12 Angry Men

Hubby and I received a letter in the mail today from the Lincoln County  Circuit Clerk’s Office….

Imagine what the letter wrote for a little bit and then I will tell you….

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……If any of you guessed, we have been SUMMONED!! Like we’re devils or something, for Jury duty.  Never been to Jury duty in my life and hoped I would never have to sit through one…

But alas, it is not meant to be. I noticed that we don’t even have a choice in the matter NOT to be summoned for Jury duty. It’s like the Drafting of the military back in the day. Any male 18 and older was drafted.  Didn’t matter where or what they were doing. They HAD to sign up for military duty. Seriously, what’s the matter with this picture here? Don’t we have a choice whether or not we want to do Jury duty? They say it’s a community duty to do Jury duty.  Yeah, slap THAT in our faces.

On the other hand, it could be worthwhile to have your voice heard and actually vote to either acquit a person on trial or put them in jail and know that YOU had a hand in doing it. It’s called pride, honor and service.

It also reminded me of a movie I saw with one of my all time favorite actors, Gregory Peck. It was a about a jury of 12 people, trying to come to either a guilty, or not guilty vote and for about an hr and 1/2 our time, but in the movie it takes all day and well into the night, to finally come to a consensus and vote as a team, as a jury. I won’t give away the ending of it though. If you want to watch it, look for it and see for yourself what happens. I know, it’s black and white. Oh well. Watch it anyway. In my opinion, it’s a very good movie.

So, I’m writing down all my information for the good ol’ justice system of Lincoln County and I come to a word: race. I asked Hubby if I should say, no, I don’t race or something of that matter. He replied that I should put down ‘human.’ I mean, I am human after all right? (Some people might argue that) I asked him if they could somehow punish me if I actually put down ‘human’ as my ‘race.’ He replied is there another race on this Earth? To which I replied, other than animals, plants and insects, no. There is not. He seriously suggested that I write down ‘human’ under ‘race.’

So I did. What exactly can the Justice Dept. do about me writing that down? Absolutely nothing. So, with that in mind, I’m itching to know when I send in my info, what exactly is the justice dept. going to say about it. Probably laugh at my antics, or not have me in it because of that. I’ll have to wait and see.

Watch the movie. It’s awesome!