County, city at odds with jurors

If jurors felt the same way about starting jury duty as they did after finishing it, one of Kelly Wejko's headaches would dissipate.

Kelly Wejko, Cayuga County Supreme and County courts clerk and commissioner of jurors, says many jurors are disappointed if they are not picked to serve on a jury or ask if they can volunteer to serve on a jury again. Jurors love learning about the legal system and being involved in the thick of it, she said.

But that positive attitude often only develops after exposure to the system. Instead, Wejko and her staff struggle with the large number of jurors who simply ignore the call for jury duty. So far this year, 220 Cayuga County residents have failed to show up for jury service.