Jury Duty Experiences

hayden
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:34:14 +0000

JustAMomOf4, yeah, it was unfortunate. It’s so easy to get wrapped up in a case, and the only people you talk to are the others on the jury. Pesonally I think the man was just bluster, but one of the other jurors walked me to my car.

The biggest shock for me regarding the grand jury is that for rapes and molestation of minors, although the general public never hears the minors’ names, the grand jurors hear all the names, and even see the tapes of the molested children in order to judge the believability of the child’s testimony. (Of course it’s a big offense to ever release the names of the suspects or the witnesses.) It’s even more sad than you could ever imagine, when instead of hearing the facts of the case, you actually see the child on video, describing what was done to them. I never thought it could get any sadder than hearing the facts of child abuse, but making it so personal is so much worse than I ever imagined.