We the Jury

Interesting Dr. Phil show, today. With some of the jurors from the Lacy Peterson trial.
Wow...imagine getting death threats for being on a jury. Gulp.

Being on a jury is interesting and frustrating. What people don't understand is that the jury doesn't get to hear ALL the evidence. When I was juror on a murder trial, I found it very frustrating that we would be excused so often so that the lawyers could argue about whether or not certain information could be used in the trial. To this day, I wonder what we DIDN'T hear. I really really want to know!! LOL

I really feel for the jurors on that trial. They saw and heard such horrific stuff. We saw some gross stuff, too. Crystal's head was run over, her body burned. Not a pretty sight.

The weird thing was that I didn't really have any problem with anything I saw or heard. It was all quite facinating. It wasn't until we reached a verdict that all the emotion came out. Kind of like delayed reaction.

Several of us jurors didn't sleep for weeks after the trial. My boss even gave me sleeping pills! LOL I still think of it from time to time. Especially when I pass the pizza place where the murderer worked, or when someone at work mentions the bar at which the murderer picked up the girl.

I hope that the jurors who were on tv, today, find peace. Hard thing,when their trial was so public.


Anyway...just some random ramblings!