• Aviandelight @mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Geez the judge told the jurors that they would never have to serve jury duty again because the case was so traumatic. I don’t even want to imagine what everyone involved went through.

      • SomeoneElse@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Both my dad and partner have done it twice, each time for less than two weeks. I think the jurors in this cause were further excused because of the sheer length of the trial, rather than because the evidence they had to consider was particularly gruesome. Obviously a premature baby serial killer is gruesome, but I think jurors are usually excused from serving again if the trial has been so horrific that they’re offered counselling or something. It’s very very rare for a trial to take more than 6 weeks.

      • RandallFlagg@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        I’m in my 30’s and have been summoned for jury duty multiple times, but never actually served as one.