Happy new year - short jury duty
Happy new year!
Jury duty today. Made the first cut, second cut and then was axed by the defense. I am remarkably dissapointed; it was a criminal case concerning possesion with intent to distribute cocain and methadone. The only witnesses were 3 cops and a forensic specialist. The question that probably took me off the jury was if I knew the difference between "falsley accused" and "incorrectly accused". My response was that this seemed like splitting hairs since if either was the case, this would introduce a resonable doubt and the defendant would be found not guilty.
Doh.
While my response may have been accurate, I should have simply answered the question asked. My answer implied I care little for small distinctions...something the defense most likely would rely upon when trying to discredit 3 police officers.
Two bright-side items: I had an interesting conversation with a fellow jurors candidate who is a multimedia design student at DU, and a Xbox gamer. Apparently networked games of Halo 2 are alive and well in the DU dorms.
Also, a friend of mine 'starred' in the introduction video we all had to watch in the jury selection room. She did well, and you can see her blog here, and demo real here.
Jury duty today. Made the first cut, second cut and then was axed by the defense. I am remarkably dissapointed; it was a criminal case concerning possesion with intent to distribute cocain and methadone. The only witnesses were 3 cops and a forensic specialist. The question that probably took me off the jury was if I knew the difference between "falsley accused" and "incorrectly accused". My response was that this seemed like splitting hairs since if either was the case, this would introduce a resonable doubt and the defendant would be found not guilty.
Doh.
While my response may have been accurate, I should have simply answered the question asked. My answer implied I care little for small distinctions...something the defense most likely would rely upon when trying to discredit 3 police officers.
Two bright-side items: I had an interesting conversation with a fellow jurors candidate who is a multimedia design student at DU, and a Xbox gamer. Apparently networked games of Halo 2 are alive and well in the DU dorms.
Also, a friend of mine 'starred' in the introduction video we all had to watch in the jury selection room. She did well, and you can see her blog here, and demo real here.
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