So, it's been a while. I did not voluntarily disappear. I was in the jury pool for a high-profile death penalty case. (You've probably heard about it.) There was a ridiculously long, duplicative, and overly nosy jury questionnaire required me to reveal the existence of this blog, and so I made it private. Hopefully I'm off the radar now that the trial is over. I don't love that my anonymity has been compromised in my own community, but I don't want to give up everything I've built here, either. I don't think there's anything too salacious in my old posts, anyway.
Individual voir dire was required in the case I was called for, and so I waited and waited and waited to hear that I was off the hook. Except I was never called for individual voir dire, nor was I ever informed that I was released from the jury pool. As someone who is quite invested in how our community perceives the jury system, I am more than a little irritated at the treatment here. Hundreds of people were called for this jury. We never heard one peep about continuances or when we were released from our obligations. And of course that obligation included avoiding all media where we might learn about these things. Court system fail!
I've missed blogging, but it wasn't very motivating without an audience. Hopefully I can get back into the swing of things. The blog is a good outlet.
1 comment:
I am very glad to see you back in the open! I am sorry you had to deal with the high profile case, abstractly and not. :(
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