I’m 39 years old, which means I’ve been a legal adult for more than two decades.<\/p>\n
All this time I’ve lived in a society which promises, among other things, a jury of one’s peers.<\/p>\n
I’ve never been judged by such an organization…<\/p>\n
and I\u00a0still<\/em> have never served on one.<\/p>\n Yup, dodged a bullet yesterday when my scheduled service was called off. I’d gotten notification the previous evening via a recorded line and a message that was sweeter than any Wayde Byard school cancellation I’d ever received.<\/p>\n My no-jury service streak remains intact for another mysterious number of years. Apparently there’s some kind of citizen rotation in these things but I still haven’t figured it out.<\/p>\n Let the record show I am philosophically opposed to mandatory participation in juries. Same reason I’m opposed to the military draft, and the same reason I’m opposed to conscripting\u00a0anyone<\/em> into\u00a0any<\/em> line of work. As far as I’m concerned the county can pay professional jurors to sit full-time and actually get good at it. Like the way that every other job in the world gets filled. It’s called the free market.<\/p>\n Man, I didn’t even get to pull that card.<\/p>\n Maybe next time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m 39 years old, which means I’ve been a legal adult for more than two decades. All this time I’ve lived in a society which promises, among other things, a jury of one’s peers. I’ve never been judged by such … Continue reading