At the start of the day the judge addressed the hundreds summoned and said, next to serving in the military, jury duty is the highest service to our nation. I read my book and wondered.
There has to be a better way. What a photo. How about a system like they have at cheesecake factory where at the beginning of the day you are handed a beeper, like at a fast food drive-thru. At the end of the day you return the beeper. In the meantime, if you are needed for a jury, you get beeped and have to appear at the courthouse within 1 hour.
I actually look forward to the opportunity to perform the civi duty of serving on a jury but, alas, I am seldom summoned for it. Not sure why. The times I have gone, I am always struck - and a little amused - by the phrase “a jury of one’s peers” - because if some of those folks in that waiting room are my peers, what does that say about me?
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Great picture! Hang in there :)
There has to be a better way. What a photo. How about a system like they have at cheesecake factory where at the beginning of the day you are handed a beeper, like at a fast food drive-thru. At the end of the day you return the beeper. In the meantime, if you are needed for a jury, you get beeped and have to appear at the courthouse within 1 hour.
Why didn't these people bring a book?
anybody mention to the judge that
it's a volunteer army?
I actually look forward to the opportunity to perform the civi duty of serving on a jury but, alas, I am seldom summoned for it. Not sure why. The times I have gone, I am always struck - and a little amused - by the phrase “a jury of one’s peers” - because if some of those folks in that waiting room are my peers, what does that say about me?
Will you be sending out twitter messages from the jury box. If Billy Corbin can do it, so can you.
If the lawyers see you in possession of a book, they won't pick you to sit on a jury.
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