I was recently summoned to the DC Court House for…dum dad a dum…. jury duty! Since DC only has about half a million residents, it’s fairly common to be called. So I shouldn’t have been surprised that my name was called to go through the first round of selections. But I was surprised that I made it as one of the lucky 14 (12 jurors, 2 alternates)! So just a few highlights from what turned out to be a crazy experience:
· Criminal case
· 4 days of trial
· 1 intoxicated juror which we had to remove from the case
· 4 days of deliberations
· Hung jury
Welcome to the District of Columbia baby! It was actually a fascinating 8 days, and a nice change of pace from my regular schedule.
