Jury Service

Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure

Hello!

As some of you know, I spent four days in early January 2023 on Jury Service. Now, I don't know how many of you listening have ever been called, and in any case some of the concepts seem to work differently depending on legal jurisdiction, so I thought it might be interesting to talk about some of that on this podcast. Plus it beats me nattering about Reddit or something. I don't know.

Although I don't talk too specifically about the case, I'd like to be open about potential content warnings about crime and victims, but I talk more about that in the podcast itself. The bit to avoid is between about 27:50 and 33:55. Otherwise, grab some biscuits and pretend you're listening to Law & Order: Special Brew Unit.

Topics discussed in this episode are: * New Year, new Google Analytics * Housekeeping - future trips, future pods, future YouTubes * Why I'm not cut out for yoga * How you get selected for Jury Service * No you can't do Jury Service barefoot * Everything's a surprise until you get there * The purpose of a jury * What is evidence and what is not evidence * The layout of the courtroom and who's who in it * The expected course of a trial * How a jury reaches its verdict * Very brief points about my trial * How I felt afterwards, including acute loneliness

A PDF transcript of this episode is available.

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Until next time, bye for now. :)