Jury Duty

[ericadawn16]

I've never done this before. I just got here and I'm waiting with everyone else. My mom made me change my Chucks though...claimed they weren't courtroom attire, but that ended up good because I had to take them off and the HiTops would have taken forever.

Still, it seems a bit lame to have all the precautions for an airplane without getting to go anywhere.

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[ayaneva.livejournal.com]

You had to take off your shoes?

We just wander in, get shunted to a room, sit for ages, get assigned to a judge, get walked back and forth between courtrooms, etc.

Pretty much wear whatever you want. Security is kinda lax (if you beep going through the medal detectors, half the times they let you through anyway) but that's just how we roll in Philadelphia.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

I had to take off my shoes TWICE! Once after I got there in the morning and then again after our lunch break. We watched this "special" video on the court system and had to do an oath.

Then we waited for over two hours when they said we could have an hour break for whatever. After that time had passed, they said the judge said we could have a break for lunch until 1:30. At 2:15, they took about twenty people away and told the rest of us we could go home.

I depleted over 80% of my iPod battery and read halfway though "Another Life." Only Green Day and Torchwood could make it less mind-numbingly boring.

[ayaneva.livejournal.com]

Geez! Your jury process sounds even more boring than ours.

They didn't make us swear anything unless we were picked. For us, if you're not picked for a jury, you get sent back down to the juror room on the first floor and either get reassigned to another judge for a second go around (if it's a busy day) or wait around several hours until being sent home. It's either one full day, so you're stuck until 4:30PM, or one case.