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Yesterday I appeared for jury duty for the first time.
The County-City Building is only four or five blocks from Pistachio House, so I walked. Apparently they're going to pay me mileage at 50¢ a mile. I'm sure that will cover wear and tear on my shoes.
With bus fare at $2.00, I'm thinking of forgoing the mileage in favour of the transit ticket option.
For those of you who have not gone through this procedure, after the initial briefing it's mostly a waiting game.
There were about 200 of us in the Jury assembly room, and occasionally a jovial fellow wearing a Goofy® tie would come to the podium and read off a list of between fifteen and sixty names. That group would be given numbered badges and marched off to a court room for Voir dire.
Within half an hour or so, many if not most of the badged jurors, having been struck from the Jury for one reason or another, would return to the Jury assembly room.
At about 11:00, the Man With the Goofy® Tie called my name, and I became (according to my new badge) Juror Number 1. Our group was not marched off for Voir dire, however, as the judge and the attorneys in the case were apparently still working out the details of our appearance. Or something.
At noon, our group was told to go home for lunch and to come back at 9:00 AM.
If I actually become a Juror on a case, I can't of course discuss the actual case until the trial is over and we've rendered a verdict.
I find it extremely unlikely that I'll actually sit on a jury, however. I mean, if I were on trial, I wouldn't want me sitting in judgment of me...
The County-City Building is only four or five blocks from Pistachio House, so I walked. Apparently they're going to pay me mileage at 50¢ a mile. I'm sure that will cover wear and tear on my shoes.
With bus fare at $2.00, I'm thinking of forgoing the mileage in favour of the transit ticket option.
For those of you who have not gone through this procedure, after the initial briefing it's mostly a waiting game.
There were about 200 of us in the Jury assembly room, and occasionally a jovial fellow wearing a Goofy® tie would come to the podium and read off a list of between fifteen and sixty names. That group would be given numbered badges and marched off to a court room for Voir dire.
Within half an hour or so, many if not most of the badged jurors, having been struck from the Jury for one reason or another, would return to the Jury assembly room.
At about 11:00, the Man With the Goofy® Tie called my name, and I became (according to my new badge) Juror Number 1. Our group was not marched off for Voir dire, however, as the judge and the attorneys in the case were apparently still working out the details of our appearance. Or something.
At noon, our group was told to go home for lunch and to come back at 9:00 AM.
If I actually become a Juror on a case, I can't of course discuss the actual case until the trial is over and we've rendered a verdict.
I find it extremely unlikely that I'll actually sit on a jury, however. I mean, if I were on trial, I wouldn't want me sitting in judgment of me...
