Wednesday, 14 June 2006

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  Jury Duty

  I served my country last week -- I was chosen to serve jury duty in New York County (Manhattan)'s supreme court. 

  They gathered about over a hundred people, then they randomly selected 19 prospect jurors for each case.  I got chosen for a civil case.  The lawyers from both sides talked to us, asked us questions, then finally picked 8 of us to be jurors.  I was one of them.  Guess I was exuding impartialness and clarity of logical cogitation ;) 

  It was a rather boring and small civil case.  A woman slipped and fell in a NYU gym and is suing NYU for damages.  The lawyers made their opening statements; we saw one witness take the stand; then when we came back from lunch break, and it was all over -- they settled.  Very disappointing....  I took pages of notes and made detailed sketches of the NYU gym layout

  So I only served 2 days, which means it's another 2 years before I get picked again.  Hopefully next time it will be something more exciting.

  Anyhow, I highly recommend the movie 12 Angry Men, which is a classic, portraying a room of deliberating jurors. 

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