Jury Duty Update

It's been awhile since I posted anything. I ended up not having to go in for jury duty, which is a good thing since I forgot to call in two of the nights. I did call in the next morning, but by that time I would have been really late if I'd had to go.

Bret also got selected for jury duty. It was rather funny that his letter came the day I was complaining about being selected a second time. The strange thing is that his was for Salt Lake City courts. We don't live in the city boundaries so we're not sure how he qualified for that. Regardless, they sent him the letter and then the postcard. On Sunday I was looking for a paper and found his postcard on my desk. His week was to start the next day. Since he was at a meeting I called for him. He was lucky enough to be selected to show up at court the next day. I'm sooo glad I found that postcard - I would hate to find out if they really fine you or put you in jail if you don't show up.

He arrived at 8:30 a.m. and they didn't let him leave until 6:15 p.m. He was one of four selected to stay and be on the jury. The other three were women and decided that he had to be the jury foreman. He hasn't told me much about the case - I don't know if they aren't supposed to or if just doesn't go into the details. It was a drunk driving case and they did find the defendant guilty. He doesn't know what the sentencing will be. I was getting a little nervous since we had tickets to The Forgotten Carols that night and I didn't know when they would let him leave.

Now he's off the hook for 2 years - at least from SL city. I guess the county court can still call him if they want to.

I really didn't sit down to write about jury duty. Oh well, I'll post this one and then do another later with the pictures I wanted to put up on the blog.