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Re: Well, I had an exciting last couple weeks.
03/08/12 02:59 AM
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> All in all, I gotta say it restored my faith in juries. I always pictured a bunch of > unemployed shlubs in a hurry to deal out a verdict so they could get home to see the > next installment of American Idol. Instead, everyone in that room took their duty > seriously, and tried their best to understand the evidence, piece together in their > mind the charge, and render justice they could sleep with. > > Whew. I'm exhausted.
Having spent three months on the county's Grand Jury (does... this one... go to trial?), and having also spent a day or two in a courtroom, I'd say the people that are "in a hurry to deal out a verdict so they could get home" are the professionals.
Too bad you didn't get to turn in that sentence.
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