Posting a case, sitting on a jury, timers, and XP.
You write what happened and ask one question. Other people take the open jury seats, read the case, vote, and can add a note on why. When every seat has voted, the count is the verdict.
We email you about verdicts and cases you posted or sat on — including when a seat or case closes — and we may email when a public case still needs jurors. The juror-needed email does not go to the person who posted the case. We do not send marketing. You can turn case emails off in Account settings. Password-reset and confirmation emails still send.
When a case needs jurors, you can take a seat from the home page.
Yes. When you post, choose “Invite the other person” and you’ll get a private link to send them. They make an account, read your post, and write a response that the jury sees next to yours. If you skip it at first, you can still send the link from the case page until someone votes.
Jurors can take a seat right away, but voting waits until the other person responds or 24 hours pass, whichever comes first. If they never respond, the jury votes on your post alone.
You get 3 posting credits every 24 hours. Posting a case uses one. Voting doesn’t use any. The 24 hours start when you post your first case, and all 3 credits come back together when that time is up. They don’t refill one at a time or reset at midnight. The start-a-case page shows how many you have left.
Once voting opens, each juror has 60 minutes. If they don’t vote in time, their seat opens up for someone else, so one quiet juror can’t hold up the whole case. You can also leave a seat yourself before voting if you don’t have an opinion.
If the case is waiting on the other person, this timer doesn’t start until voting opens.
If you posted the case, you can close it from the case page before there’s a verdict, for example if the jury is taking too long or you’ve changed your mind. Seated jurors (and the other person, if they were invited) get a case email if they have case emails on. There is no verdict.
If a jury hasn’t finished after 7 days, the case closes automatically and the same people are told.
Finished cases can show up on the home page and in past verdicts for anyone to read. If you posted it, you can take it out of past verdicts from the case page. The jurors, and the other person if they responded, can still open it. You can put it back anytime.
After the verdict, anyone who was part of the case can reply to the jurors’ notes. Everyone else can read them.
Yes. Use “Delete this case” on the case page. That removes the post, votes, and notes for everyone, and the jurors get a notice. XP already earned stays. If you just want it off the public list, use “Remove from archive” instead.
It might. By using the site, you agree a public case you post may appear in social media from Ask a Jury and people we collaborate with, to bring traffic here. Short snippet only. We will not use your email or identifying details. If you delete a case or remove it from the public archive, we will not use it in new posts. Details are in the Terms of Service.
You earn XP for taking part: posting a case (10, or 25 the first time), voting (10), adding a note to your vote (5), sitting on a jury that reaches a verdict (5), and leaving your first comment on a finished case (3). Badges unlock as you go.
Other people see your username, avatar, and XP. They never see your email.
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