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Originally Posted by pwd72s
I HATED jury duty...the thought of having that much power over other lives really bothered me.
One of the few pluses of being an Oregon old fart. Once past your 70th birthday, you can say no thanks.
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That one trial I sat on was all for a 18 year old that broke the window of a car at school, and stole the change in the center console. It was less than two bucks.
We were not told much of anything about the defendant. I was surprised he was in court for such a small amount. Of course the car window was way more expensive to repair. Then one side or the other said something that I presume the judge had excluded, and a mistrial was declared and we were done.
I have always wondered what punishment we would hand down for his crime, or let him walk. We never got the chance to get that far.