So, as should happen to everybody at least once in their life, I was summoned to jury duty this week.  After watching Law & Order I was all primed up to be grilled by the lawyers.  Had all my misleading answers ready to go so that I would make it on the jury for sure.  Only one problem:  we’re not part of the US yet.  In a couple of years yes, but not today.  So I was bound by Ontario law.  Here’s my story of my brief, yet mostly unexciting tenure on the jury panel for a trial being heard by the Supreme Court. (more…)

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