Jury Duty can be fun...

Jury Duty is usually thought of as dull and mundane. However, my last experience with the judicial system was rather interesting and often times hilarious. I am not very good with describing things but will do my best in recreating the scene.

During the first round of the Voir Dire the prosecutor asked if the jurors would be fair and impartial in regards to the case. The prosecutor also asked a few other similarly crafted questions. Then it was time for the defense to Voir Dire the first round of potential jurors. The defendant was actually acting as his sole counsel and clearly had no idea how damaging he was to his own case. The defendant used the Voir Dire as if it was his opening and closing statement. He talked about how prosecution will have professionally trained so-called witnesses that will sugarcoat the truth. All throughout the Voir Dire session the judge would interrupt the defendant to lead him on the correct path. Every time it seemed to fail. The judge was very patient with the defendant. When the judge would get angry he would start biting on his blue pen. (I was thinking the pen would break and blue or black ink would fly into the judge’s mouth.) The judge kind of reminded me of Mayor Blooming sitting there biting into his pen whenever he wanted to loose it. Some of the comments the defendant stated (not in exact verbatim) include: “It is better to be in the hands of a rat than the judicial system.” And “How can a drug dealer post bail of $2500? I have been incarcerated since November 8, 2005…." As you can see this was a very interesting case.

TO BE CONTINUED…