For background, read last week’s post. At first I thought it was a terrible mistake. I thought my outfit or education or skin color would surely disqualify me in the eyes of the defense, as it had before. But incredibly, I was empaneled with 13 other jurors (12+2 alternates) for a sting case. Over the […]
Archives for October 2018
How My Attempt to Avoid Jury Duty Led to Loss
Jury duty. The two words that strike fear and loathing in my heart. I received my dreaded Baltimore City jury summons in the mail recently. It comes every year, regular as rain. There is so much crime in Baltimore, and not a few people who can’t serve on a jury due to their own prior […]
How to Have Family Fun on a Budget
My dad is from the east end of Long Island (North Fork). Every summer, everyone in the family (and occasionally some friends) make the pilgrimage back there. Except my sister and other relatives, who live there full time. Nora works in a school, so she has the summers off; she typically spends two summer weeks […]