Blogging may be light as I am currently a ward of New York state as a juror. Live-blogging the jury system...see what I have been reduced to...
We saw this great little video at the beginning called "Your Turn" that was hosted by Ed Bradley and Diane Sawyer about the history of juries. It has this whole little spiel about how modern juries are better than trail by drowning -- you know like in the middle ages when they would throw someone in a lake to see if they were guilty or innocent. How terribly reassuring.
Nonetheless I remain determined to do my civic duty, though I intend to test a little theory I have that no one with a graduate degree will ever serve on a jury in this country. We will see how that turns out. With my luck I will get an OJ Simpson trial and be here for like three years.
are you in supreme court? if so, did you get the black guy as your er, platoon leader? he is absolutely hilarious. i ended up liking him so much that i was disappointed when we were dismissed one day early.
I don't know what the case is, but jury talk is always a good time to bring up....
Jury Nullification and Perjury
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2006/06/08/jury-nullification-and-perjur…
I do know what the Jury is talking about, but I think is still Perjury.