I have lucked out in the previous years of not having to serve as a juror for the county I live in......until now.  I was served papers two weeks ago and had my first experience yesterday.  And what an experience it was.....sheesh.  Out of 31 jurors they chose me as one of the twelve to serve for this particular case which ended up being a  Criminal case in the Circuit Courts.  Not only was I chose to be a juror but the Foreperson (speaker) for the whole twelve of us.  The whole thing started at 8am and didn't end until 9:30 pm last nite.  Charges were the manufactoring of methamphentime.  (meth lab)  So many others were quick to judge a person but I needed to be 100% sure before sending someone to the penitentiary.  I couldn't live with myself if I sent someone to do time for something they were innocent of.  It was another lady and myself that had doubts but in the wording of the charges and definitions we had to do what was correct by the law.  By what was given to us as the 'laws'.  It was a long long process for us to decide....stories didn't match among the whitnesses, answers to the questions were etchy....just a terrible experience and I never want to do this again!

The next date that I have to appear in is Jan 11th.  I hope HOPE that they don't pick me to serve.....just send me HOME!!!  Ick....