I have to say after my experience serving for two weeks on a grand jury in Brooklyn I swore I would never, ever tangle with the law. It was terrifying!
Grand jury!!! I am so impressed. Do you know what lawyers say about grand juries? They say they'd indict a ham sandwich. But I don't think that's true. Here's why: there are a lot of ham sandwiches running free.
Another solid podcast! I think Lumet’s “12 Men” were angry because they were unable to escape jury duty.
Also, it was very hot and there was no AC.
A couple of great stories! Maybe it'll inspire me to do a little write-up of my one and only experience with voir dire.
I also like Todd's comments, but he needs to speak up or something. I listen on Alexa while I'm making lunch, and I often can't hear what he's saying.
Thanks Katie! I hope you do a write-up. If you do, tag me so I can see it. Also, thanks for the note about Todd's audio. We'll make an adjustment.
A total delight!
I have to say after my experience serving for two weeks on a grand jury in Brooklyn I swore I would never, ever tangle with the law. It was terrifying!
Grand jury!!! I am so impressed. Do you know what lawyers say about grand juries? They say they'd indict a ham sandwich. But I don't think that's true. Here's why: there are a lot of ham sandwiches running free.
But it really is true. They really would indict anything. It was very painful to observe.
Yup. One of the many ways a purportedly fair system stacks the deck in favor of the prosecution.
Enjoying these podcasts on spotify, so I guess I'm one of the 75 (smile.)
Thank you for being a podcast OG!
That was so so good! I didn’t want it to end!! More jury stories, please! And yay on so many listeners. I’m not surprised!
Thank you, Jane!
I listen on Overcast, which is probably like .05% of your overall listenership, but it’s a great podcast app.
I know you've mentioned Overcast before, but I looked it up. The founder was the CTO at Tumblr. That's about as good as a platform rec gets, I think.
Yay!