Jury duty...

So, I'm a juror on a criminal case. Testimony is done, and now deliberations have started.

Exciting times... for everyone but the alternate.

The worst part of this is, I'm caught by the courts until deliberations are done. As some of you know, I'm hoping to go down to Oregon to intersect with koriandre... but while I'm okay to go to work tomorrow (if I leave my work number with the court) I'm *not* able to leave town.

And... well, you know, I wouldn't push deliberations. It's a criminal trial; I wouldn't agree with a majority verdict, or push people to make a decision that made them feel uncomfortable. *But*, if I was there, I could be adding my voice, and my reasoning, and listening to what other people saw and heard and moving the process along. I'd be there; I'd have some level of control.

Plus, it's a relatively interesting case. I'd like to be involved in deciding it. (I can't talk about it until the verdict is read, which is a bit frustrating.)

So, I'll go start packing and seeing how the jury decides my fate, indirectly :-).

Jury duty...

So, I'm a juror on a criminal case. Testimony is done, and now deliberations have started.

Exciting times... for everyone but the alternate.

The worst part of this is, I'm caught by the courts until deliberations are done. As some of you know, I'm hoping to go down to Oregon to intersect with koriandre... but while I'm okay to go to work tomorrow (if I leave my work number with the court) I'm *not* able to leave town.

And... well, you know, I wouldn't push deliberations. It's a criminal trial; I wouldn't agree with a majority verdict, or push people to make a decision that made them feel uncomfortable. *But*, if I was there, I could be adding my voice, and my reasoning, and listening to what other people saw and heard and moving the process along. I'd be there; I'd have some level of control.

Plus, it's a relatively interesting case. I'd like to be involved in deciding it. (I can't talk about it until the verdict is read, which is a bit frustrating.)

So, I'll go start packing and seeing how the jury decides my fate, indirectly :-).