Re: jury duty
jthorn65@sbcglobal.net wrote:
You didn’t get tossed for being a “known leftist radical”? I assume civil rather than criminal? Anything interesting? I’ve never served myself. I always get eliminated. I’d like to do it at least once but I doubt that will happen.
Civil. Forbidden to speak about the case. And no, didn’t get tossed. They didn’t ask much about what I did, but last time I served, in 1997, they did. I told them, and one of the lawyers said, “Is that like a socialist view of the financial markets?” I said, “yeah, you could say that.” They picked me anyway.
I think New York County uses more jurors per capita than anywhere else, so we all do our time here. I’m not complaining - I think the jury system is terrific.
Doug