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[This is the fourth and final part a series about my jury service. Previous parts were Jury Duty, Day 1: Vwar Deer, Jury Duty, Day 2: Testimony, and Jury Duty, Day 3: Verdict.] [Note: In all accounts of this trial, I'm using fake names for the people and locations.] Quick story I can't believe I forgot to mention on the first day: Right at the beginning, as the judge was … [Read more...] about Jury Duty: Reflections

[This is part 3 of a series about my jury service. Part 1 was Jury Duty, Day 1: Vwar Deer and Part 2 was Jury Duty, Day 2: Testimony.] [Note: In all accounts of this trial, I'm using fake names for the people and locations.] I get to the courthouse at 8:45 and head down to the cafeteria to score a couple of Diet Pepsi's from the vending machines, but one of the other jurors … [Read more...] about Jury Duty, Day 3: Verdict

[This is part 2 of a series about my jury service. Part 1 was Jury Duty, Day 1: Vwar Deer. My day job is beating on me right now, so I'm running a little behind in posting these.] [Note: In all accounts of this trial, I'm using fake names for the people and locations.] The schedule for today is: 8:45 - Breakfast 9:30 - Trial starts I suspect that breakfast is simply a … [Read more...] about Jury Duty, Day 2: Testimony

I had jury duty last week. I started writing about it last Monday, but I had to stop when I got picked for a trial. As my group of jurors passed through the courtroom's outer vestibule, I noticed a couple of neatly-dressed but clearly upset Hispanic people. Something about a them said family. I've been involved on the periphery of several civil lawsuits, and while they were … [Read more...] about Jury Duty, Day 1: Vwar Deer

So-Called Austin Mayor has a video clip of Republican Senator Lindsey Graham explaining what's wrong with some of the legal shortcuts proposed for the trials of accused terrorists. … [Read more...] about “Gonna come back to haunt us.”