Posted on July 10, 2007 by Tracey
FIRST-PERSON….I was chosen for jury duty while working for a Bank in corporate communications in San Francisco’s financial district. So I arrived at the courthouse in a suit and tie and probably looked and sounded pretty conservative….(Courtesy of Negotiation Blog….)
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Posted on April 24, 2007 by Tracey
FIRST-PERSON….I got to the courthouse for jury duty. I brought my breast pump with me and sat in the big huge jury room. I think the third time they called names they called mine, and we all went to the courtroom. I didn’t want to talk to the entire courtroom and all the jurors [...]
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Posted on April 6, 2007 by Tracey
FIRST-PERSON….My case was a criminal case. And that made me a little uneasy, because you hear things about jurors getting intimidated by Mafia types, or having to look at pictures of people with their necks ripped off. But in this case it was simply an accusation of embezzlement by a department store employee. [...]
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