April 17, 2007
They Keep Us Hanging On

On Monday, the court reporter drew six names for the jury.  After the voir dire, the questioning of the jurors by the prosecution and the defense attorney, one juror was dismissed.  The fourteen extra jurors (including me) were sent home at about 11:30 that morning.

Before we were sent home, we were told that there was no trial scheduled for Tuesday, but that we might be needed on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.  We were told we should check each evening after 5:00 PM to see whether we would be needed the next day, at the court web site, or at the "juror information line".  So I did, and here's what I found this evening:

NOTE: All jurors are required to call the juror information line at 425-587-3181 after 8:00 am on Wednesday April 18th for further instruction.

So maybe we'll be needed tomorrow, and maybe we won't.  As I said in this post, this uncertainty doesn't matter much to me, but it probably does to many other jurors.

Cross posted at Jim Miller on Politics.

Posted by Jim Miller at April 17, 2007 07:07 PM | Email This
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1. Many cases get moved, delayed, settled, etc at the last minute. Would you rather they just have you show up and sit around all day. This system exists so that people only have to come if they are needed. The alternative is worse.

Posted by: Giffy on April 17, 2007 08:22 PM
2. Update: As of 8:35 AM, there were no juror directions on the line, just a message saying that we should call the line after 8:00 AM, so I got ready to drive to the court. (It takes about 15 minutes to get there, and I had originally been told to report at 9:00 AM.) Just before I walked out, I checked one last time -- and learned that I did not have to report today, after all. But I do have to go through the same thing tomorrow morning.

Posted by: Jim Miller on April 18, 2007 08:48 AM
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