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THURSDAY NOTES

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Jury Duty report - Wednesday was jury duty day.  The morning started off with Fred Horowitz giving a somber "this is serious stuff" civic duty speech.  He had a nice bit in there about a bird suspended in flight in the middle of a flying airplane's belly, and whether or not the plane was heavier because of the bird (or something like that).  After the live intro there was a video, featuring Jay Spechler presiding over a mock trial in the North Wing, also starring the good folks who run The Jury Room.  Since it was midweek there were many overflow jurors, offered releases on a lottery basis early on.  Half of the winners actually decided to stay, and not all because they had to go back to work if they left.  We weren't given a choice, assigned to a Kathleen Ireland group that never left the jury room...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on September 16, 2010 (boomark / email).