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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Jury Duty
I guess you know by the title why I didn't post yesterday. It was so ridiculous too. The pre-trial lasted so long (about two hours of waiting in the hallway of the courthouse) and the case was so disturbing, the guy "allegedly" killed a boy under the age of 6. I could tell by the end of jury selection that he was guilty, I mean really guilty and his lawyers were covering up that fact a little less obviously than I would have guessed. The defense attorney was so obviously fighting an uphill battle. I saw it in his cornered fox-like attitude. Really charismatic and overly so. All things said and done, I'm writing my blog today so I wasn't picked. I'm really glad I wasn't, even though I would've been paid $40 a day for Tuesday through Friday ($160!!). I believe I waited longer yesterday by practically doing nothing than ever before. I eventually put away my DS and drew some things about my day before I even got inside the courtroom.




Needless to say, the courthouse had Wi-fi, but there was no access for my DS. I nearly cried...T-T

After my group of 77 people got out of the questioning phase. They deliberated for what seemed like another two hours until 13 people were chosen from the first and second rows. I was in the last row. When I finally left, I learned that the later two thirds of the jury pool were just having their time wasted. Lucky me, I was number 76. During the final deliberations on the jury, I drew another drawing. It contains my rendition of "Scream", but I labeled it "Subpoena".



Yesterday was a waste of not only my time, but my willingness to cooperate with the state on civic matters. Eleven and a half hours is far too long to select a jury, and if I ever see those lawyers again, I'm requesting a later date for my jury duty. I don't care if I see them in the trial I'm going to or not...

Questions:


1) What does "civic duty" mean to you?
2) What is your favorite kind of animal?

Answers:


1) It means waiting for long periods of time for nothing to affect you, except the lack of a day's pay.
2) I've named the sea sponge, but I also really like hawks and falcons.

(Answer to Hoaryu's question):
I play the Pokemon Pearl version

So long for today!
-Krustyknuckles
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