Law Practice
May 18, 2012
Inside the box: observations of an attorney serving as a juror
I was shocked to observe that most jurors flat out failed to even read the jury instructions. By Jeff Hsu of Murphy Pearson Bradley & Feeney
As an attorney, I used to believe my chances for selection onto a jury were slightly better than the proverbial snowball's chance in hell. However, I recently had the pleasure of performing my civic duty and served as a juror on a six-week murder trial.
The entire experience was reminiscent of higher profile trials such as Scott Peterson, O.J. Simpson, and Casey Anthony. We were told from the voir dire the entire prosecution case depend...
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