My Sincerest Apologies for my Absences

Best of luck! I've been jury reserve before, and most recently selected but then the entire jury was disbanded (would not have been a good jury anyhow, 50% biased automatically due to connections), so I have never actually served for a trial. Sounds like it'll be quite the experience. You gotta do what you gotta do.

Sturzkampf

With luck, you'll get plenty of ideas for future story lines.

Mikey B

Don't be so hard on yourself, life just gets in the way sometimes. Just make sure to take care of yourself while you're busy and don't wear yourself out. We will still be here!

Depending on the case it can consume a life for a while. My mom was on one for something big, likely a murder, and they had them all hauled off to a hotel with rules about being able to contact the outside world. It's a real pauser.

Sniper

OBJECTION!! Anyway, now that I got that out of my system, we'll be here when you get back/have time, don't worry about it, life happens :)

Naziha Zahed

*blink blink* Eeeeeyup, that'll do it. Good luck. You got this!

Bonnie Smith

Take as much time as you need. Each page is worth the wait. <3

Take your time! Do what you got to first, we'll still be here patiently waiting! :)

Chug

Weirdly enough, I've only been called for jury duty once, and then the day of, I got a phone call saying 'nope, we don't need you'.

Aelith-Earfalas

Take your time!

Meg Syv

Oh no, I'm ON the Jury. The trial starts tomorrow. The selection process is why I was missing so many updates...

Thank you for doing your civic duty Meg. It can be a rough gig but having someone smart who pays attention is what we as a society need and having someone who can be empathetic and listen is what the accused deserves.

No worries, life happens. Thanks for letting us know!!

JeanetteB

I’ve served on a jury before. It’s time consuming and I learned that if I had to be a court recorder, judge, or lawyer and spend my days like that, I’d lose my mind. These cases are important to the people involved, but the sheer amount of detail and talking just exhausted me. Plus, I couldn’t ask any questions that I thought were relevant. Our court paid $10 for the first day, and $50 for the second…so yeah. I hope I don’t get picked again for a LONG time.

i've been called for jury duty 4 times since i turned 18 like 10 years ago, but luckily never had to actually serve

Ashley Stoner

You too?! I just got pegged for it a few days ago! I have to call in next Sunday to see if I serve or not. I'm really hoping my number is too high!

peter allen

Don't worry, they usually pick the jury to be biased for the person they want to win! (True story) If you don't seem suitable (too smart) they won't pick you!

maninblack

No worries

Mary Williams

Oh, wow! Talk about a whirlwind! No worries from us in the peanut gallery, take care of you and what you need to do!

Amanda Read

Thanks for letting us know what’s up! I don’t think anyone ever knows exactly how jury duty is going to go, especially if you get selected. BUT if it turns out funny I hope you’ll do a comic about it lol

Lady of Monsters

DO WHAT YOU NEED TO! WE ARE ALL GOOD HERE! BE KIND TO YOURSELF

Lia Graf

No worries, life happens! It's okay, truly, please be kind to yourself thru it all. :)

No worries! Best of luck with jury duty, and we'll still be here when you're free and ready to return. We can wait. You're worth waiting for.

Robert

Whoops! Hang in there. It's possible you might not get picked. They always call in more people than they need so they can winnow out unsuitable jurors.

Lady of Monsters

My sister has done jury duty, there is a screening and selection process so you might turn up but you might not get picked to sit in the jury in the end

dylan

All good