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Feb. 18th, 2025 09:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
missizzyI have long thought that if I was ever in a voir dire, I was unlikely to make it onto a jury, for certain reasons I'm not going to get into here. But now, I'm also starting to think I'll never be in one anyway. I received my third ever jury summons earlier this month. The first one, I ended up not having to even go in. I don't remember if anyone summoned for that week had to. The second time, on the other hand, I think they had one trial that week and had everyone come in for it. They selected who went out initially at random, the rest of us waiting to see if further potential jurors were needed, which we weren't.
This morning, I reported in for again, along with a smaller amount of other people. There were new rules forbidding us to bring our phones, so I brought a book, just in case it went the way the last one did and I just spent three hours sitting in the jury assembly room. But this time, noone went out for voir dire, as the defendant apparently chose at the last minute to waive the right to a jury trial. The jury coordinator was actually apologetic about it.
Once you actually go in, regardless of what happens, they won't summon you again for at least three years. I shudder to think what our justice system might look like by then...
This morning, I reported in for again, along with a smaller amount of other people. There were new rules forbidding us to bring our phones, so I brought a book, just in case it went the way the last one did and I just spent three hours sitting in the jury assembly room. But this time, noone went out for voir dire, as the defendant apparently chose at the last minute to waive the right to a jury trial. The jury coordinator was actually apologetic about it.
Once you actually go in, regardless of what happens, they won't summon you again for at least three years. I shudder to think what our justice system might look like by then...
