The door is open and the cat is...

[ronelyn]

…dead! I’m officially on a jury here at KCDC (writing this now, posting it later obviously) for a trial about MPHRGLMMMMMMPHBB between MMMRRRRPHLLLMRR and MRRRRPHBBBBBLMR. Which means I can’t tell you anything about it. But I’ll be busy today and probably through Thursday next week. I have Friday off, but that’s it. Wish me wisdom! It's a real

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[kroroboros]

Good Luck!
But when in doubt vote guilty. ;-)

[ronelyn]

...which more or less goes against what the judge told us about the fundamental principle underlying our system of criminal justice. I will consider it and savor the irony.

Re: hang 'em til they confess, then sentence them to hanging

[ronelyn]

Well, duh. They already know I'm a dyke! We should start a pool. :)

[ashnistrike]

Cool. I've always thought it would be interesting, but never got picked. And it's a sure bet I never will at this point.

"What do you do for a living?"
"I study psychology. Specifically the subset of memory studies where everyone talks constantly about how much eyewitness memory sucks."
"Right. Next!"

[ronelyn]

Hard to say. If you wanted to get empanelled, you just have to say you have an area of expertise, but are confident that you can decide the case based on law as given by the judge and on the evidence and testimony presented. Now, one or more of the lawyers can still relieve you from serving on the jury with or without cause, but there's no telling. I was a bit surprised I wasn't tossed from this one, actually, though I can't talk further 'til the trial is over.

It's definitely brought some of my old psych instincts into play. "Why is the information being presented in this order? Ahaaaaa! It's setup to make us think about the thing the lawyer would LIKE to say but can't because the Defense would object and it'd be stricken!"

[aefre]

If I were on trial, I'd want you to be on the jury.

[ronelyn]

And if you were on trial, that sadly would not be allowed to happen without me perjuring myself. ;)

*hugs* Sorry, they repeat and repeat and REPEAT instructions until I find myself regurgitating them to other people! Thank you for the vote of confidence. It's actually been really, really scary and I wish a lot that I could talk about it, but I can't until the trial's over. :( It's messy, though, and it's really frightening that they're relying on ME to unalterably change someone's life! Feel honored and enlightened, but also quite tired, nervy and depressed.

Hope all your surgical glue is continuing to cure nicely!