Booted off my first jury panel

[pegkerr]

It was interesting. I spent the morning in the basement of the court building. I had brought reading material but ended up reading the magazines they have scattered around.

Around 2:00 p.m., I was called up for voir dire for a civil medical malpractice case. After about an hour of questioning the potential jurors, they struck four (peremptory challenge). I was one of the four stricken. One of my attorneys had been on a medical malpractice case, suing the defendant, within the past six months. That, I expect, was the reason why.

So, I will not be hearing that case. I went back to the basement and read magazines ("Read JLo's secrets for Maintaining Fabulous Thighs!") until it was time to go home.

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[etakyma.livejournal.com]

Oh man, two weeks? I am really glad that Massachusetts has the "one day, one trial" system in place. You go for a day and if you don't get chosen you are done for the next three years, when your name goes back in the lottery. I was chosen for a jury a few years ago (probably about ten years now) and it took two days. I haven't been called since.

I can't imagine having to fight my way down to the courthouse for a whole week of sitting around.