2. There really are people who will state, under oath, that they do not believe in the principle of innocent until proven guilty.
3. People who say the police do not ever arrest innocent people probably have not many read police procedurals, certainly not those by Maj Sjowal and Per Wahloo.
4. Just because you're in the jury box, don't assume you're on the jury.
5. Even if you've been in sitting in the box for a day and a half.
6. Even if you didn't collapse under cross-examination like you did the last time you sat in the jury box.
7. When the judge asks if anyone in the room has ever been sexually abused or has a close friend or family member who has been, many hands will go up.
8. The same thing will happen when the judge asks if anyone has ever been accused of sexual abuse or has a close friend or family member who has been.
9. Some people have to have very simple questions repeated several times before they understand them.
10. If you have Jr. on your driver's liscense but didn't use it when you registered to vote, then you're twice as likely to be called for jury duty because your name has been fed into the computer twice.
11. If someone accuses you of certain crimes, and the jury believes him but not you; that is enough evidence to send you to prison in the state of California.
12. Being sent home from jury duty always feels a little bit like failing to pass a test.
5 comments:
All good things to know! I have jury duty not this week but next, and I'm very unsure what to expect.
I am always fascinated by jury duty - the cross-section of people, and the things they pull to try & avoid serving. But after 3-4 hours, the fascination has usually worn off & I'm ready to go home. I got called last year, and even selected (for traffic court - only in Texas apparently can you have a jury trial in traffic court), but we got dismissed when the case was settled on a technicality. They never told us anything else, though - which I thought was unfair.
HAHA! Hey this was my life for four days this past August. Except our BIG QUESTION was whether you had had any kind of experience in an ER. Good Lord. People really do love to hear themselves talk.
I'm sure I have slipped through the cracks as far as jury duty is concerned. I routinely get called by the neighboring county and respond saying I don't live there. My own county doesn't seem to notice...
How interesting! I think it is quite rare to be called up to jury service in the UK (I don't know anyone who has been). Part of me would love to see what it is like, but the other is really scared. I think I'd quite like your experience - a tiny insight, without having to do the whole thing.
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