Jury Duty
The last few days I have been serving on a Jury in a very minor criminal case here in Boulder County. It was certainly an interesting and all-absorbing experience - a randomly selected 12 people who were all very well educated, white, 8 men, 4 women passing judgment on a Hispanic’ woman’s complaints against a Native American man. But after 7 - 8 hours of deliberation - I think decisions were reached that were accurate based on the available evidence - the combination of so many prejudices canceled each other out leaving the distillate truth [I believe].
WAY too much responsibility for me to want to do it again anytime soon.
Sonically, the little 20 minute jurist orientation video by Ed Sardella [a local newscaster] sounded screetchy and was recorded at way too high a level - but the microphone/speaker system in the court room itself was actually not too bad - serving more as a supplemental voice amplification system - and not needed by the louder-speaking lawyers in the room 
OK, back to shootouts and… unfortunately, updating of lots of price lists that have rolled in in the last couple of weeks.
