Jury Duty

Those two words can send shivers down the spine of most people. That letter that tells you, *Congratulations, you get to sit around a room with a bunch of people you do not know trying to figure out if any life experience will get you out of it.*

I received one of those letters a couple of days ago. The kicker, it is NOT for Superior court but for Federal. It is not a one day, one trial type service but a be on call for 8 days or one trial. Nobody I know has ever has this service before and I am going on my second round of Federal Service.

I am almost 40 and I have had a jury summons almost every year since I was 18. How the hell does it happen that there are people who are my age and has NEVER had it?

I do understand the need for normal people to be able to sit on a jury to ensure that justice is served whether it is a guilty or not guilty verdict. I understand that we are the keepers of justice. The only problem with me being on a jury is I have slowly discovered that I pretty much hate stupid people. I do not want to be the keeper of the stupid or insane.

So for a brief, okay not so brief moment, I thought about not responding and ignoring that letter. Hell, I even searched the Internet to see what can happen to me if I do ignore it. What are they going to do, send the jury police after me? Like that is money well spent.

So do I toss it? No, I filled out my form like a good little citizen. I informed my boss of the letter and what that meant. John and I are working on a plan for him to drop off and pick up Shawn if he needs to. I am picking out a good book to read. We are covering all our bases.

I will serve my country as a potential juror and hope that I either get picked early or not at all. I do not want to be the poor sap picked on the last day of my call in service day and get some 18 day capital punishment murder trial.

Why do I now want to sit on such a case you ask...I could never not talk about it for that long and do not even talk to me about sequester.