[FreeTheHostages]

Re your post #828 -- wow, thanks for sharing. That's an incredible story. Yeah, re the jury looking at the defendant: that's almost an old wives tale. Some times it means something, some times not, the best thing to do is wait for the jury verdict to be read.

[wimpycat]

I have to second his comments about juries. I've done jury duty twice. I'd heard that rumor about juries not looking at the defendant when the verdict is guilty, so when we were called back into the courtroom to give the verdict, I made it a point to look straight at the defendants' table.

And it is emotionally draining to be a juror. You realize while you're deliberating and reaching a verdict that what you're doing affects many people's lives. In both my jury experiences we took everything very seriously and we asked each other individually if we were comfortable with the verdict before we announced we had one.