Jury Duty II
by ChrisOctober 23rd, 2004 4:17 pm
Somehow I managed to finish up jury duty yesterday. The original estimate was that we would be in session until Wednesday or Thursday of next week. The actual subject of trial was quite unsettling in that it involved the alleged rape of a minor. I was a little surprised that my own reaction would be what it was, which was quite unsettled to say the least. I won’t say much more than that, however, as the people involved deserve their privacy and need to move on with there lives. Hopefully they will find some way to do that.
One thing that struck me was the quality of my fellow jurors. Each of them was quite committed to seeing the process through, regardless of time commitment, in order to reach the correct verdict. Indeed, several of the jurors did some very deep soul searching and reflection and made some very insightful observations. All in all, a very good group of people, who would rather have been doing just about anything else, but who understood the seriousness of what they were asked to do and the incredible responsibility placed on them and treated it that way. Just passing this along because it’s one of those little things that helps me keep faith in society.
