Tuesday, April 18, 2006

陪審團 Jury duty

Jury duty..... 不知道為什麼,總是在我印象中,是個沒有啥意義跟會想參與的一個義務。說它是義務,因為成為美國公民後,這就是一個遲早會落在你信箱的一個"炸彈郵件"~ ^^" 以前幫我爸媽填過不少次的陪審團回絕信,畢竟他們之前不常在美國,語言也可能是一個障礙,之前也只是持有綠卡,不是公民。但是....... 對於2004年暑假成為公民的我而言,這實在是說不過去的藉口。加上,我真的認為這是一個該盡的義務,也頭腦裡知道這是一個priviledge...... 雖然以前心裡卻不這麼相信著。總之,在現在的公司決定用我的同時,我也被選中要參加陪審團。由於從來沒有過這個經驗,身邊朋友也似乎沒有人有過最後被選中為12位的其中一位juror,所以去前,我粉緊張....... 也有小小的意念想說, "不會這麼巧被選中" 後來.... as u probably guessed, 我成為了selected juror..~! 且是在out of approximately 300 potential jurors中,第一批的29個中被傳進去的其中一個~ and our courtroom was Dept R, as "READY"!!! =p


 


細節就不多說了,否則我可以寫三大頁吧.... 真的感觸很多!結果是,我們reached the verdict......... I have to say, I feel sorry for the plaintiffs. The family really suffered tremendously, and their medical bills really cost them an arm and a leg. However, we as jurors, 真的太令我訝異了.. had unanimously came to the same conclusion that we all thought the driver (plaintiff) had ran the red light! 雖然我覺得被告也有一點點責任,但是,我們中間12人中的9個人,一致認為告者其實是100%要負責....... 所以雖然我和另外兩個人覺得比例還是有點差別,最後仍是宣佈被告沒錯。


 


I really get a kick out of serving jury dudty!!! Think twice next time when you receive the jury notice - don't just try to find all the excuses to skip it.. ^^"

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