A Run In With Civic Duty

Jul 11, 2008 11:15

In addition to making me feel slightly uninformed and abashed at my vigorous Obama flag waving, a friend's recent post on her issues with Democratic Presidential Candidate also reminded me that I recently had a run in with civic duty myself.

In 10 years of being eligible for jury duty I have never been asked to appear, until last month. ( And now I understand )

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msmisery82 July 13 2008, 19:16:58 UTC
"Well-dressed white girl in shiny Jeep in East LA barrio kind of lost."

I was surprised they asked you to dress up. When I was called for J.D., I lived in Will County. And the courthouse is, naturally, in the most ghettofied area of Joliet they could find. Putting on a suit would just be begging to get mugged.

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