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Week of 9 February 2009 Latest Update: Sunday, 15 February 2009 3:00 p.m. |
Monday, 9 February 2009
Give me a choice between a root canal and jury duty. I will take a root canal any day of the week. Yes, I know, I work for a law firm. But I have no desire to be involved in the court system of so called justice. Today was the fourth time I've been called since 1983. Each time previous I made it to the jury box but was thankfully dismissed for various reasons. Today makes number four. The case was a drunk driving fatality. I am not sure what got me dismissed but the questions centered around my job with the law firm.
Going in the Hall of Justice is very much like flying. They practically strip search you before you can enter the building. Then we are sequestered in the dreary small room in rows of chairs. I would guess there were around 70 of us in there this morning. Last night I finished the book mobile mystery. I wanted to take something with me today that was light not only in weight but more cozy than police procedural. I picked up the second book in the Laura Childs Tea Shop Mysteries from my TBR shelf, Gunpowder Green. Theodosia Browning runs a tea shop in historic Charleston. She lives over the shop with her dog Earl Grey.
Back to jury duty. Around 11 they called the first 30 to go up for a trial. Both trials today were in criminal court. The next thirty which included me were called up about 11:45. I was in the first group of twelve to go to the jury box for interviews. We had enough time to introduce ourselves before it was time for our 12:30 lunch break to be back at 2:00. I was dismissed by the DA after the first round of questions. When dismissed you still have to go back down to the jury room. Around 2:30 anyone who was dismissed from the first group was allowed to go home once they sat that jury. It was 3:30 when they the rest of us go. There were about 15 or so people in the room who never went up at all.Tuesday, 10 February 2009
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