tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-13:3056465If Wishes were BagelsTener la fuerza, disfrutar de su tiempo y tomar café con azúcar.Tony Plaza2022-03-06T17:05:09Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-13:3056465:53811No Court Appeal2022-03-05T05:04:10Z2022-03-06T17:05:09Zpublic0It was a quiet Friday. Between walking the dog, watching a few tv shows, and packing a few eBay items, this was an extreme low key day. I’ll take it.<br /><br />Early in the week I didn’t know if I’d be serving on a jury for a criminal case. The case, that involved a stabbing on public transportation, would have gone until mid-April. As a resident of San Francisco for over 20 years, I have done my civic duty before and like a lot of folks, I wasn’t anxious to get on a long trial.<br /><br />It was close. They were wheedling down the number of potential jurors and they chose a few folks from my group. My bunch was the last and that may have been advantageous. I thought that being the first 12 jurors was lucky because they didn’t end up keeping any. The first few rounds of people to sit, never got a chance to get comfortable. It was non-stop: “Number 6 thank you for your service you are excused.” I was watching a runway of jurors modeling the latest get out of jail smiles. As they left I imagine each skipping in the middle of the street, laughing maniacally as they dodged traffic. Damn them.<br /><br />When the two lawyers found agreement on a jury, I couldn’t have been happier. I thought I was going to burst a blood vessel. I started daydreaming about getting on public transportation (yes I know, it’s a case about a stabbing on MUNI). There was one slight moment before they swore in their 12 angry men and 6 alternates, when they made absolute sure that these choices would be in court for the ENTIRE run of the case. <br /><br />A few folks did try to squirm out. The judge wasn’t playing. The “I might be at a wedding the end of the month” or “I need someone to watch the kids for a few days” didn’t go over big. The “I found out my boss will not pay for this and I have to pay for rent” person was interesting because it brought up, via an attorney, a new program beginning in a week. San Francisco is beginning a new program that will pay jurors $100 a day for serving. The judge asked no rent guy, if that would make a difference and he said: “no, not at all”. Everyone laughs at this because…we all live here.<br /><br /><br /><img src="https://plazagrafx.com/media/blogpic/casa1.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=graphicub&ditemid=53811" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments