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Jury Selection. Again.

In 2011, I was part of a host of people considered to sit on a jury. Considering that the trial for the killing Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman has just ended in a Not Guilty verdict, I thought I would share how the process appears to work in Lake County, California. Jury duty in LakeContinue reading “Jury Selection. Again.”

Posted byNorm BensonJuly 14, 2013Posted inLife in California, WTFTags:Jury DutyLeave a comment on Jury Selection. Again.

“A trial is a contest of lies.”

“At a trial everybody lies,” so says Mickey Haller, a cynical defense attorney in Michael Connelly’s latest thriller, The Brass Verdict. I should have read The Lincoln Lawyer before going to jury duty. I’m going to have to download the audiobook on this one. It sounds fast, gritty, and good.

Posted byNorm BensonOctober 9, 2008Posted inBooks and AuthorsTags:Jury Duty, Michael ConnellyLeave a comment on “A trial is a contest of lies.”

"A trial is a contest of lies."

“At a trial everybody lies,” so says Mickey Haller, a cynical defense attorney in Michael Connelly’s latest thriller, The Brass Verdict. I should have read The Lincoln Lawyer before going to jury duty. I’m going to have to download the audiobook on this one. It sounds fast, gritty, and good.

Posted byNorm BensonOctober 9, 2008Posted inBooks and AuthorsTags:Jury Duty, Michael ConnellyLeave a comment on "A trial is a contest of lies."

"A trial is a contest of lies."

“At a trial everybody lies,” so says Mickey Haller, a cynical defense attorney in Michael Connelly’s latest thriller, The Brass Verdict. I should have read The Lincoln Lawyer before going to jury duty. I’m going to have to download the audiobook on this one. It sounds fast, gritty, and good.

Posted byNorm BensonOctober 9, 2008Posted inBooks and AuthorsTags:Jury Duty, Michael ConnellyLeave a comment on "A trial is a contest of lies."

Jury Duty

Tuesday, 26 Aug 2008 (less than a week until Labor Day Weekend) was Jury Duty Day. Oh, joy. Still, considering that I’m a writer, it’s a great time for people watching and gathering names, faces, clothing and hair styles, body shapes. It started a few weeks ago when the jury summons came in one ofContinue reading “Jury Duty”

Posted byNorm BensonAugust 29, 2008Posted inWTFTags:Jury Duty, Lake CountyLeave a comment on Jury Duty

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