Jury Duty

For the last three weeks of July, I’ve been on call for jury duty.  Back in May with the first notification, I purposefully decided not to opt out.  I wanted to give back, participate in the legal system, and maybe learn a bit about human behaviour.  It would be a chance to see judgement and decision-making in real time. 

What I’ve learned is being called for jury duty doesn’t at all mean you’ll actually get to be on a jury.  My number only came up once and, in the end, there was no jury needed that day.

Maybe next time.