I was on call for jury duty this month myself. Good on you for doing your civic duty!

If there were sympathy cards for jury duty, these illustrations would be perfect for them. : )

There should be. :)

I had it this summer...

Defense Lawyer: "Jurist #42, if you are picked to be a jurist and somehow are elected Foreman, could you keep twelve of these people in line?"

Me: Looks around the room, notes that the Judge is putting her face in her hands so I announce "No Bloody Way."

And now they can't drag me downtown ever again, there is a three year grace period between call-ups, once your seventy you are free and clear and I'm 68!

Jurist #42 huh? And I forgot my towel.

My one time being called up for jury duty I got a paid day off from work, sat in a courthouse reading a novel for a couple of hours then got told they had a full jury and alternates and was told to go home.

Last time I was called up I was Juror #1 and I was immediately assigned to a 12-week murder trial. I had already sat on an automobile personal injury case a few year earlier and was elected foreman. The first day of the trial the court clerk called me as I was literally on my way out the door. She told me the Prosecution and Defense and come to a plea bargain -- at the very last minute.

It's a pity no-one mistook you for the courtroom sketch artist.

I don't really understand the concept behind courtoom sketches. First they have sketch artists instead of photographers, but I've seen courtroom sketches where the defendant's face is pixelated out anyway. I guess that artist got too realistic. They should probably only let in abstract expressionists or surrealists. Or possibly someone who draws everyone as funny animals.

Ah, yeah. Been a few times, sat through 2 trials, Jurist on the first, alt on the 2nd.

Yes I do detect a specific theme in your artwork :3

I was called to jury duty and WANTED a long trial.
I was unemployed and needed the cash.
Nope, I was pardoned after a day or 2.

Been called several times, but most times got cancelled by weather. on the hook for one in March.