Juror No.623
Last November 2nd, I exercised my privilege as a U.S. citizen and voted in the mid-term elections. It felt good throwing the switch - a momentary illusion of power. That ebullience was short-lived. On Nov. 23rd I received a letter from the Delaware County Office of Jury Commissioners that my name had been "drawn" for Jury Duty. In case simply being selected wasn't enough to provoke an enthusiastic response, part of the notice included a quote from Former Supreme Court Justice Stone, "Jury service is one of the highest duties of citizenship, for by it the citizen participates in the administration of justice between man and man and between government and the individual." Alright! Count me in. I am sooo psyched now. The letter informed me that I had been assigned to 4 report dates - one each month in January, February, March and April this year. Trials are scheduled on those assigned dates, and if they have not all been plead out or cont...
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