Been sitting here waiting in this god forsaken hallway since 8am. They just broke for lunch and I still haven't seen the inside of a courtroom. They haven't begun the jury selection process.

I took some pre-law classes and ended up majoring in criminal justice. It truly amazes me we are still using the "jury of your peers" system. Our legal system is so clogged up, corrupt, and back logged it ain't funny. I feel we need professional jurors. I feel jurors with a high level of knowledge of law, whether it be criminal, civil, family, constitutional, would be more effective in the roles of juror and not easily swayed by the gamesmanship of slick lawyers. They would also be able to hear more cases and get some relief on the dockets. The entire legal system needs overhauling IMO. The jury system would be a good place to start.

You want to talk about a way to corrupt the system? In that small a pool how long would it take for some collusion to make sure that certain Jurors get sat in a particular Court or always sit on a trial with a particular Attorney?

You could say that the entire voir dire process is just that. The attorneys are trying to keep only the people who they think can be influenced in their favor.

They finally got done with us around 4pm. Just got home from all this foolishness. I've worked long hard days that left me less exhausted than this nonsense. Lost a full day of sales from having nobody on the phone.