All Over
I’ll write something about jury duty soon, but I don’t think I’ll be posting it here. It’s not something I’d ever want to be fully publicly accessible, but I’ll send it to any of you who ask.
Our defendant was the driver in a drive-by shooting, which is the same as being the shooter as far as the law was concerned. After two days of deliberation, we found him guilty on all counts, including 2nd degree murder. I hope I never again have to see someone’s face when they’re being convicted of a crime that (as we later learned) carries a minimum penalty of 15 years without parole. I made myself watch him the whole time, but I couldn’t even stand to glance towards his parents while the verdicts were read.
holy shit. ours was a dude who was charged with a number of things including inciting gang violence, but no one died (just got the crap kicked out of him). yours is pretty heavy. i’d be interested to hear about it and especially the deliberation. are you glad its over?
Comment by Jen Yu — 2/28/2006 @ 11:08 pm
wow. no wonder you were wiped out the whole time. i’d be interested in hearing about it. i hope you get some rest!
Comment by Becca — 3/1/2006 @ 3:41 am
Hey, you know I want to know the grisley details!
Comment by Cookie — 3/1/2006 @ 6:33 pm
Grisly details for me, too, please. Good for you for acknowledging the gravity of the situation–seems to me a lot of people would rather ignore the consequences (practical and emotional) of a decision like that.
Comment by Mir — 3/2/2006 @ 3:54 pm