Have I mentioned the jury notice?

In Massachusetts, all able body adults are required to report for jury duty
every three years. When they say "all," they are not kidding.

This includes others who are automatically excluded in other states, lawyers,
judges, politicians, police, Indian chiefs and candlestick makers.

The jury notice sitting on my desk tells me I am to report to a certain court
at a certain time and that there is no choice.

The good part is the one trial-one day rule. You report for one day. If you are
not selected for a trial, you are forgiven for the next three years. If you are
chosen for a trial, and the trial goes one day, again, you are forgiven for three
years.

However, if you are chosen for a trial and the trial goes on for weeks and weeks,
you must stay for the entire trial. It's a crap shoot.

Life's pretty much a crap shoot as well. It should apply to our trial system.

Such is Justice in New England.

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