josephine-binaca's Blog

well ive been summoned to jury duty AGAIN. m convinced our legal system cant function without wasting my time as soon as I am possibly e ligible to report again.  I hate jury duty. but not for the reasons that most people hate jury duty.

I hate jury duty because ive had to sit on a jury and try to  get through to the morons on my panel. Its amazing how many of our citezens are illiterate, and how many simply refuse to follow directions. Ive watched"respectable" business owners argue  for hours ove a point they were specifically told not to consider by the judge. ive seen housewifes work up a sweat trying to make others see reason.  how many times have I gone back to a jury room to realise most of my "fellow citezens" have no idea what the case is about or what we are supposed to be doing.  every panel has at least one member that tries to make things last as long as possible so they wont have to go back to work, and another that wants to get out of there as fast as possible. the matter at hand is the last thing on thier mind.    unfortunatly, doing my civic duty has destroyed my confidence in our legal system.  Its the best crime detterent Ive ever seen because the last thing in the world I want is to put my freedom and liberty in the hands of a massachusets jury.