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.

Comments

[amethistdolphin.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!!
That is the most interesting part of the US judicil system. I find it that since it is based on precedents it has the tendency of being a lot more fair than the one based on written laws. I think nothing is only black and white and a jury based system helps with those shades of grey.

One other question (if you dont mind)... what happens with your job?

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

My employer is paying me my regular pay while I am out on jury duty. The policy varies from employer to employer (and how big the company is)--smaller companies may only pay a portion of the pay, or none at all, I suppose, if they are really small. I think mine feels that they should pay, because they are, after all, a legal firm of attorneys and feel they should support the jury-based judicial system.