Jury Duty

I got a jury summons a few weeks ago. I went on Monday morning, and wouldn't you know my luck...I got picked. It was an indecent exposure case. After they selected the jury, we went right into the case and heard opening statements. I thought it was going to be pretty fast and that we would finish Monday. However, we didn't. We had to come back the next day and didn't leave until 5 pm. It was basically a case of he said/she said. This girl claimed the defendant shut her in a storage unit at the place she worked and that he dropped his pants and showed her his *****. Both of their stories were kind of shady and full of lies. But, we ended up deciding that he was guilty as charged. The funny part to me was that the guy's name was Mr. Ball!!!

There were 6 of us on the jury, and on the second day, 2 of the ladies and I went to lunch at The Pantry. I LOVE their desserts. This chocolate chip and pecan pie was so yummy. The whole experience of being on a jury was very interesting. I am glad I was with a good group of people, we all got along, and we came to a decision very fast. We were all very punctual, and even the bailiff was impressed that we were ALWAYS 10 min early back from lunch or breaks. It was good to be a part of the legal system. The only thing I didn't like was that the lawyers argued a lot and we had to be taken out of the room so that they could argue w/ out us hearing. But, it was GREAT in a way, b/c I was able to read a LOT of the new Stephenie Myers book, Breaking Dawn. It was a good learning experience to be on jury duty, but not something that I want to do again anytime soon.