Teehee!

[go_team]

I'm home on break from Sundance, and Allison says: Check out the mail! You got a summons for jury duty!" Oh, the poor fools. I'm a little confused that they think I should pay to return the juror affidavit thingy, but then again I suppose the municipal courthouse is less than a block away from Saturday Market, so hey. I wonder if I should go with my dad's "if it's a drug case, I guarantee you a hung jury" tactic or whether my fabulous hippie aura will be enough to deter them from selecting me. Heh. Seriously, I'm kinda curious about what the hell kind of cases they might be trying at the Eugene Municipal Court that could possibly require a jury. Mind-numbingly boring ones, probably. But hey. It's a chance to find out how well I pass for a respectable member of society, and only a one day/one trial term of service, right? Tee hee!

Comments

[dragonmudd.livejournal.com]

Why the hung jury for a drug case? I don't undersand.

[goteam.livejournal.com]

My dad, at least as of the time he stated that plan, is of the opinion that the vast majority of drug laws do more harm than good, and since a hung jury costs the criminal justice system more than an acquittal, it's more likely to draw attention to the problem. Also, expressing a radical opinion like that is a good way to avoid being chosen, which was his real goal, being self-employed and often unable to afford a day of civic service schtuff. I think if he were chosen for jury duty now that he's retired, he might keep a bit quieter about his opinions and actually go through with that plan of protest, but maybe not. I haven't asked him in a while.

[keturn.livejournal.com]

Did I mention that Multnomah summoned me for a trial estimated to last five weeks?

They apparently give you one "defer your jury service for free" card, so I used that. Not really having a clue as to when a good time to spend five weeks in jury duty might be, I told them "um, January." They said okay and promised I'd hear about my next summons sometime in December. I don't know if I should expect that one to be five weeks as well or what. Ze wacky.

[cosyne.livejournal.com]

eh. if you can afford it (ie work pays for it), i'd consider it a great opportunity to impose your will on the American justice system :-)