Jury Foreman From December 14-18, 1998 I was Juror 836611 and Jury Forman in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. In a drug sale case I twice reported a hung jury and twice was asked by the judge to try again. |
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Finally, late Friday afternoon I reported a guilty verdict. The judge complimented us and my colleagues thought I walked on water. Every two years and occasionally more often, I get called for jury duty. Sometimes I am called by my VanderPutten name and at others by my Larkin name, as above. Once I was called for two different jury duty assignments at the same time. I wrote to the Judge explaining that I am really very good at most things and that in fact some people think I am really exceptional. But I just did not think I could handle this request. A couple of days later I was talking with one of the court clerks. She said my letter had cracked up the whole staff, who were so amused they too it in to the chief justice. |
