Empanelled!

Pardon the IRL post…

So I had jury duty this morning, showed up bright an early, waited in the assembly room, etc, etc. I’m probably in the .1% of Americans that actually wants to serve on a jury, and in the years since I turned 18, I’ve eagerly watched my mailbox for a summons.

Well, finally the day came and I am happy to announce that I have been selected to serve in the jury of a civil case. We already had opening statements today and Monday/Tuesday are the scheduled continuations of the trial.

My blogging is going to be a tad disrupted since I usually post from lunch at work and the judge seems to frown on blogging during proceedings. I’ll have to do some late posts or have something in the can ready to auto-post that day.

I’m currently thinking of the jury as a 14-man raid and the foreperson as the tank. Let’s see if I can get them to pass me lead Monday morning, haha.

6 Comments to “Empanelled!”

  1. Demogar 4 December 2009 at 4:23 pm #

    Let’s hope the accused gets a “righteous defense”

    *har har*

  2. CrimsonTemplar 4 December 2009 at 5:10 pm #

    I felt the same way you do when I got called for Jury Duty. It was also a civil case – one elderly couple suing the estate of an elderly woman (who died before the case was heard) over a traffic accident. It was supposed to be a quick case 1-2 days max. It lasted 4. To top it off, none of the witnesses, save the Plaintiff, could be bothered to show up, so instead of live testimony we watched video depositions. Four Days of video depositions. At one point I swear the Judge nodded off.

    I hope you have a better experience than I did.

  3. Jake 6 December 2009 at 7:28 am #

    “I’m currently thinking of the jury as a 14-man raid and the foreperson as the tank. Let’s see if I can get them to pass me lead Monday morning, haha.”

    i lol’d. . .keep up the great blog

  4. tankadin 7 December 2009 at 5:26 pm #

    Good luck, it’s not always easy getting selected for duty. You may want to think carefully about what news sources you say you watch, or books that you’ve read. I answered CNN and the NYTimes websites as places I visit for my news and was sent home the next day.

  5. Rogatien
    @Pugtor
     8 December 2009 at 10:13 am #

    As soon as I read this post I said, “ah, Rhidach’s away from the game, 3.3 must hit on Tuesday.” Bwhahahaha!

    • Rhidach
      @Rhidach
       8 December 2009 at 1:52 pm #

      Haha, so true! Thankfully, trial’s over and I’m working on a 3.3 post right now.