That is all true-and I always dreaded being picked for a federal jury. I heard rumors like that, people being out for months, etc. So, you lived that kind of thing on a civil case...ugh.
If I ever get called again, I won’t enjoy it, but one thing is certain-at this point in my life, I have a good handle on right and wrong, and don’t care if I am the turd in the punch bowl when it comes to either convicting or freeing someone who doesn’t deserve one or the other.
Getting older can make one calmer, but it can surely make one more stubborn, and I believe I have that as well.
I tell you what, there was one trial I sat through, where I was overjoyed that I was an alternate. Everyone (government, defendant, & 'victim') agreed about the facts: a young man met a young woman on a JC campus; she claimed she went to school there & was over 18; after spending some time together, they went to a private residence (where she claimed she lived), and began to get `intimate`. Before any clothing hit the floor, the young woman admitted she was really just 15 or 16 years old; the soon-to-be defendant literally screamed and ran out of the house. Guess what? That State's law had no exception for such adult physical contact with a minor, resulting from deception.
I never heard how that one panned out...
Someone pointed out to me that getting older has made me more negative.
I replied, “That’s NOT true!”