Comments on: My day at jury duty http://lastblogonearth.com/2008/08/08/my-day-at-jury-duty/ Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:56:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: M.Maxwell http://lastblogonearth.com/2008/08/08/my-day-at-jury-duty/#comment-14707 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:07:56 +0000 http://sdcitybeat.wordpress.com/?p=2240#comment-14707 Great Article!
Its crazy how much personal information people give out to a large group of people. I had my first jury duty experience this year. There was a guy who admitted to assaulting a minor! He could have kept quite, but wanted to leave so decided to tell the court he was a fellon. Insane! What was also shocking was the number of D.U.I’s in the room. I would say at least 65% of the room had a dui.

I was one of the top 12 jurors who were asked specific questions. I was the first one asked to leave because I said I believed speech should not be criminalized, that it impedes on 1st amendment rights. The gentleman next to me agreed and he was the second person asked to leave. The woman on trial had made verbal threats apparently.

It was sort of disgusting how it seemed as though they were choosing jurors whose minds were easily manipulated. It was a very strange ritual and seemed a bit shady. I found it interesting.

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