
| School project | 0.05% | 1 |
| with someone else | 0.05% | 1 |
| as a spectator | 0.05% | 1 |
| for a divorce | 0.05% | 1 |
3.
3.
Have you ever served someone with court papers? Yes - in person
7%
•
113 votes
Yes - not in person (substitutional service)
8%
•
131 votes
No - someone else served the respondent
10%
•
174 votes
No
47%
•
804 votes
N/A - I've never had to do this
31%
•
533 votes
4.
4.
If you had to testify, how did you feel? Confident
11%
•
185 votes
Nervous
21%
•
364 votes
Terrified
6%
•
108 votes
I didn't have any strong feelings about it
6%
•
107 votes
N/A - I've never had to do this
60%
•
1015 votes
5.
5.
What was the outcome of court? I won
22%
•
377 votes
I lost
8%
•
135 votes
It was a lose/lose or win/win
14%
•
236 votes
N/A - I gave evidence or was a witness
17%
•
292 votes
N/A - I've never been to court
43%
•
734 votes
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