Jury Duty!
Guess who gets to do their civic duty? Totally messes me up! Funny every time I go, I never get selected though. It will give me time to actually read my pocket version of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence maybe if I'm there long enough. I'm supposed to show up tommorow at 12:45. Kind of messes up the day.
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The one time I got called to Jury Duty was in Santa Cruz when I lived a short walk from the county courthouse. I was actually looking forward to going through the process, but it turned out the case we were picked for, the defendant pleaded guilty and our services ended up not being needed.
Loss of revenue (except when I worked for the county) was always a factor in the why I don't want to go. Sense of responsibility though is why I always went. The fact I was a fireman and worked closely with law enforcement was likely why I have never been picked.
Proving that you believe law enforcement and a private citizen can be an equally credible witness though and that you could deliver a fair unpartial judgement based on the facts is an other issue. Just like fireman, police have been known to stick together. CYA rule #1.
Fortunately it's against the law for an employer to penalize you for jury duty. When the cat or a baby get's a summons, I'm gonna think ACORN is behind it. I bet dead people who still get Social Security checks sent get summoned also....what a system!
Update!
Didn't get selected today but it's in supierior court. I have to be there at 9am sharp. There are 30 of us left to fill 8 slots counting alternates.
I never got selected by the second day but it was close. there were only a few of us left. I had a hard time staying awake even though it was interesting.