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Old 03-24-2011, 08:49 AM
Wyatt Burp Wyatt Burp is offline
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You did good forcing the deliberations. I was on one where a guy was doing something while watching two young women sunbath by the river on some holiday (no mre details allowed). A woman in the military walking by was a witness. It was pretty cut and dry. But in the jury room I was at the head of the table, don't remember if I was the foreman, and we started around the table on one side, everyone saying guilty. It came to me and I said, "Now wait a minute..." And I was hit with eleven dirty shocked looks. I said, "Look. I'm not saying I necassarly disagree with you but I want you each to say out loud WHY you think he's guilty. This has a big impact on this guy's life and he deserves that we at least discuss it." Well, they mellowed out and we discussed it for an hour or less and found him guilty. I felt good but almost felt like Henry Fonda in Ten Angry Men for a minute there.
Personally, I hate being on a jury but I do it.

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