Have you ever actually served on a jury? The deal where I live is "one day or one trial" which means you show up on your scheduled day, and if you aren't called (like when the desperado makes a last-minute deal in the hall), that's it. You're off. A crap shoot to be sure, since you might be trapped for an entire trial, but so far it has worked for me. No jury duty yet.
But I HAVE given it some thought. Being a card-carrying curmudgeon, it occurs to me that I would be a pretty bad choice as a juror. After all, a juror is expected to listen carefully to "testimony" and probably care about the outcome. And let's be honest, THAT isn't about to happen with a curmudgeon on the jury.
I'll have to have a word with the Curmudgeon Societé - we should probably argue that curmudgeonry is cause for permanent jury duty exemption.
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