In some states, for example, jury duty was limited to persons of supposedly superior intelligence, education, and moral character.

例如，在一些州，陪审团的职责仅交付给一些人们普遍认为具有高智力、高教育水平和优秀道德品质的人。

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Even then several states automatically exempted women from jury duty unless they personally asked to have their names included on the jury list.

即便如此，仍有几个州自动免除了妇女担任陪审员的职责，除非她们亲自要求将自己的名字列入陪审团名单。

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Although women first served on state juries in Utah in 1898, it was not until the 1940s that a majority of states made women eligible for jury duty.

虽然早在1898年，已有妇女在犹他州担任州陪审团，但直到20世纪40年代，大多数州才允许妇女担任陪审员。

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People called for jury duty at the D.C.Superior Court are asked to watch a video explaining the rules of jury service.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

Each day,thousands of Americans are called to serve on jury duty.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

In Washington, jurors receive thirty dollars a day for jury duty.

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It was November of 2000, and the then-58-year-old newly retired airline pilot was on jury duty.

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The story underscores a societal reality: People will go to great lengths to shirk jury duty.

WSJ: Psst! You Want to Duck Jury Duty?

"The bottom line is if you really want to get off jury duty, you can, " he says.

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