I was summoned a few years ago.
Went down to the courthouse on the specified day. Sat in a packed to the gills courtroom. They announced they were drawing for a couple trials. The would pull names at random, people would go up, after a while each jury was filled (with only about 1/4 of the people having been called) and everyone else was thanked and excused.
So it appeared to me that you odds of actually being on a jury are much less than 50-50, even if you are summoned.
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