Jury is Out on Castle Doctrine
Yesterday a friend of mine had to report for jury duty. Yes, jury duty. I know - I know, some of you are cringing in your chairs right now - jury duty? - but someone's got to do it. I've been called for jury duty three times, myself and consider it a civic duty I'm more than happy to comply with. Where else do you get a front row seat to the inner workings of the criminal justice system and have a say in, not only how the law is carried out, but the players in whatever case you're there to witness? And yet, my friend went in with trepidation. She'd never been called for jury duty in all her 36 (or is it 37?) years and since this was her first time she kept me as updated as she could throughout the day. I don't know how jury duty works everywhere, but I'm sure the basics are the same: you get a noticed from the city/county/state, call in to verify you're needed the night before reporting, arrive the next morning to sit in a room full of people as...