Originally Posted by BellaBoo

I was on Federal jury duty and regular. Only two times in my life so far. It is nothing like you see in the court room tv shows or movies. Really I was ready to convict most of the fellow jurors on the jury I was on for being so soft hearted toward a mean, nasty, soon knock you in the head to look at you drug addict. Jury chairman is not a scary job, just someone to keep the votes counted and fill out the form to give to the judge. One we had to award a settlement. All 12 of us wrote down what we thought was a fair amount. It was added up and then divided by 12. The answer was the amount we awarded.