Jury Duty, Day 2

Well, this turned out to be short-lived. I actually got picked as part of a group of 40 prospective jurors for a case, and was thinking that I was going to get picked to sit on the jury (I was number 14). It was interesting to go through the questioning of the jurors, talking about connections with law enforcement, relatives that had committed crimes or any lawyers that we knew. While I didn't have much to say about the first two, the judge interrupted me while I was naming some friends that were lawyers. He asked me about med school, and when he found out that I was missing classes to be on the jury, he called me and the lawyers up to the stand and after a short discussion they decided to release me from service.

So I was home in time for lunch. I'm grateful to be able to be back to my normal life of med school and that I won't get behind in that, but I did feel a little bad that I was released when others that have to miss jobs and such were asked to stay. And I think it really would be interesting to serve on a jury and see how a case is tried. I'm guessing it's much different from what television portrays. Anyhoo, I'm sure that I'll get my chance sometime again in the future.