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jeff_simpson

Jury Duty

Oct 15, 2009 09:29

I had jury duty on Tuesday, in Roxbury. The information sheet told me that there would be "unmetered street parking on Warren ave". I followed my GPS to the given address and found a street with 2-hour parking signs. suck. Also, I couldn't find the building. I decided to loop around and try going the other direction on Warren. That was much more ( Read more... )

yvonne

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jennyelfenmass October 15 2009, 14:06:09 UTC

A surprising fact - in a criminal case, somebody is guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt", but in a criminal case, they only have to be "more likely than not" to have committed whatever they are accused of.

Is the second criminal supposed to be civil?

My jury duty was about the same, except I actually made it into the court room, but wasn't empaneled. Just a really long day of nothing otherwise.

jeff_simpson October 15 2009, 14:09:42 UTC

err, yep. corrected.

rlangmit October 15 2009, 18:17:28 UTC

Which guy at LaVerde's?

jeff_simpson October 15 2009, 18:25:37 UTC

hell if I know. The one making sandwiches that Yvonne knows.

rlangmit October 15 2009, 21:46:43 UTC

I'm not sure how I'd describe them all either...just curious. :)

jeff_simpson October 15 2009, 21:48:23 UTC

tall, black, spoke broken English, made a delicious roast beef sub.

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