The Jury selection process went 2.5 days. I was picked as juror #9 and that never changed. We finished up the selection and went into to Witness testimony. The Prosecutor called a witness who was in the car crash.
After the testimony, the Prosecutor has no more witnesses for the day. We got out at 2 pm! We were off Thursday and Friday.
Day Two
Monday am we were to meeting in the 9th floor East hall. The court room is on the West end of floor 9. They don't want us mingling with anyone from the trial, so they keep us on the other side of the floo and when it's time, the Bailiff takes us and escorts us into the Jury room. On the way in, there was a young black male who was talking He got animated when he realized we were the jury, as I walked in, I heard him say "please have sympathy, don't take him away". yikes. So now, we meet on the 8th floor and sneak up the stairs. We still have to walk close by the door where witnesses gather, but no issues with witnesses or friends since.
Day two was more of the same. Witness testimony from the crash. A few police officers testified. and the Traffic collision unit testified about how they use the survey tools to determine what happened. Since this wreck had so many cars there are a lot of witnesses.
A lot of heavy emotion. This crash affected so many people. Many witnesses break down on the stand trying to recount the event. Even a seasoned police officer testified and it really affected him. That surprised me. He has seen this a million times.
I can't help but notice that many witnesses after testifying, stay in the court room. They want to see how this turns out.
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