Can I Count a 60-ish% Win?
I have so much to talk about that I kept waiting for the time to sit down and write a nice long post filling you in on all the news (like the Massachusetts jail that is letting inmates out and the NPR program about jail over-crowding). Then I realized that I will never have a chunk of time to write everything that I want to write about at once and it was stupid to write nothing at all. So here I am with five minutes before I have to leave and I wanted to share with you some exciting news…
I had my first jury trial last week.
It was terrifying at first. And then, as I think I have said a lot of times here, I totally forgot that there were other people there and I just did it. And I did it well, I think. On a seven count complaint, I got required findings of Not Guilty on four counts (all the felonies). Then the last three counts (all misdemeanors) went to the jury, which came back Guilty on all three. So technically I got Not Guilty verdicts in a jury trial…just not from the jury itself. But it is a huge relief to get that first one over with. And I am proud of myself.
