My jury stories: When I was a stay-at-home mom, I was expecting my 4th baby. She was due in just a few days (and was born at 9lb 12 oz). They excused me from serving based on "appearance". They laughed that they didn't want to pay jury wages for the both of us!
The other time I was on a jury I was in nursing school. It was a drunk driving case. The defence was the guy wasn't "that" drunk. Our jury was quick. We determined that we didn't have to decide what was drunk or not, the state had already determined that. So, according to the law, we went on blood alcohol, plus the destruction to property. I was paid $35/day. It was more than I was making as a student, which was nothing!