Comments | geeman: Jury duty

geeman

Jury duty - in a BIG way!

May 01, 2003 20:16

I got a notice to show up for jury duty. I showed up at the scheduled time last week and was told to show up outside of a certain court on Monday. There were 49 other people who showed up and attorneys for both sides started asking questions to come up with twelve honest people to sit in that jury box ( Read more... )

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sissybarre May 2 2003, 06:49:17 UTC

It was Professor Plum in the library with a...candlestick!!

geeman May 2 2003, 17:19:51 UTC

Well, it's over now.

If it was only a candlestick, it may have been easier. We had a hammer, two knives and a can full of gasoline that was possibly used
a) as a defensive weapon
and/or
b) to set the house on fire with victim and two children inside.

It was quite a draining experience. I may or may not write about it at a later time. In case anyone cares - the verdict was guilty, but it wasn't an open and shut case.

Re: sissybarre May 2 2003, 19:59:44 UTC

I'd love to hear about it....

geeman May 5 2003, 22:31:51 UTC

I tried to condense it to one page. There is lots of information missing but here it is in a nutshell ( ... )

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