Ok. I never realized that COURT TV and Reality shows aren’t necessarily fiction. I’ve seen some shows and you’d think.. ” there’s NO way…” and I’m in a case where you see situation and observing the ppl in the court room, all I see are echoes of what the shows have on. Interesting and not interesting. I have a judge who swears he’s Judge Mathis or something. Might even his picture in he locker. lol jk. Drama, drama, drama. PPL really do feed into this. Our judge does nothing but talk.. to the point that we are ready to just tell him to “LET THE CASE HAPPEN AND BE QUIET!!!” We sat in the court room yesterday for like 2 hours just LISTENING to the jdg. READING … READING!!!!! Basically he was telling us what would be expected of the jury and how the case should run. I figured he’d have this down by now. I heard he’s almost to the point where he can retire. So when he’s NOT READING his script, he’s trying to make things “light and pleasant ” for the jury. Good idea.. BAD EXECUTION!!! It’s just eating up MORE time. I used to wonder.. ”Why does it take YEARS for some cases to come to trial?” Now I have my answer. lol.. We spent ONE DAY with ONE WITNESS!!!! ONE!!!_the def and pro had ops to question and cross examine. But the whole day!!!!! One… ONE person. I’m spoiled by one of my fav shows Law and Order.. Heck in ONE HOUR they’ve interviewed ppl, gotten evidence, went to trial, had the miss trial, RE-TRIED and locked or let go! I guess that’s the beauty of editing. I am learning a few things. ONE what i think it REALLY means to be ” innocent until proven guilty” Until explained to me and I got time to really think about it. It wasn’t concrete to me. AS i’m looking at this person on trial, i’m not looking at a guilty person trying to get off. No I’m looking at an innocent person who has someone trying to prove he/she is guilt of something. Sounds simple till you hear a case and testimony of events. U have to remember the def is NOT guilty. And that the Proc is trying to prove that he/she is.. not vice-versa. Kinda cool . I have a new respect for our law system .. in it’s IDEAL form. Another thing.. always pay ur babysitter… it’s just better bc it shouldnt come back to bite you later. LOL I’ll explain more later when i can talk about the case. Oh.. some women should NOT be allowed to look THAT NICE and be in public… AROUND PPL!!!! LOL Juror # 7… D@MN! oh bak to the case… even though it my duty as a citizen to act as a “to b called to act as a judge of my peers” i think there should be a better form of restitutions for time spent. 9$ a day and 25$ a day if it’s goes pass 3 days!!!!??? I know ppl who get paid this amount and MORE hourly.. !!! And it’s not really the $$. I really think that something should be done to compensate for the inconvenience. Ur on this case bc SOMEONE else you dont know .. wait.. see.. bak to the thought again.. maybe not. I was thinking about this as ” someone did something wrong now i have to take time and energy to sit and listen.. but this person is defending his/her INNOCENCES!!! Which think if any of us were in that position we should be given every courtesy to do so. I’m babbling now. So Shower time for dave and then to bed. I have duties to perfom.. I”M NOT EVEN @ WORK THIS EARLY!!!!! _Gnite ppl