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| Your fate could be in my hands | 11.25.2009 |
Ok, so I am serving time at jury duty today. I haven't been in years. I've gone several times in the past, and I've never been seated on a jury. I do think it would be fun and interesting to be on a trial, but who has that kind of time? If I hated my job, or worked for the man, i.e. Corporate America, I think jury duty would be a fun vacation from work and a nice change of pace.
But as a self employed business owner, I really don't have time to serve on any trial longer than a few days and I also resent wasting an entire day when I know there's no chance they are going to put a person like me on a jury. I am too opinionated and passionate about my core beliefs and I guarantee one of the attorney's will be using a pre-emptive challenge on me. When I retire, I'll probably volunteer for jury duty just for fun and to make up the fact that i won't ever be on a trial in the near future.
Seriously folks, if you were on trial for your life, your freedom, or involved in a multi-million dollar lawsuit, could you image that your fate could reside in this face? I didn't shower, I have awesome product-free bedhead going on and I think I may have acci-purposely forgotten to use deodorant this morning.
But as a self employed business owner, I really don't have time to serve on any trial longer than a few days and I also resent wasting an entire day when I know there's no chance they are going to put a person like me on a jury. I am too opinionated and passionate about my core beliefs and I guarantee one of the attorney's will be using a pre-emptive challenge on me. When I retire, I'll probably volunteer for jury duty just for fun and to make up the fact that i won't ever be on a trial in the near future.
Seriously folks, if you were on trial for your life, your freedom, or involved in a multi-million dollar lawsuit, could you image that your fate could reside in this face? I didn't shower, I have awesome product-free bedhead going on and I think I may have acci-purposely forgotten to use deodorant this morning.
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But I promise you this, if I ever do get on a jury I promise you I'll be the foreman! OJ would have been convicted if I was on that jury. The key word is reasonable doubt. The glove not fitting is not reasonable doubt... it doesn't have to fit perfectly to wield a knife. Oh well, karma caught up to the Juice!
Please don't read too much into any political statements I may or may not be making. I am just trying to entertain myself while waiting in the Juror Assembly Room at the OC courthouse here in Santa Ana. I am thankful that we do have a pretty awesome justice system compared to the rest of the world and I am happy to serve.
Please don't read too much into any political statements I may or may not be making. I am just trying to entertain myself while waiting in the Juror Assembly Room at the OC courthouse here in Santa Ana. I am thankful that we do have a pretty awesome justice system compared to the rest of the world and I am happy to serve.
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