Does Jury Duty go past 5pm?

[sawyerthedestroyer]

H called me this morning and said he was selected for a trial today. It's almost seven and I haven't heard from him. Should I worry? I'm starting to.

[berbles]

Not usually, IME.  We were out before 4pm.

[rubytue]

When I was on a murder trial, they kept us til 8 the first night to seat the jury. Otherwise, everyone (150 ppl) would have had to come back the next day vs only the 15 of us selected. And we had no access to phones. A couple people when nuts around 6pm when day cares closed and got dismissed.