Jury Duty --again

dntw8up
Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:55:30 +0000

I live in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where residents are happy on the rare occasions where government problems are a matter of poor planning rather than corruption. When local courts convene and there are no jurors, cops grab people off the streets. That’s right, you get plucked out of the grocery store parking lot and find yourself on a jury. And as I understand it, it is not only legal here but in the states as well. Here we have a CC like message board where locals warn one another when such goings on are in the works. I would actually welcome a letter with time to plan my schedule to accommodate serving jury duty. For those who don’t want to serve, all you have to do during voir dire is say “I’ve heard about the case and I think s/he’s guilty.”