My wife was recently summoned for jury duty. She dreaded it but I reminded her that as a citizen, it was her responsibility to help uphold the rule of law. Although lately, I wonder about that.
As if you couldn’t guess, I’ve never been picked to serve on a jury.
But honestly, I’d love to get chosen as one of the “Twelve Angry Men.” However, every time I was called, I got bumped off for one of the following reasons.
The lawyers didn’t like that I took jury duty as an opportunity for courtroom sketching practice.
I made way too many references to Cop and Lawyer shows. Who knew lawyers hate that?
I wore a Black Flag punk rock T-shirt.
I figured out what a case was about during the jury selection process questions. It turned out to be a criminal case of a Drunk driver hitting a cyclist. When it was my turn to be questioned, I told the defense lawyer that I was an avid cyclist, then inferred the Defendant was more than likely guilty since every driver in this damn county drives like a drunken lunatic!
Damn my honesty! Maybe someday I’ll make the cut.
The skunk racing panel is hilarious!
I actually served on a grand jury once. While we didn’t indict any ham sandwiches, I did learn a number of interesting things such as (a) undercover cops sometimes “fly signs” soliciting money on the street or highway off-ramps, and (b) some people are just criminally stupid.
"I made way too many references to Cop and Lawyer shows. Who knew lawyers hate that?"
The writers of those shows know jack squat about the Law in comparison to those who enforce and practice it, and the latter resent the former making more money than them.