I have served on two juries in my life, one a DUI case in magistrate's court and another civil case in big court in which a young guy hired to detail a car took it out at 1 a.m., wrecked it and got sued. He contended another car ran him off the road and the insurance lawyer contended he was just joyriding and lost control.
The DUI case was sort of circumventing the system since my mother was the secretary to the magistrate and I told my mom I really, really wanted the experience of serving on a jury and presto, my name got picked out of a hat.
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