Here’s a little story about a juror on a murder trial who kept updating his Facebook FROM THE JURY ROOM about how boring jury duty is.
“This is interesting and also boring — at Macomb County Circuit Court.”
Many of us (usually me) are guilty (ha!) of over-posting on social media. So I will not cast a stone at this dum-dum who posted on Facebook about being on a jury while serving on a jury. Not everyone watches as much Law & Order as I do and thus, knows the law inside and out. You can’t tweet, “We’re probs going to find OJ guilty because, hello? Obviously #ripnicole”
I mean, you COULD. But then OJ might get away with…. never mind.
Jury Duty, starring Pauly Shore! (image: YouTube)
ANYWAY, my issue here is that this goober thought jury duty would be exciting. No matter how interesting the case, trials get boring pretty quickly. Last year, I was called for jury duty and like any functioning human, was able to get out of it. But a few weeks later, I found myself at the Hall of Justice and happened by the courtroom for exact case for which I was originally called. So I sat in the back of a rape trail and can report these two things:
1. I was totally biased just looking at the defendant. I should not be on a jury.
2. I happened into court at the precise moment when they were showing physical evidence of rape on a huge screen in a darkened court room. And after 20 minutes of being really upset and alarmed by the testimony, I got bored.
Long story short; everything is better on TV, especially justice.
Your jury duty stories in the comments, please!