Have you ever went to Jail?

[RedinTexas]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

I was stupid as a young person as many of us are. I got caught syphoning gas a couple blocks from my parents house. I knew I was in trouble when the cop stepped out of his car and said good evening, using my name. Spent 2 days in county for that. I knew 2 of the others in the cell and played Pinochle for 2 days.

That was around 1980. Recently, for the very first time in my life, I received a jury summons. In the online questionnaire was the question of whether I had even been convicted of theft. I answered honestly even though it has been 40+ years. Due to that, I was rejected from serving. I was a bit disappointed as I have always kind of wondered what the experience was like. It is still amazing that the first jury summons came when I was 61!

I sat on a jury in a really serious criminal case about 15 years ago. Crimes included armed robbery, kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault, etc. It was horrible. Defendants got 7 life terms and 300+ years. I'll never be able to unsee the girl crying on the stand because they raped her, or the guy that lost his life savings after he withstood torture because they threatened to cut his 12 year old son's hands off. Jury duty was not fun.