Jury Duty
The Dirty Secrets of Jury Selection, According to Lawyers
Lawyers reveal how a person's race, job, and demeanour might get them excluded from a jury.
I Sent an Innocent Man to Prison
It was my first time on a jury. I was 31, balancing two jobs while going to graduate school. It was a very short trial.
Obama Managed to Make Jury Duty Look Like the Shit
For perhaps the first and last time, a roomful of potential jurors were psyched to be stuck in court.
Why the Hell Does Taylor Swift Have to Go to Jury Duty?
On the heels of the VMAs, Taylor Swift was spotted reporting for jury duty. Apparently, famous people have a civic duty as well, even if that encourages many more courthouse selfies than usual.
Americans Like Head Lice, Root Canals, and Hipsters More than Trump, Says Poll
The only things people could honestly say were worse than Trump, according to the survey, were cockroaches and hemorrhoids.
My Regrets As a Juror Who Sent a Man to Death Row
If I could have done anything, it would have been to deadlock the jury—but I didn't have the personal strength to do it.
Jury Duty: It's Your Civic Duty
The county of Los Angeles wants to let me, a complete degenerate, participate in the judicial process and give me enough scratch to buy one flavorless sandwich per day at the court snack bar? SIGN ME UP.