Monday, October 10, 2005
Jury Duty: The Experience
To complete my civic duty, I had to arrive at the Henry County State Court at 8:30 this morning. I was signed in and hustled into a room with about 100 other potential jurors.
It was at this time that we were informed that, although the State knew our time was valuable and we probably had other things to take care of (like jobs and/or families), we were performing a duty and protecting one of our freedoms, and they would not apologize for that.
It was explained that jury duty is not a one day thing. That we were on call for the entire week. One of the judges explained how minor cases are just as relevant to our legal system as major ones. It's not the size of the case that matters, but that the principal of due process is followed.
There's principalities up in here, Smokey.
"What is justice"?
Well, that's our job as jurors to determine. But since I was not selected for the bar fight case this morning, I have to return to face the process once again on Wednesday morning. ¶ 1:20 PM
It was at this time that we were informed that, although the State knew our time was valuable and we probably had other things to take care of (like jobs and/or families), we were performing a duty and protecting one of our freedoms, and they would not apologize for that.
It was explained that jury duty is not a one day thing. That we were on call for the entire week. One of the judges explained how minor cases are just as relevant to our legal system as major ones. It's not the size of the case that matters, but that the principal of due process is followed.
There's principalities up in here, Smokey.
"What is justice"?
Well, that's our job as jurors to determine. But since I was not selected for the bar fight case this morning, I have to return to face the process once again on Wednesday morning. ¶ 1:20 PM
