... long the sentence was for and how recently it was made. Persons who have been sentenced to life or five years or more imprisonment can never serve on a jury. Also, anyone who has served a sentence of three months or more in prison or youth custody or been subject of a Community Service order during the past ten years cannot sit on the jury. Someone who has received probation is also disqualified. Some members of the public are ineligible. Those members include people who are the judiciary; those concerned with the administration of Justice, such as barristers, solicitors, prison officers, police officers and their spouses, Justices of the Peace. Also the clergy cannot sit as members of the jury. People with mental ill health or who are on bail in criminal proceedings. Some members of the public are considered to have duties that are more important than jury service may ...

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